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(2) Powers essential to an international existence .
78 (3) Powers essential to a general federal government . 78 (4) Miscellaneous powers
78
$3. The Powers Enumerated
79-101
(1) Powers Essential to an Independent Self-Existence
79–86
Taxes
79
Purposes for which taxes may be levied
Kinds of taxes which Congress may levy
Kinds of taxes which Congress may not levy
Citizenship and naturalization
80
Definition of citizenship .
Definition of naturalization
Money: the powers given to Congress
81-85
The power to borrow money
82
The power to coin money
83
Meaning of coining: regulating the value of money. 83
Mints.
84
The power to punish counterfeiting
85
The federal courts .
86
(2) Powers Essential to an Independent International Existence 87-91
The war power
87
Declaration of war
Letters of marque and reprisal
88
Power to raise and support armies .
89
Power to provide and maintain a navy
Militia
90
Appropriations for supporting armies.
Power to punish crimes .
91
(3) Powers Essential to a General Federal Government
92-95
Commerce .
92
Meaning and extent
Commercial powers which the States may not exercise 92
Commercial powers which Congress may not exercise . 92
Commercial powers which the States alone may exercise 92
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.
The postal service .
93
Territories.
94
Usual form of territorial government.
People in Territories not possessed of national political
rights.
Delegates to Congress .
Admission of new States
95
The constitutional provision
Limitations . .
Mode of admission .
Guarantee of republican government.
66
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(4) Miscellaneous Powers .
96 101
Bankruptcy
Weights and measures
07
Copyrights and patents
98
Federal districts.
99
District of Columbia
Government of the District of Columbia .
09
Forts, arsenals, dockyards, etc.
Impeachments
100
Treason.
101
Punishment
Definition
CHAP. XII.—THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE
102-124
$1. The President .
102-111
The executive power .
102
President and heads of departments
Qualifications for President .
103
Salary of President
Election of President and Vice-President.
104
Electors:' number .
Time and mode of election.
Voting by “electors”.
Counting of electoral vote
Inauguration of President.
Working of the electoral system
105
Election of President by the House of Representatives . 106
Election of the Vice-President by the Senate .
107
The presidential succession ..
108
Duties and powers of the President, .
109
Duties: to execute the laws
Powers-
(a) As commander-in-chief
(b) To regulate foreign relations .
(c) To grant pardons
(d) To make appointments
(e) To fill vacancies
Civil Service appointments
110
Civil Service Commission
Relations between the President and Congress
111
(a) Veto power
(6) Messages
(c) Special meetings of Congress .
(d) Adjournment of Congress
Separation of the powers of government
Inconveniences
.
$ 2. The Executive Departments
The Cabinet.
The Department of State
The Treasury Department
The Department of War
The Department of the Navy.
The Department of Justice
The Post Office Department
The Department of the Interior .
The Department of Agriculture.
The Department of Labor. ..
The Interstate Commerce Commission .
The Civil Service Commission
The Commission of Fish and Fisheries .
CHAP. XIII.—THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY
The Judiciary of the United States
The Supreme Court
Number of justices
Meetings
Original jurisdiction
Appellate jurisdiction
Circuit and District Courts
Jurisdiction
Character of the jurisdiction of the federal courts-
(1) Because of the nature of the question
(2) Because of the nature of the parties
Court of Appeals
Court of Claims
Federal judges: appointment
Removal; retirement; salary
District attorneys .
Marshals.
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112-124
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125-133
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
PART IV.-GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS .
134-204
CHAP. XIV.-CITIZENSHIP, SUFFRAGE, AND ELECTIONS 134-152
$1. Citizenship. .
134-137
How citizenship is acquired
134
(a) By birth in the United States, or
(6) By naturalization, and .
(c) By being subject to jurisdiction of the United States 134
Naturalization: process
135
Inhabitants of annexed territory
Naturalization only conferred by the United States
137
Extent of United States naturalization laws
141
Loss of citizenship: expatriation
136
Citizenship in State and nation
82. Suffrage .
138-141
Meaning of suffrage
138
Conferred by the States
Qualifications of electors: prescribed by the Constitutions
of the States.
139
Persons excluded from voting
Conditions for suffrage which may not be imposed
California Constitution .
U. S. Constitution: Fifteenth Amendment
$3. Elections .
142-152
Political parties
142
Caucus, primary, and convention .
143
Campaign. .
144
Evils of party methods.
145
The election.
146
Registration
1-17
Balloting or voting
148
The California ballot law
149
The canvass
150
Number of votes necessary for election
151
Contested elections
152
CHAP. XV.- TAXATION
153-160
Reasons for imposing taxes
153
Purposes of taxation
Extent of the power of taxation
155
Kinds of taxes.
156
State taxation.
157
Assessment and collection
158
Boards of equalization
159
Federal taxation.
160
Chap. XVI.—THE THREE DEPARTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT 161-166
Division of the functions of government-
161
(1) The legislative departnient.
162
Division of the Legislature
163
(2) The executive department
164
(3) The judicial department .
165
Unconstitutional legislation
166
CHAP. XVII.—THE NATURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
167-170
Local self-government.
167
Local divisions of the State
168
Duties of local government .
169
Methods of local government
170
CHAP. XVIII.-THE NATURE OF STATE GOVERNMENT
171-174
Position of the States in the Federal Union .
171
Powers prohibited to the States
172
173
Powers reserved to the States
State Constitutions
174
179
CHAP. XIX.-THE FORM AND NATURE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE
UNITED STATES.
175-179
Meaning of government
175
Different forms of government-
176
(1) Monarchy
(2) Aristocracy.
(3) Democracy
Government of the United States
177-179
A democracy
177
A representative democracy or republic.
A federal republic
178
"An indestructible Union of indestructible States"
CHAP. XX.-THE ELEMENTS OF Civil LIBERTY
180-201
$1. The Relations between the Government and the Individual 180-183
Rights and duties between individuals .
180
Rights and duties between government and individuals 181
Rights of the government
182
Duties of the government
183
$ 2. History of Personal Rights in England .
184–192
Relation between English and American history
184
The chief personal rights
185
Tendency of the government to become tyrannical
Restraints upon the government
187
Magna Charta
188
The Petition of Right .
189
The Habeas Corpus Act .
190
The Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement
191
America learns England's lesson.
192
$3. Protection of Personal Rights in the United States
193–204
Constitutional guarantees .
193
California Constitution
U. S. Constitution .
Right of personal security
194
Right of personal liberty
195
Bills of attainder
196
Ex post facto laws
197
Right to reputation
198
Right of religious belief
199
Right of private property
200
Taxation and eminent domain
201
The inviolability of private contracts
202
General warrants
203
Interstate rights of citizens.
204