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Oath, to support the Constitution, by whom taken. Art. VI., cl. 3,
p. 458.

no warrants shall issue, but upon. Amend. Art. IV., p. 460.
Officers of the United States cannot receive presents without consent of
Congress. Art. I., sec. 9, cl. 8, p. 451.

P.

PEOPLE of the United States do ordain and establish this Constitu-
tion. Preamble, p. 445.

Persons held to service or labor in one State, having escaped into an-
other, to be delivered up. Art. IV., sec. 2, cl. 3, p. 457.
indicted for crime shall not

be compelled to be a witness against

themselves. Amend. Art. V., p. 461.

Petition, right of. Amend. Art. I., p. 460.

Power of Congress over territory and other property. Art. IV., sec. 3,
cl. 2, p. 457.

Power to try impeachments. Art. I., sec. 3, cl. 6, p. 447.

Powers not delegated to the United States are reserved to the States or

people. Amend. Art. X., p. 462.

President of the Senate, his right to vote. Art. I., sec. 4, cl. 4, p. 447.
President of the Senate pro tempore, and other officers, how chosen.

Art. I., sec. 3, cl. 5, p. 447.

President and Vice President, their terms of office. Art. II., sec. 1, cl. 1,
p. 452.

President, to be commander in chief; he may require opinions of execu-
tive departments, and may pardon. Art. II., sec. 2, cl. 1,
p. 451.

he shall have power, with advice and consent of Senate, to
make treaties, to nominate ambassadors, ministers, consuls,
judges, &c. Art. II., sec. 2, cl. 2, p. 454.

shall have power to fill vacancies during the recess. Art. II.,
sec. 2, cl. 3, p. 454.

shall communicate to Congress information of the state of the
Union; he may convene and adjourn Congress, in case, &c.;
shall receive ambassadors, &c.; take care that the laws be prop-
erly executed, and shall commission all officers of the United
States. Art. II., sec. 3, p. 454.

Private property not to be taken for public use without compensation.
Amend. Art. V., p. 461.

Provisions concerning prosecutions, trials, and punishments. Amend.
Art. V., p. 461.

Purposes for which the Constitution was ordained and established. Pre-
amble, p. 445.

Q.

QUALIFICATIONS of a representative. Art. I., sec. 2, cl. 2, p. 445.
of a senator. Art. I., sec. 3, cl. 3, p. 446.

of President. Art. II., sec. 1, cl. 4, p. 453.

of Vice President. Amend. Art. XII., cl. 3, p. 463.

Quorum, a majority of each house shall constitute a. Art. I., sec. 5,
cl. 1, p. 447.

in the house for the election of President. Amend. Art. XII,
cl. 1, p. 462.

R.

REPRESENTATIVES and direct taxes, how apportioned. Art. I.,
sec. 2, cl. 3, p. 445.

Republican form of government guarantied to every State. Art. IV,
sec. 4, p. 457.

Religious test, none required Art. VI., cl. 3, p. 458.

Ratification of the Constitution. Art. VII., p. 458.

Religious establishment prohibited. Amend. Art. I., p. 460.

Revenue bills to originate in the House. Art. I., sec. 7, cl. 1, p. 448.
Right of petition. Amend. Art. I., p. 460.

Right of search and seizure regulated. Amend. Art. IV., p. 460.
Right of trial by jury secured. Amend. Art. VII., p. 461. -
Rule of construction of certain rights. Amend. Art. IX., p. 461

S.

SENATE, the, have sole power to try impeachments. Art. I., sec. 3,
cl. 6, p. 447.

to choose a president in the absence of the Vice President.
Art. I., sec. 3, cl. 5, p. 447.

Senators, how and by whom chosen. Art. I., sec. 3, cl. 1, p. 446.
classified. Art. I., sec. 3, cl. 2, p. 446.

how temporary vacancies may be filled. Art. I., sec. 3, cl. 2,
p. 446.

Soldiers not to be quartered in any house, unless, &c. Amend. Art.

III., p. 460.

State, each to be protected against invasion. Art. IV., sec. 4, p. 457.
States, new, admitted into the Union. Art. IV., sec. 3, cl. 1, p. 457.
States prohibited from the exercise of certain powers. Art. I., sec. 10,
cls. 1, 2, and 3, p. 452.

Supremacy of the Constitution, laws, and treaties. Art. VI., cl. 2. p. 458.

T.

TAXES, power of Congress to lay. Art. I., sec. 8, cl. 1, p. 449.

how apportioned. Art. I., sec. 9, cl. 4, p. 451.

Times, &c., of holding elections, how prescribed. Art. I., sec. 4, cl. 1,

p. 447.

p. 456.

Treason, definition of, and proof of. Art. III., sec. 3, cl. 1,
punishment of. Art. III., sec. 3, cl. 2, p. 456.
Treasury, all duties and imposts laid by any State shall be for the use
of the treasury of the United States. Art. I., sec. 10, cl. 2,
p. 452.

no money shall be drawn from the, but by law. Art. I., sec. 9,
cl. 7, p. 451.

Treaty-making power. Art. II., sec. 2, cl. 2, p. 454.

U.

UNION, to form a more perfect. Preamble, p. 445.

V.

VACANCIES in the House, how filled. Art. I., sec. 2, cl. 4, p. 446.

in the Senate, how filled.
when President may fill.

Art. I., sec. 3, cl. 2, p. 446.
Art. II., sec. 2, cl. 3, p. 454.

in office of President and Vice President. Art. II., sec. 1, cl. 5,
p. 453.

Veto or negative, President's. Art. I., sec. 7, cl. 2, p. 448.
Vice President, how chosen. Amend. Art. XII., cl. 2, p. 463.
president of the Senate. Art. I., sec. 3, cl. 4, p. 447.
duration of office. Art. II., sec. 1, cl. 1, p. 452.
qualifications of. Amend. Art. XII., cl. 3, p. 463.

in case of removal of the President from office, the same shall
devolve on the. Art. II., sec. 1, cl. 5, p. 463.

W.

WELFARE, general, to promote the. Preamble, p. 445.

Witness against himself, no person compelled to be a. Amend. Art. V.

Y.

YEAS and nays, to be entered on the journal. Art. L, sec. 5, cl. 3,
p. 448.

to be taken on all bills returned by the President. Art. I., sec. 7
cl. 2, p. 449,

INDEX

TO WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS.

American, on the name of, 468.

Commerce, general policy in regard to, 479.
Constitution, federal, to be maintained, 467.

Farewell address of President Washington, 465.

Foreign influence to be particularly guarded against, 478.
Foreign nations, policy in regard to, 479.

Government, to be respected and obeyed, 471.

baneful effects of party spirit in, 473.

Justice and good faith, to be the basis of proceedings with all nations,

476.

Laws, should be complied with, 471.

Mississippi River, 471.

Party spirit, baneful effects of, 473.

Public credit of the United States, method of preserving, 476.

Public debt, 476.

Union of the States, liable to be assailed, 467.

advantages from, 469.

in danger from geographical discriminations, 470.

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