WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAW,
of State need not give jury trial. Hawkins v. Bleakly (1917), 243 U. S. 210; New York Central etc. v. White (1917), 243 U. S. 188
law of, conserving natural gas not denial of equal protection. Walls v. Midland (1920), 254 U. S. 300
ADAMS, JOHN. Vote as Vice-Presi- dent saved neutrality, 20; oral messages to Congress, 122; strife over appointment of judges by, 132; Sedition Law in term of, 200. Adams, John Quincy, on Jefferson's purchase of Louisiana, 81. Adoption of our Constitutional plan in Australia, Canada, and other countries, ix.
Alien, Act of Congress restricts ownership of land in Territories by, 57; regulations various as to owning of land by, 56; privileged to vote in some States, 57; Amer- ican woman marrying, forfeits citizenship, 238; State constitu- tional provision excluding, labor void, 243. See also NATURALIZA-
Alien Contract Labor Law of 1885, 6. Amendment, Lord Bryce commended
American plan of, ix; resolution for, need not be signed by President, 42; respecting title of nobility failed, 90; Congress by two-thirds vote members present may pro- pose, 170, 255; Congress may de- termine mode of ratification, 170; conventions in States have never ratified, 170; legislatures have not yet proposed, 170; legislatures of two thirds of States may call convention, 170; ratification of, 170; cannot be ratified by referen- dum, 171; State cannot withdraw ratification, 171, 255; in other coun- tries, 172; Lecky praised plan of, 172; Washington for, not usurpa- tion,172; suggested by Presidents, 173; examples of late proposals for, 174; slavery not to be af-
fected prior to 1808 by, 174; State cannot be deprived of equal suffrage in Senate by, without consent, 174; and Bill of Rights, 194; first resolution proposing, 194; long period without, 232; table showing time, was pending, 259. Amendments, have been easily and quickly adopted, 261; over two thousand, proposed, 261. Anti-Trust Laws, 52. Appointment to Office, and Tenure of Office Act of 1867, 16, 120; Congress may direct, of inferior grades, 120; objection in Con- stitutional Convention to power of, 120; power of, in actual practice, 120; vacancies filled by President during recess of Senate, 121; with consent of Senate President has power of, 120. Appropriation, Jackson on menace of Congressional, 45; other Pres- idents on abuse of, 46; no money drawn from treasury except by, 88. See also MONEY. Arms, right to bear, shall not be
infringed by Congress, 206; State law may limit, 206. Army, Congress alone raises and supports, 73; no appropriation for, for more than two years, 73; English fear of standing, 73; Hamilton's views on, 74; op- position to, in Constitutional Convention, 74; raising and equip- ment of, in World War, 75; not dangerous at home, 75; rules governing, made by Congress, 76; President commander in chief of, 110. See also QUARTERING TROOPS; WAR.
Arthur, Chester Alan, vetoed ob- jectionable appropriations by Con- gress, 46.
Articles of Confederation, adoption delayed by dispute over western lands, xiii, 163; soon found in- adequate, xiii; convention at Annapolis 1786 to revise, xiii; convention at Philadelphia 1787 drafted Constitution, xiv; each State sovereign and independent under, 1; Articles cast aside, 1; mere League of States, 2; Con-
abridgment, 205. See also PETI- TION, RIGHT of. Australia, constitution of, follows that of United States closely, ix; con- stitution of 1900 of, made union indissoluble, 4; Senate of, per- petual, 19; commerce clause sim- ilar to that of United States, 53; judicial system of, similar, 138; permits citizen to sue State, 142, 228; constitution supreme law, 181.
gress to make adequate govern- BAIL, English law concerning ex-
ment, 2; Washington's opinion of government, 2; lack of National powers under, 5; Congress of one House under, 8; deficient in taxing power, 44; money borrowed only with assent of nine States, 48; Congress had sole power over weights and measures, 61; States to coin money, 61; Congress to regulate value of money, 61; authorized establish- ment of post offices, 63; copy- rights not mentioned in, 65; authorized Congress to establish courts to suppress piracies, 69; Congress given war powers by, 70; weak in raising and main- taining armies, 75; required States to maintain accoutred militia, 76; Nation permitted to appoint some militia officers, 77; no President under, 99; no judiciary under, 137; granted privileges and im- munities to citizens, 157; provided for admission of new States and of Canada, 162; concurrence of every State necessary to amend- ment of, 170.
Assembly, Congress forbidden to abridge right of, 204; Colonial, frequently dissolved, 205; must be peaceable, 205; preserved in early State constitutions, 205; regulations for order in, not
cessive, 222; for assailant of President Jackson, 222; excessive, not to be required, 222; reason- able, defined, 222.
Bank of the United States, Act of
Congress establishing, 81. See also IMPLIED POWERS. Bankruptcy, Congress has juris- diction of, 57; various Acts by Congress, 57; debts from which no release allowed, 58; exemptions to which bankrupt entitled, 58; involuntary, defined, 58; uniform National law of, suspends State laws, 58; State law cannot re- lease from existing debts, 58; State law cannot affect creditors in other States, 58; voluntary, de- fined, 58. See also DEBTOR. Beveridge, Albert J., Life of John Marshall cited, 132.
Bill of Attainder, Congress shall not pass, 84; Macaulay on injustice of, 84; use of, in English history, 84; presented against Jefferson in Parliament, 85; State shall not pass, 91; in the Civil War, 152. See also BILL OF RIGHTS. Bill of Rights, demanded by States as condition of ratification, 196; in the body of the Constitution, 196; in first ten Amendments, 197; of Philippine Islands, decision under, 224.
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