Connecticut, territory, 91; colony | Democracy, 24.
founded, 92; constitution, 92; Departments of government, 21.
town, 92; charter, 93; union of
colonies, 94; counties, 94; legisla-
tion, 94; suffrage, 94.
Conscientious disobedience, 47.
Constables, 208.
Constitution defined, 26; kinds, 27.
Constitution of Massachusetts
adopted, 150; how amended, 160.
Constitution of United States, ori-
gin, 237; formation, 237; ratifica-
tion, 238; objections, 238; objects,
239; amendments, 272, 273.
Consuls, 279.
Convention for nominating officers,
222; constitutional, 237.
Copyrights, 264.
Coroners, 200.
Corporation defined, 196.
Costs of court, 187.
Department of state, 281; of war,
282; of the treasury, 281; of the
navy, 282; post-office, 282; of in-
terior, 283; of justice, 283; of agri-
culture, 283.
Detective force of Massachusetts,
173.
District attorneys of Massachusetts,
182; of United States, 257.
District of Columbia, 268.
Duties of citizens, support, 46; obe-
dience, 47; pecuniary support, 47;
defence, 48; voting, 48, 49; revo-
lution, 49.
Duties on imports, 259.
Education, public, 41; in republics,
41.
Edward VI., 61, 71.
Elections in Massachusetts, time,
219; records and returns, 221;
certificates, 221.
Elizabeth, Queen, 62, 64, 71.
English view of American claims,
Council, executive, in Massachu-
setts, 164; for New England, 73,
74, 99, 102.
Counties in Massachusetts, when Eminent domain, 37.
established, 78, 195, 196.
County, courts in England, 55; his-
tory of, 195; definition, 196; prop-
erty, 196; officers, 196; commis-
sioners, 197; treasurer, 197.
Courts in Massachusetts, supreme
judicial, 177; superior, 177; pro-
bate, 178; police, 179; district,
179; justices, 179.
Courts of United States, supreme,
256; circuit, 256; district, 257; of
claims, 257.
Dates in English history, 70.
Equity jurisdiction, 284.
Examination by justice, 188.
Exceptions, legal, 190.
Execution, writ of, 192.
Executive departments in United
States, 280.
Expenditures controlled by Con-
gress, 260.
Federalist, the, 238.
Fence-viewers, 211.
Feudal system, 56, 72; abuses, 57.
Field-drivers, 210.
Declaration of Independence, 20, Florida, 269.
Declaratory resolves, 143.
Delaware, settled, 121; united to
New York, 121; ceded to Penn,
Delegates from territories, 245.
Forms of governments, 24.
Freedom of speech, 33, 151; of the
press, 33, 151; from search, 33, 151.
Fugitives from justice, 290; from
service, 290.
Functions of the government, 21.
General Court of Massachusetts
under charters, 82, 83, 87; under
the constitution, 152; powers, 152;
time of assembly, 154; introduc-
tion of business, 157; conduct of
business, 158.
posed by colonies, 144; resolution
adopted by Congress, 145; decla-
ration adopted, 145.
Indian rights, 270.
Indictment, 189.
Inquests, 32.
General Statutes of Massachusetts, Insurance commissioners, 172.
Georgia granted to trustees, 137;
settled, 137; royal government,
137.
International relations, 43; law, 43,
James I., 65, 71, 72.
James II., 67, 71, 85, 115.
United States courts, 257.
Judicial procedure, outline of, 184.
Judicial department of Massachu-
Government defined, 11; civil, 13; Judges in Massachusetts, 177; of
necessary, 16; a trust, 17.
Governor of Massachusetts, veto
power, 157; title, 161; choice, 161;
induction into office, 161; powers,
162, 163; salary, 163.
Habeas corpus, 34, 67, 140, 291.
Harbor commissioners, 171.
Health, security of, 33.
Henry VII., 60, 71, 72.
Henry VIII., 60, 61, 71.
House of Commons, 58, 59, 65; of
Lords, 59, 67; of Plantagenet, 70;
of Lancaster and York, 71; of
Tudor, 71; of Stuart, 71, 141; of
Stuart and Nassau, 71; of Bruns-
wick, 71.
House of Representatives of Mass-
achusetts, members, 153; dis-
tricts, 153; vacancies, 153; quo-
rum, 153; privileges, 153; money
bills, 154; organization, 154; oaths,
155; officers, 155; committees, 156.
House of Representatives of United
States, members, number, 243;
choice, 243; apportionment, 244;
term, 245; qualifications, 245; of-
ficers, 245: special powers, 245.
Impeachment defined, 192; in
Massachusetts, subjects of, 193;
process, 193; trial, 193; judgment,
193; in United States, subjects of,
274; mode, 274; trial, 275; judg-
ment, 275.
setts, 177; of United States, 256.
Judicial power of United States,
284.
Jurisdiction, original, 178; appel-
late, 178; final, 186; initial, 186;
of United States, 284; of Supreme
Court, 285.
Jurors, qualifications, 182; sum-
moned and drawn, 183.
Jury, germ of, 55; defined, 182; list
and box, 182; trial by, 76, 78, 151,
292; justice's, 183; highway, 184;
grand, 188; petit, 189; charge to,
190; verdict, 190.
Justices of the peace, 179.
Kings of England, 56.
Knights of the shire, 59.
Law defined, 11; made by courts,
21; statute, 22; unwritten, 22;
common, 23.
Laws, how made in Massachusetts,
156; in Congress of United States,
249.
Legislature of Massachusetts, 152.
Letter of marque, 266.
Libel, 33.
Lieutenant-governor of Massachu-
setts, 163.
London Company, 72, 73, 130, 131.
Long Parliament, 66, 142.
Independence, thought of, 143; pro- Louisiana, 269.
Maine, early settlements, 102; under Naturalization in United States,
Gorges, 102; relation to Massa-
chusetts, 103, 104.
Majority rule, 29.
Mary, Queen, 62, 71.
Maryland, charter, 124; assembly,
125; representatives, 125; judi-
ciary, 126; religious toleration,
126; royal government, 127.
Mason and Dixon's line, 122.
Massachusetts, regulating act for,
149; provincial congress, 150; pro-
visional government, 150; adop-
tion of constitution, 150; bill of
rights, 151; legislature, 152; pub-
lication of laws, 159; executive
department, 161; judiciary de-
partment, 177; official year, 221.
Massachusetts Bay Company, for-
mation, 81; territory, 81; powers,
81; government, 81; transfer of
charter, 82; freemen, 82.
Massachusetts Bay Colony, repre-
sentatives in, 83; courts estab-
lished, 83; towns, 83; legislation,
84; demands of Charles II., 84;
royal commissioners, 85; exten-
sion of suffrage, 85; loss of char-
ter, 85; suspension of popular
government, 85; Andros, 86; rev-
olution, 87; the province charter,
87.
Mayor, 215, 216.
Measurers of wood, 212.
Militia defined, 173; of Massachu-
setts, enrolled, 174; active, 174;
officers, 175; equipments, 175;
power of Congress respecting,
267.
Ministers, public, 278.
Monarchy, 24.
National and State governments,
relation of, 293; source of author-
ity, 292; functions, 295.
Natural liberty, 36; rights, 31, 36,
38.
Navigation acts, 142.
Navy of United States, 267.
New England confederacy found-
ed, 106; nature, 106; name, 106;
commissioners, 107; war quo-
tas, 107; powers, 107; articles
adopted, 108; dissensions, 108;
dissolution, 109; re-formed, 109.
New Hampshire settled, 99; united
to Massachusetts, 100; made a
royal province, 100; oppressed,
100; re-united to Massachusetts,
101; final separation, 101.
New Haven colony founded, 92;
union of towns, 93; united to Con-
necticut, 94.
New Jersey settled, 116; govern-
ment, 116; divided, 117; a royal
province, 118.
New Plymouth subject to Eng-
land, 72; granted, 72; settlement,
74; character, 74; compact, 75;
freemen, 75; government, 76;
courts, 76; early legislation, 76;
towns, 76; representatives, 77;
revised laws, 77; counties, 78;
united to Massachusetts, 79; ter-
ritory on the Kennebec, 102.
New York settled, 111; govern-
ment by Dutch, 111; patroons,
112; local administration, 112;
conquest by English, 113; pro-
prietary government, 114; as-
sembly, 114; charter of liberties,
115; permanent government, 115.
Nominations in Massachusetts,
222.
Non-intercourse association, 230.
Norman conquest, 56; oppression,
57; kings, 70.
National supremacy, 297; protec- Obligations of the government, to
secure justice, 31; to promote the
general welfare, 40; to foster in-
dustries, 40; to provide for edu-
cation, 41; and general culture,
42; to defend the state, 43.
Oligarchy, 25.
Ordinance of 1787, 269.
Overseers of the poor, 209.
Parliament, 27, 59, 142.
Patents, 264.
Patriotism, 48.
Penalty for disobeying law, 12.
Pennsylvania granted to Penn,
121; settled, 122; government, 122;
changes in government, 123, 124.
Personal liberty, 31, 33; security,
31.
Petition of Right, 65, 68, 151.
merce, 287; private rights, 287;
freedmen, 287.
Protestant Reformation, 61.
Providence Plantation founded,
94; early government, 95.
Province charter of Massachu-
setts, 87.
Puritan legislation in Massachu-
setts, 84.
Puritans, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66.
Railroad commissioners, 171.
Rebellion, 50; Shays', 240.
Recognizance, 186.
Register of deeds, 198; of probate,
198.
Regulating act, 149.
Religious liberty, 35.
Pilgrim church, 73; emigration, 73, Reporter of supreme judicial court,
Piracy, 265.
Plea, 187.
Pleading, 191.
Plymouth company, 72; colony, 72.
Political liberty, 29; duties, nature
of, 50.
Popular will, how expressed, 28.
Postal communication, 263.
President of United States, veto
power, 249; term, 251; qualifica-
tions, 251; mode of election, 251;
electors, 251; electoral vote, 252;
counting votes, 252; election by
house of representatives, 252;
original mode of election, 353; va-
cancy in office, 253; new election,
254; oath, 254; salary, 254; nom-
ination, 255; powers and duties,
276; as commander-in-chief, 276; |
respecting pardons, 276; treaties,
276; appointments, 277; removals,
278; messages, 280.
Prison commissioners, 170.
Private property, 31, 35.
Probate of will, 178.
Prohibitions upon States, concern-
ing foreign relations, 286; com-
Restoration of Stuarts, 67.
Return of warrant, 186.
Revolution, a duty, 49; in England,
68, 86; in Massachusetts, 87.
Rhode Island Plantation, 95; char-
ter, 96; not in confederacy, 108.
Right to assemble, 33, 151; to peti-
tion, 33, 151; of suffrage, 48.
Rotation in office, 28.
Savings bank commissioner, 172.
School committee, 209.
Secretary of commonwealth of
Massachusetts, 159, 165.
Secretary of board of education,
168.
Security of life, 32; of travellers,
32; of health, 33; of reputation, 33.
Selectmen, 205.
Senate of Massachusetts, members,
152; districts, 152; vacancies, 152;
quorum, 153; money bills, 154;
organization, 156.
Senate of United States, members,
number, 246; choice, 246; term,
246; qualifications, 246; organ-
ization, 247; special powers, 247.
Separatists, 63, 64, 73, 76.
Sergeant-at-arms in Massachusetts,
Sheriff, 198, 199.
Slander, 33.
Society necessary, 15; duty, 17.
Sovereigns of England, 70.
Sovereignty, 13.
State defined, 12; source of author-
ity, 17; distinguished from the
government, 19.
State rights, protection of, 288.
States, relation to each other re-
specting public acts, 289; citizen-
ship, 289; fugitives from justice,
290.
Statutes of Massachusetts, revision
of, 160.
Subpoena, 186.
Suffrage, 148.
Summaries, 13, 18, 23, 30, 38, 44, 50,
69, 79, 88, 98, 104, 110, 119, 127, 138,
175, 194, 200, 212.
Support of government, 46, 47.
Surveyors of highways, 210; of
lumber, 211.
Titles of nobility, 291.
Towns, origin, 201; growth of pow-
ers, 202; influence, 202; defined,
203; powers, 203; raising money,
203; meeting, 204; officers, 204.
Treason, 265.
Treasurer and receiver-general of
Massachusetts, 165; of towns,
Treaties, 276, 277.
Trial justices, 180.
Union, history of, 227; accom-
plished, 231; under the Constitu-
tion, 239.
Vacancies in office during recess of
Congress, 219.
Veto-power in Massachusetts, 157;
in England, 157; in United States,
249.
Vice-President of United States,
election, 255; duties, 255.
Virginia colonized, 130; govern-
ment by company, 131; assembly,
131; constitution, 132; legislation,
132; local government, 132; a
royal province, 133; counties, 133;
aristocracy, 133.
Taxation, 37; power of Congress Voters, 29; qualifications in Massa-
Taxes in Massachusetts, poll, 205;
property subject to, 206; property
exempted, 206; where assessed,
206; how assessed, 207; collector
of, 207.
Taxes, direct, 258; indirect, 259.
Territory of United States ceded
by States, 269; purchased, 269;
disposal of, 270.
Territories organized, 270.
Testimony in court, 187.
chusetts, 219; lists of, 220.
Voting, manner of, in Massachu-
setts, 220.
War, power of Congress, 266.
Wards, 214.
Ward officers, 215.
Warrant, 185, 204.
Weights and measures, sealers of,
212; power of Congress respect-
ing, 262.
William and Mary, 68, 71.
Writ, 191.
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