1896 total House of Representatives 357; + Senate go
186,490
153,593
59, 620
32,050
61,834
Act of Congress, affecting schools, 14. | Assizes, 40.
Adjournments of Congress, 111.
Agriculture, Department of, 129, 131.
Aldermen, election of, 72.
Aliens, 114, 115.
Alliance, treaty of, 137.
Ambassador, duties of, 126.
Amendments to State Constitution, 57.
77, 78, 230.
Amendments to United States Consti-
tution, first ten, 52, 122, 132, 139:
eleventh, 52, 132, 139; twelfth, 122,
139; thirteenth, 139; fourteenth, 139;
fifteenth, 139.
Appeals, circuit court of, 134, 135.
Appellate jurisdiction, of supreme
court, 63; defined, 133.
Appointive power, of governor, 57;
of mayor, 71; of president, 126.
Appropriations, general, 50; inhibi-
tions, 50.
Aristocracy, defined, 136.
Arkansas, admitted into Union, 10;
constitutions of, 10, 14, 26, 140; dis-
trict of, formed, 10; township, 24;
county, the unit of representation,
30; congressional districts of, 82, 83,
judicial circuits of, 83, 84; chancery
circuits of, 84; senatorial districts of,
84, 85.
Arkansas Industrial University, 63;
officers of, 80, 81.
Arkansas Post, first legislature at, 11.
Army, Congress may raise, 117; Con-
gress regulates, 118; president, com-
mander in chief of, 118.
Article II, of State Constitution, 53.
Article I, section 8, of the U. S. Con-
stitution, 112.
Articles of Confederation, adopted.
94, 95; government under, 95, 96;
defects of, 96, 97; attempts to amend,
98; revision of, 99; no control over
commerce, 114, 245.
Assault and battery defined, 25 n. 1.
Assembly, county, representatives sent
to, 27.
Assembly, General, see General As-
sembly.
Assembly, State, representatives sent
Assessor, in New England town, 21;
in Illinois town, 22, 23; in county
government, 30, 32-34.
Attachment, defined, 31; for property,
31; specific, 32.
Attainder, bill of, defined, 120.
Attorney, prosecuting, duties and sal-
ary of, 66; of circuit court, 66; city, 72.
Attorney-general of state, duties of.
59; salary, 59.
Attorney-general of U. S., duties of,
Auditor of state, board of, 58; duties
of, 58, 59; salary of, 59.
Auditors, board of, 23.
Australian ballot system, 78.
Bail of prisoners, 25, 26.
Bankruptcy law, 115.
Base line in land survey, 87, 88.
Bill, true, 67; of rights, 100, 139.
Bills, passage of, 48; new, exclusion
of, 51.
Boards, of auditors, 23; of health, 23,
72; of equalization, 23, 34, 35; of state
officers, 61, 62, of public affairs, 72.
Bonds, peace, 25; Holford, levee and
railroad, 77; government, 114.
Boundaries of Arkansas, 140.
Branch Normal school at Pine Bluff,
80, 81.
Bribery of officers, 51.
Bureau system, 129, 130.
Bureaus, census, education, etc., 131.
Burning board, 62.
By-laws, origin of term, 21.
Cabinet officers, salaries of, 129.
Cabinets, English compared with
American, 131, 122.
Canada thistles, discussion of acts re-
garding, 22.
Capitals of Arkansas, 11.
Capitation taxes, defined, 113.
Carolinas, settled by Protestants, 40.
Catholics settle Maryland, 40.
Ceded districts, Congress exercises
legislation over, 118.
Census bureau, 131.
Census, school, 15.
Certiorari, defined, 64.
Chancellor, qualifications, salary, ap-
pointment, 68.
Chancery circuits of Arkansas, 84.
Chancery courts, jurisdiction of, 68.
Charitable institutions, 81.
Charter, defined, 73.
Child, home government of, 11-13.
Chinese, naturalization of, 115.
Circuit clerk, ex-officio recorder, 37.
Circuit court of appeals, 132.
Circuit courts of state, right of appeal
to, 39; jurisdiction of, 65; qualifi-
cation of judges, 66; election of
judges, 66; two judges, 66; salary of
judges. 66; officers of, 66, 67; grand
jury. 67; petit jury, 67, 68.
Circuit courts of U. Š., 132; number of,
134; jurisdiction of, 134; composition
of, 134; sittings of, 134; salary of
judges, 134.
Cities, incorporated, see incorporated
cities; of first class, 70-74; of second
class, 74, 75.
Citizen, defined, 114, 115.
Citizenship, admission to, 114, 115;
rights of, 136.
City government, departments of, 70.
Civil action, defined, 25 n. 1.
Civil rights, 137, 138.
Claims, court of, 132.
Clerk, in New England town, 21; in
Illinois town, 22, 23; county, 30,
36; city, 71.
Collector, in Illinois town, 22, 33.
Collector, in state government, duties
of, 71, 72.
Colonial governments, 92, 93.
Colonies, settlement of, 40; thirteen,
union of, 95.
Colonists, rights of, 92.
Colonization, 40.
Columbia, District of, 119.
Comitia, Roman, 20.
Commander in chief of army and
navy, 118.
Commerce, interstate, 98; regulated
by Congress, 114.
Commercial preference, 121.
Commissioner, highway, 22, 23; of
mining, manufacturing, and agricul-
ture, 60; of state lands, 60; of school
funds, 61; to let contracts, 61.
Committee of the whole, 47.
Committees, legislation by, 47.
Common pleas, courts of, jurisdiction
of, 69.
Common school fund, 15.
Commutation defined, 125.
Confederate Soldiers' Home, 82.
Confederation, Articles of, see Articles
of Confederation.
Congress, national, 94; two houses of,
101, 102; fifty-fourth, 103; prescribes
time and manner of electing sena-
tors, 106; meetings of, 109; extraor-
diary session of, 109; membership,
109, 110; rules of, 110; journals of,
110; privileges of members of, 111,
112; adjournments of, 111; compen-
sation of members, 111; levies and
collects taxes and duties, 112; powers
of, 112-119; may borrow money, 113;
regulates commerce, 114; establishes
uniform rule of naturalization, 114,
115; may establish uniform bank-
ruptcy law, 115: has power to coin
money, 115; fixes standards of
weights and measures, 116; punishes
counterfeiting, 116; establishes post
offices and post roads, 116; secures
copyrights and patents, 116; pun-
ishes piracy, 116, 117; has power to
declare war, 117; has power to raise
armies, 117; has power over navy,
117, 118; may call militia, 118; legis-
lation of, over ceded districts, 118;
restriction of powers of, 119, 120.
Congress, First Continental, 92; Sec-
ond Continental, 93.
Congressional districts, 82, 83, 104.
Congressional ratio, 103.
Congressional township, 23, 24.
Constable, in New England town, 21,
22; in Illinois town, 23; in Arkansas
township, 26, 27.
Constitutions of Arkansas, of 1836, 10;
14; of 1861, 10, 14; of 1868, 10, 14; of
1874, 10, 14, 140; amendments to, 57,
77, 78, 140.
Constitution of United States, see Fed-
eral Constitution.
Constitution, State, defined, 91.
Consul, duties of, 126.
Contested elections, 123, 124.
Continental Congress, first, 92; second,
Contracts, obligation of, 137.
Convention, of 1786 at Annapolis, 98;
of 1787, 100.
Conway, James S., first governor of
Arkansas, 10.
Copyrights, function of, 116.
Coroner in county government, 30;
bond of, 35; duties of, 35, 36; com-
pensation of, 36; a judicial officer, 39.
Corporation, foreign, 51.
Council, of city of first class, 73; of
city of second class, 75; of incor-
porated towns, 76.
Counterfeiting, penalties of, 116.
Counties, origin of, 29; in England,
29; in Arkansas, 30.
County Assembly, representatives sent
to, 27.
County board, 23.
County courts, 37, 38, 39.
County and probate judge, 37, 38, 39.
County examiner of schools, duties,
compensation, and supervision of,
County government of Arkansas, II,
29-39; executive department of, 30;
legislative department of, 39.
County seat, 30.
Courts, county and probate, 37, 38;
chancery, 68; of common pleas, 69;
circuit, 132, 134; circuit court of ap-
peals, 132; territorial, 132; district,
132, 135; supreme, see supreme courts.
Credit, loan of prohibited, 51.
Crime defined, 120 n. 1.
Criminal action defined, 25 n. 1.
Executive department, in county gov-
ernment, 30; in state government,
41, 42, 54; in city government, 71; in
national government, 121.
Executive functions of Senate, 108.
Executive power, function of, 101.
Executive session, 125.
Exemptions, 79.
Crittenden, Robert, first secretary of Ex-officio officers, 63.
state of Arkansas territory, 10.
Currency, Congress controls, 115.
Customs duties, 113, 137.
Dakota, North, representation of, 104.
Deaf Mute Institute, 81.
Declaration of Independence, 94.
Declaration of Rights, 52, 53, C2.
Democracy, in the home, 13; in annual
school meeting, 18; government of
early peoples, 20; defined, 135.
Departments of state government, 41;
of city government, 70; of national
government, 129, 130.
Deputies appointed by constable, 27.
Deputy sheriff, 31.
Deputy treasurer, 35.
Digest of laws, relative to free schools,
Direct taxes, 113.
Directors of school district, when and
how elected, liabilities of, 16; organ-
ization, reports, duties, compensa-
tion of, 17; annual meeting of, 18;
statement to voters, 18.
District attorney, duties of, 135.
District courts, 132; number and jur-
isdiction of, 135; salaries of judges,
135; officers of, 135.
District of Columbia, 119.
Districts, school, 18; special, 18; con-
gressional, 82, 83, 104; ceded, 118.
Duties, uniformity of, 112; customs,
113, 137; internal revenue, 113; ex-
port, 120.
Ealdorman or elder man, 29.
Ecclesia, Greek, 20.
Education, system of, 14, 15; com-
mittee on, 47; bureau of, 131.
Election commissioners, board of, 62.
Election law, 78, 79.
Election returns, contest in, 55.
Elections, township, 23; county, 39;
state, 54; city, 70, 74; for representa-
tives, 104; of senators, 106; presi-
dential 121, 122; contested, 123, 124.
Electoral Count Bill, 124.
Electors, qualification of, 77; presi-
dential, 122, 123.
Eleventh amendment adopted, 52.
Enacting clause, 48.
England, counties or shires in, 29.
Equalization, board of, 23, 34, 35.
Expenditures regulated, 121.
Export duties, 120.
Ex post facto law defined, 125.
Extra sessions of legislature, 56.
Extraordinary session of Congress, 109.
Fayetteville, Arkansas Industrial Uni-
versity at, 80.
Federal Constitution, amendments to,
52, 122, 132, 139; submitted for rati
fication, 99; objections to, 99, 100;
ratified, 100; analysis of, 100; pre-
amble of, 100; three-fold division
of power, 100, 101; text of, 258.
Federal district, 119.
Felony, defined, 25 n. 1.
Fences, discussion of acts regarding,
Fence-viewers, annually elected, 21;
duties of, 22.
Field-drivers, annually elected, 21;
duties of, 22.
Fifty-fourth Congress, 103.
Finance, committee on, 47.
Fire Department, chief of, 71, 72.
Franklin, Benjamin, 99; postmaster-
general, 116.
French National Assembly, 42.
Fugitives from justice, 136.
Funds, school, collection of, 15.
General Assembly, known by number,
43; biennial meetings of, 43; election
of members of, etc., 44; officers ineli-
gible, 44, 45; oath of office, 45; priv-
ileges, etc., 45; quorum, 46; govern-
or's messages to, 56; extra sessions
of, adjournment of, 56.
Geological Survey, national, 131.
Georgia, legislature of, 42.
Government, home, 11-14; school dis-
trict, 16-20; township, 20-29; county,
29-39; state, 40-69; municipal, 69-76.
National, 91-139; colonial, 92, 93;
under Articles of Confederation, 95;
three-fold division of, 101; seal of,
Governments, six of Arkansas, 11.
Governor, first, 10; qualifications of,
54: vacancy in office of, 55; enforces
laws, 55, 56; commander in chief, 56,
78; messages of, pardoning power of,
56; appointive power, salary of, 57;
commissioners appointed by, 57; in | Judges, county and probate, 37; ap-
Grand jury, 25; how selected, 67.
Great seal, keeper of, 130.
Habeas corpus, writ of, 64, 120.
Health, board of, 23, 72.
pointment of, 43; of state supreme
court, 64; circuit, 66; special, 69.
Judges, in U. S. government, tenure of
office, compensation, appointment
of, 133; circuit, 134; appeal, 135;
district, 135.
Health, public, discussion of acts re- Judicial circuits of Arkansas, 83, 84.
Highway commissioners, 22, 23.
Historical sketch, 9, 92-100.
Holford bonds, amendment regarding,
Home, government, 11-14; a democ-
racy, 13.
Homicide, penalty for, 26.
House of Burgesses, 40.
House of Commons, 106.
House of Representatives, in state
government, 42; salary of officers,
45; rules of membership of, 46;
duties of speaker of, 46, 47; officers
of, 47; committee of the whole, 47;
adjournment of, 48; yeas and nays,
48; style of laws, 48; power of im-
peachment vested in, 51.
House of Representatives, in national
government, 101; members of, 102,
103; voters for, 102; number of re-
presentatives, 103; apportionment of
members, 103, 104; vacancies in, 104,
105; speaker and other officers of,
105; power of impeachment of, 105;
originates revenue bills, 105, 106.
Hutchins, Thomas, system of land
surveys, 87.
Illinois town, government of, 22, 23.
Impeachment, by House of Represen-
tatives, 51, 105; officers liable to, 52;
punishment, 52; trials by Senate, 1c8,
Incorporated towns or cities, organ-
ization of, 69, 76; limitations of, 70;
right of eminent domain, 70; classi-
fication of, 70; officers, mayor, coun-
cil of, 75, 76.
Indian affairs, bureau of, 131.
Indirect taxes, 113.
Inspection fees, 137.
Interior, Department of, created, 129,
131,
Internal revenue duties, 113.
Interstate commerce, 98, 114.
Italian republics, 42.
Japanese, naturalization of, 115.
Jefferson, Thomas, purchases Louis-
iana, 9; adopts system of land sur-
vey, 87.
Johnson, Andrew, impeachment of,
Johnson county, 30.
Journals of Congress, 110.
Judicial department, of towns, 24, 25;
county, 37-39; state, 42, 43, 63-69; of
cities, 73, 74; national, 132-135.
Judicial power, function of, 101.
Judicial powers, of Senate, 108; of
United States, where vested, exten:
of, 132.
Judiciary committee, 47.
Judiciary, in colonial government, 93.
Jurisdiction, of courts, 37, 38, 65, 68,
69, 73, 135; defined, 133; original.
133; appellate, 133.
Jurors, compensation of, 68.
Jury, 25; grand, 25, 67; petit, 67; ex-
emption from duty, 68.
Justice, chief, in state government, 63;
associate, 63.
Justice, chief, in national government,
133, 134; associate, 133, 134.
Justice of peace in Illinois town, 23;
in Arkansas township, 24-26.
King Cong., (King Congress), 100.
Lafayette county, 30.
Land surveys, 87.
Lands, Public, see Public lands.
Law, bankruptcy, 115.
Law of nations, defined, 117.
Laws, enactment of, 48, 49; enforce-
ment of, 56; unconstitutional, 63.
Lawsuits, 22.
Lee, Richard Henry, resolution, 94.
Legislation, school, 14; by committees,
47; special, 49.
Legislative department, in county
government, 39; in state govern-
ment, 42-53; in city government, 72,
73; in national government, 101-121.
Legislative functions of Senate, 108.
Legislature, first, 10, 11; General As-
sembly, 43; vacancy in, 44; state,
elects U. S. senator, 86; in colonial
government, 93; see General Assem-
bly.
Levee bond amendment, 77.
Limitations and rights of states, 135-
138.
Little Rock, second legislature at, 11;
supreme court at, 64; charitable in-
stitutions at, 81; penitentiary at, 82.
Loan, forced, 113, 114.
Louisiana, purchase, 9; district of,
formed, 10.
Lower House, see House of Represen
tatives.
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