Coinage of money, 119, 148.
Coin, regulation of, 31.

Coins, value of foreign, fixed, 120.
Collection districts, 108.

Collector of port, his duties, 106.
College, electoral, 157.

Colonies affected by acts of Parlia-
ment, 9.

dependencies of England, 12.
first styled United States of Ame-
rica, 14.

form a union, 13.

New England, unite, 13.
no right to form alliances, 12.
not politically connected, 12.
original, 9.

politically distinct, 13.
provincial, names of, 10.

Colonists emigrated from England, 11.
encourage religion, printing, &c.,

12.

established provincial legislatures,

11.

filled with the spirit of liberty, 11.
founded schools and colleges, 11.
not represented in Parliament,
262.

rights of British subjects, 11, 12.
Columbia, District of, where situated,
138.

Commander-in-chief, 38, 172.

Commerce, Congress has power to
regulate, 113.
defined, 113.

regulation of, 31, 153.

under the Confederation, 113.
Commission defined, 176.

of King of England, 7.
Commissioner of Customs, 194.

Indian Affairs, 201.
Land Office, 201.
Patents, 125, 201.
Pensions, 201.

Committee of Conference, 96.

the States, 16, 155.
its power, 16.

Common laws, suits at, 50.

Compensation of members of Con-
gress, 29, 88, 89.

President of Senate, 90.

Concurrent powers, 100.

Confederate government, 17.

Confederation, Articles of, 15, 270.

revision of, 20.

unsatisfactory, 17.

Confidential legislative sessions, 85.

Congress, act of, goes into effect, 99.

89.

cannot hold office, 30.

may be arrested, 29.

privileges, 88.

new, 58.

number of sessions of, 88.

of delegates, 13.

obligation of, 149.

Controversies, 40.

between citizens, 40.

States, 40.

Conventions assembled in different

States, 21.

proceedings of, 46.

what it includes, 56.

Congressional districts, 80.

Copyright defined, 127.

how obtained, 127.
notice of, 128.
Counterfeiting, 31.
punishment for, 121.

Court, Circuit, 209, 210.

of claims, 214.
District, 209.
Supreme, 207.

Courts, martial, 248.

of United States, judges of, 39.

freemen, 11.

Crew-list, 112.

Crimes, capital, 49, 248.

committed on the high seas, 216.
denote serious offences, 184.
Customs, Commissioner of, 194.

DARTMOUTH College, 150.
Dates of ratification, 23.
Debenture, 106.

Debts contracted before the adoption
of the Constitution, 43.

of United States, 235.
Declaration of Independence, 14, 265.
signers of, 268.

intentions, 116.
rights, 9, 14, 260.

191.

Drawback, 105.

Duties, ad valorem, 104.

collected, 108.

defined, 101.

net produce of, 34.

of Clerk of House, 69.
Sergeant-at-arms, 69.
imports, 104.
tonnage, 104.

specific, 104.

uniform, 101.

who paid by, 105.