SECTION IV. Public Debt.

The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obl gation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void.

SECTION V. Power to Enforce.

The Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this article.

I. The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

2. The Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this article.

INDEX.

INDEX.

The number of each reference refers to the page.

A

Acts, defined, 48; when to take effect, 48.

Adjutant General, 123, 126; rank of, 123; compensation of, 123; duties

of, 124;

Administrator, defined, 57.

Agricultural colleges, 100.

Agricultural College, State, ICI.

Agriculture, State Board of, 101, 102, 107; institutes for the promotion
of, 102.

Agricultural societies, 103.

Aldermen, 33, 40; time of election, 33, 65, 66, 73; term of office, 33;
duties of, 36; members of Board of Fegistration and Board of In-
spectors of Election, 68, 69, 74; compensation of, 37; vacancy in
office, 37.

Amendments to the Constitution, State, 7; United States, 143.

Appointments by the Governor, II, IOI, IIO, III, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117,
123, 124, 126, 127.

Apportionment of Taxes, 79, 81; certificates of, 80.

Assessment of property, 78, 80; review of assessment roll, 78.

Assessor of school district, term of office, 94; duties of, 94; member of
District Board, 93, 108; bonds of, 94;

Associations, teachers', 104, 105.

Asylums, 112, 113;

Attorney General, 8, 13, 63; time of election, 8, 65, 66, 73; term of ‹ ice,
8; duties of, 11, 59; salary of, 14; vacancy in office, 9; removs of,
49, 50; United States, 144, 145, 147, 149.

Attorneys, 56, 57, 63; how licensed, 56.

Auditor General, 8, 13; time of election, 8, 65, 66, 73; term of office. 8;

duties of, 10; salary of, 13; vacancy in office, 9; removal of, 49 50.
Auditors, Board of County, 22.

B

Ballot-box, care of, 69; tampering with, 75.

Ballots, 69, 70; counting of, 70,

Bills, how passed, 47, 48; when introduced, 48.
Births and deaths, by whom ascertained, 26.

Blind, the, 110; instution for educating, III.

Boards and commissioners, 9, 13; how selected, 11; powers of, 11.
Boards, State Board of Agriculture, 101, 102, 107. Boards of Control, 109,
111, 114, 115; Board of County Auditors, 22; Boards of Canvassers,
68, 71, 72; District Board, 93, 108; State Board of Education, 86, 91,
107; Board of Inspectors, 68, 69, 116. Board of Managers of House
of Correction, 115; Board of Regents, 100, 107; Boards of Registra-
tion, 63, 74; Board of Supervisors, 21, 23; Board of School Inspectors,
27, 30, 87, 108; of Corrections and Charities, 117, 118; Township
Board, 29, 30; Boards of Trustees, 95, 108, 113; Boards of Visitors,
86, 98, 100; County Board of School Examiners, 88, 89, 90, 108.
Bonds of State Treasurer, 10; of county officers, 16; of township officers,
25, 80; of Assessor of School district, 94; of Quartermaster General,

Canvassers, 68, 70, 74; county, 71; district, 71, 72; State, 72.

Canvass of votes for township and city officers, 70; for county officers,
Senators, and Representatives, 71, 72; Judges of Circuit Courts, Con-
gressmen, and State officers, 72.

Census, by whom taken, 26; school, 95.

Chairman of Township Board, 25; of Board of Inspectors of Election,
69, of Board of School Inspectors, 89; of school meetings, 94; of
District Board, 93.

Charitable institutions, 109-113.

Chart r, defined, 32.

Chiet fustice, 12, 59.