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INDEX

TO VOLUME ONE

[References are to pages. Roman numerals to Introduction.]

ACADEMY,

A

lands reserved for, upon admission into the Union.

ACTIONS,

PAGE

71

SEE COURTS.

ACTS,

SEE BILLS; LAWS.

attempt to amend constitution as to time of taking effect..
as to use of emergency clauses.

.clxiv

.clxiv

authorizing Convention of 1850....

lxxvii

critical note on method of amending.

.cxlviii-cxlix

discussion of constitutional provision as to amendment, 1859

.clxxxii

must be plainly worded, Constitution of 1851.

318

must embrace but one subject, expressed in title, Constitution
of 1851...

318

necessity of governor's approval to territorial acts

30

not amended by title, but set forth at full length, Constitution
of 1851...

318

procedure required for taking effect, Constitution of 1816.

117

Constitution of 1851..

321

providing for convention referendum, 1849.

192

requiring Governor to give notice of deposit of Constitution of

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of either House without consent of the other, prohibited by
Constitution of 1816.

ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT,

provisions concerning, Constitution of 1851..

ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS,

of government under Constitution of 1851..

ADMINISTRATORS,

local laws concerning, forbidden, Constitution of 1851.... . .

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93

.334-38

309

319

73

17, 19

72

129-32

XV

66

steps to formal admission completed, Dec. 11, 1816..

.xxi

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Roman numerals to Introduction.]

AFFIRMATION,

mode of administering consistent with conscience, Bill of Rights,
Constitution of 1851..

AGRICULTURE,

encouragement favored by Whig Party.

ALIENS,

SEE SUFFRAGE.

PAGE

297

. lxxx

American party platform on alien suffrage, 1857..
naturalization required by proposed amendment, 1907
qualifications as voters, Constitution of 1851...
Whig platform concerning right of aliens to vote, 1850.

ALLEYS,

local laws vacating, forbidden..

ALTERATIONS,

ordinance of 1787 to conform to Federal constitution..
Virginia deed of cession...

AMENDMENTS,

SEE MARSHALL CONSTITUTION; STOTSENBURG AMENDMENTS;
SUBMISSION OF AMENDMENTS.

attempts to amend constitution defining process of amendment

cii

cxvi

304

XCV

319

.36, 37
35

.clxiv-clxxiv

by electors without calling convention, 1829.
convention provided for by Constitution of 1816.
critical note on amending process.

153

111

ccxxx-ccxli

criticism of provision in Constitution of 1816 limiting call of
constitutional convention to twelfth year.

xxiii

defined....

desired at the hands of a convention proposed for 1823.

discussion of amending process in Constitution of 1851.

discussion of necessity for amendments, 1859.

ccxxxii

xlii
..ccii-cciii

clxxix-exciii

expediency of convention for partial amendment of constitution,
1848.

190

form of, including bill, joint resolution or concurrent resolution. ccxl
Governor Whitcomb's recommendation concerning, 1848.
incorporation into constitution.

188-89
ccxl

miscellaneous amendments proposed.

.clxiv-clxviii

of constitution by legislative enactment critical note... lxxxiii-lxxxviii
of Constitution of 1816, popular conception of.

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proposal to strike out negro colonization article and substitute
municipal debt limit.

.cxxxiv

provisions for in Constitution of 1816.

111

in Constitution of 1851....

.367-69

reference to, in address to electors by Convention of 1850....412-13
resolution providing for submission of pre-drafted amendments

to electors, 1831..

Senate bill providing for unspecified amendment to constitution,
1848..

lviii

190

text of former provision and amendments adopted in 1881..

ccxxvii-ccxxxi

vote on submission of seven amendments, 1881.
withdrawal from consideration..

.ccxxvii
ccxl

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of members of General Assembly critical note.

fixed by enumeration of counties, Constitution of 1851.. 312
under act of 1809....

370

.exliv, cxlv

under 1816 Constitution..

.56, 57
89, 91

of delegates to Convention of 1816.

Appendix Vol. 2, XIV

to Convention of 1850 discussed.

lxxviii

text of former provision regarding sexennial enumeration and
amendment adopted in 1881..

.ccxxviii

APPROPRIATIONS,

for expenses of Convention of 1850.

.419-20

necessary to the payment of state money, under Constitution of
1816..

95

under Constitution of 1851.

351

APPROPRIATION BILLS,

attempts to amend constitution authorizing veto of separate
items..

.clxiv-clxvii

Governor Whitcomb recommends two-thirds majority to pass,
1848.

188

must originate in House of Representatives by Constitution of
1851.

317

ARBITRATION,

SEE COURTS OF CONCILIATION.

ARMS,

right to bear for defense, secured by Constitution of 1816.
by Constitution of 1851..

87

303

ARREST,

electors exempted from at elections under Constitution of 1816.
under Constitution of 1851.

108

308

members of General Assembly privileged from under Constitu-
tion of 1816..

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obstacles to ratification based on controversies over claims to
Northwest territory.

5, 6

ordinance of 1787 recognizes obligations.

32

provision for adaptation in ordinance of 1784.

provision for ownership of wild and unexplored lands.
refusal of Maryland to sign...

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criticism of Constitution of 1816 for failure to provide for attor-
ney-general.....

xxiii

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proposal to amend constitution to provide for popular election
of 1848..

190

requested to report expenses of Convention of 1850.

425

term of office, duties and eligibility under Constitution of 1851.

334

B

BADOLLET, JOHN,

signer of Constitution of 1816..

125

BAIL,

accepted for offenses other than murder or treason, by Constitu-
tion of 1851...

299

by Constitution of 1851..

excessive bail prohibited by Constitution of 1816.

by Ordinance of 1787..

right secured by Constitution of 1816.

BAKER, GOVERNOR,

interpretation of constitutional provision requiring entry of yeas
and nays on journal, 1872...

87

299

31

87

.ccxxxiii

message concerning Wabash and Erie Canal debt, 1869, 1871
and 1873...

cxxix

recommending consideration of woman suffrage amend-
ment, 1873..

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part of common school fund by Constitution of 1851.......... 347

BANKS,

cease operations in twenty years by Constitution of 1851...... 357
creation of charter regulated by proposed change in constitu-
tion, 1846..

provisions for incorporation in Constitution of 1816.

in Constitution of 1851....

lxv

115

354-58

reference to in address to electors by Convention of 1850.. ..411-12

BAPTIST ASSOCIATION,

petition on the subject of slavery to Convention of 1850......

290

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