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ebellion, defined, 90, 91 Recognizance, defined, 69 Recorder or register, county, duties of, 55 Records, public, proving and effect of, 156, 157 Registry of vessels, 120 Religion, freedom in matters of, secured, 163 Representative, defined, 27, 28 Representatives, state, how apportioned and elected, 37-39 qualifications of, 40 Representatives in congress, how apportioned, 105 qualifications of, 104, 105 Reprieve and pardon, defined, and power to grant, 49, 143 Reprisals, power to make, forbidden to states, 136 Reprisals in war, 229, 230 Republic, defined, 26 Republican government, guarantied to the states, 159 Respondent, defined, 69 Revenue, defined, 80 national, how raised, 112-114 Revolution, causes of, 94-97 Rhode Island, constitution of, 243 Rights and liberty, defined, 18-20 Rights of person and property, defined, 18, 19, 167 Right of property, how acquired, 16, 177 Right by prescription, 184-186 Right of way, law concerning, 183, 184 Right of waters, 183, 185 Right of search, 236 Riot, defined, and how suppressed, 220 Roads, (see Highways.) Robbery, defined, 218 School funds, schools, &c., 79-82 Sealer of weights and measures, duty of, 59 Secretary of state, of state government, 50 Secretary of state of the United States, duties of, 148 of the treasury, 148 of the interior, 149 of war, 149 of the navy, 149 Selectmen, duties of, 57 Senate, state, how constituted, 38-40 Senators and representatives, qualifications of, 40 (See State Constitutions.) Senate of the United States, how formed, 108, 109 qualifications of members of, 111 vacancies in, how filled, 110, 111 Sergeant-at-arms, appointment and duties of, 42 Servants, rights and liabilities of, 176, 177 Sheriff and shire, origin of, 53, 54 powers and duties of, 55 Slander and libel, law concerning, 168, 169 Slave trade, not to be prohibited before 1808, 131, 132 declared piracy, 132 Society, civil, defined, 17 mankind fitted for, 15-17 South Carolina, constitution of, 256 Sovereignty, defined, 24 Speaker of house and senate, 41 Specialty, defined, 283 Spies in war, 233 State and nation, defined, 17 State constitutions, synopsis of, 239-280 State officers, executive, 50-52 State records, effect and proof of, 156, 157 State printer, appointment and business of, 52 Statute law, defined, 167 Stocks, pub
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