choose a president whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice-president shall act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the president. The person having the greatest number of votes as vice-president, shall be the vice-president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then, from the two highest numbers on the list, the senate shall choose the vice-president; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States. Index Academies and colleges, 82 Accessories to crime, 220 Actions at law, defined, 64 how commenced, 64 Adjutant-general, 92 Administrators, duties of, 179 Admission of states, 158 Agent, responsibilities of, 202-204 Alabama, constitution of, 259 Aldermen, duties of, 60 Aliens, power to pass laws for the naturalization of, 121, 122 disabilities of, 121 Alliance, defined, 135 Alliances, when binding, 230, 231 by states, prohibited, 135 Amendments of the constitution, provision for, 160 Appeals of suits, 68, 69 Appellant, appellee, defined, 69 Apellate jurisdiction, defined, 70 Appointment, power of, (see Governor and President.) Apprentices and servants, 175, 176 Aquatic rights, 183, 185 Aristocracy, defined, 25 Arkansas, constitution of, 264 Army, standing, 149 Arrest and examination of offenders, 69 Arsenals, use of, 92 Arson, defined, 217 Assault and battery, 220 Assessment and collection of taxes, 76-78 Assessors, duties of, 77 Assignments, 197-199 Assumption of public debt, 160 Attachment, suit by, 68 Attainder of treason, 155 Attorney, defined, 65 Attorney, county or state's, 51, 56 Attorney-general, state, 51 of United States, 151 Auditor of state, 51 county, 65 Auxiliary executive departments, 147-151 Bail, defined, how taken, 69, 70 excessive, forbidden, 165 Bailment, 200-202 Ballot, defined, 33 Bankruptcy, power to pass laws of, 124 Banks, and their operation, 86-88 Belligerent, defined 228 Betting and gaming, 221 Bigamy, defined, 219 Bill, defined, 45 Bills, passage of, 45-43 Bills of attainder, by congress, prohibited, 133 by states, prohibited, 137 of credit, defined, 136 passage of, prohibited, 136 of exchange, 213-215 Blockade, defined, 236 Body politic, defined, 19, 54 Bribery, defined, 219 Broker and brokerage, 204, 205 Bullion, defined, 125 Burglary, defined, 218