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, public, defined, 84 Stratagems in war, 233 Subpœna, nature and service of, 65 Summons, suits commenced by, 64-66 Superintendent of schools, duties of, 52, 81 Supervisors, board of, of whom composed, 54 of towns, duties of, 54, 57 of highways, duties of, 58 Surveyor of county, 56 Surveyor-general, duties of, 52 Swearing, profane, unlawful, 221 Synopsis of the state constitutions, 239-280 Taxation, power of congress in relation to, 112-114 Taxes, assessment and collection of, 76-78 how apportioned among the states, 106-107 Tender, what lawful, 136 Tennessee, constitution of, 266 Testament, (see Wills and Testaments.) Texas, constitution of, 263 Theocracy, defined, and government of, 24 Town clerk, duties of, 57 Town officers, election and duties of, 56-59 Towns and townships, organization and powers of, 53, 56 Treason against states, defined, 217 power of congress concerning, 155, 156 attainder of, 155 Treasurer, of state, duties of, 51 of county, 54, 55 of towns, 58 Treaties, how and by whom made, 244 by states prohibited, 135 of peace, 237, 238 Treaty, defined, 144 Truces in war, 237 Trustees of townships, power and duties of, 57 Tunnage, duties, states prohibited to lay, 119, 120 Union, nature of the, 101-104 Usury, defined, and forfeiture in case of, 215