Elements of Civil Government eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 218 pages of information about Elements of Civil Government.

Elements of Civil Government eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 218 pages of information about Elements of Civil Government.

  School, 21, 26.
      appointment of officers, 34.
      children, 22, 23.
      definition and purpose of, 21.
      directors, 43, 44, 51.
      district, 28.
      formation of, 21.
      functions of, 22.
      government, 23, 27.
      members, 22.
      position of, 28.
      power of teacher of, 25.
      rights of, 22.
      teacher, 25. 
  Secret ballot, 179. 
  Secretary of state, 87.
      of territory, 94.
      of treasury, 136. 
  Security, personal, 72. 
  Selectmen, 42. 
  Senate, 81, 119. 
  Senator, 110. 
  Senatorial districts, 191. 
  Sessions of congress, 131. 
  Sheriff, 49, 174, 177. 
  Shire town, 49. 
  Society, 158, 165, 166. 
  Social rights, 165, 166. 
  Solicitor, 158, 166, 167.
      city, 61.
      general, 146.
      of treasury, 139. 
  Speaker, 81, 82. 
  Speech, freedom of, 157. 
  State, 64-97.
      administration of, 116.
      engineer, 70. 
  State examiner, 90.
      librarian, 90.
      officers, 84.
      secretary of, 87.
      subdivisions of, 48.
      teachers’ institute, 89. 
  Statistics, commissioner of, 90. 
  Statute law, 170. 
  Suffrage and elections, 175-178.
      rights of, 39. 
  Suits, 171, 174.
      civil, 54. 
  Superintendent of banking, 90.
      of coast survey, 138. 
  Superintendent of elections, 51.
      of poor, 54.
      of public instruction, 89. 
  Supervisor, 43, 44. 
  Supreme court, 92, 150. 
  Surveyor, 33,
      general, 90.
      county, 49, 53.

  Tariff, 204. 
  Taxation, 79, 201, 202. 
  Taxes, 52, 53, 202, 203.
      collection of, 35, 43, 45.
      income, 203.
      indirect, 202. 
  Teachers, 25, 26.
      duties of, 25.
      powers of, 25, 26. 
  Territory, 65, 94, 95, 96. 
  Theocracy, 160. 
  Tipstaff, 174. 
  Town (see Township), 39, 30, 37-47.
      meetings, 41. 
  Township, or town, 37-47.
      assessor, 43, 44.
      citizens of, 38.
      clerk, 43.
      collector, 45.
      commissioner, 44.
      constable, 43, 45.
      councilmen, 42.
      governmental functions of, 37. 
  Township, purposes, 38.
      selectmen, 42.
      supervisor, 43, 44.
      treasurer, 43. 
  Treason, 86. 
  Treasurer, city, 61. 
  Treasurer, county, 52.
      township, 43.
      village, 57, 58. 
  Treasury department, 136-139. 
  Treaties, 120, 131. 
  Trials, 171, 172.
      by jury, 173. 
  Trustees, 57.
      of township, 42.
      duties of, 42.

  Unit, the civil, 28-31. 
  United States, 98-156.
      circuit courts, 152.
      circuit court of appeals, 152.
      district court, 153.
      formation of, 99.
      jurisdiction of courts, 149.
      supreme court, 150.

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