·

- 397

Or increasing the force of any foreign ship or
vessel of war in the ports of the United
States,
- 381

Notes on decisions on illegal outfit of vessels
in the ports of the United States, 381

Authentication.
Acts of the legislatures of the States, records,
and judicial proceedings of the States,
when authenticated, shall have the same
faith and credit in the courts of the United
States as they have in the courts of the
State from whence the records are taken.-
Records and judicial proceedings of the
courts of the States shall be authenticated
by the attestation of the clerk and the seal
of the court, if there be a seal, and the cer-
tificate of the judge, chief justice, or pre-
siding magistrate that the attestation is in
due form,
- 122

-

Copies of records of the Court of Appeals
previous to the adoption of the Constitution,
may be authenticated by the clerk of the
Supreme Court with whom the records
shall be deposited,
Baggage and tools of trade.

- 122

-

Personal baggage, &c., exempted from duty, 661
Bail in Civil Cases.
334
Clerks of the District and Circuit Courts may,
in the absence or disability of the judges
of the courts, take recognisances of bail de
bene esse, in cases depending in the said
courts,
- 276
Bail to be discharged if the defendant arrested
on any suit brought against him in any
court of the United States, shall be arrested
and committed to jail in any other district
of the United States,
- 727
Proceedings to obtain the discharge of the bail
in the first suit,
- 727
An exoneratur to be entered upon a return
of the marshal of the commitment of the
defendant in another district
- 727
In suits for duties or pecuniary penalties, de-
fendants may be held to special bail, 676
in Criminal Cases.

A meet person learned in the law shall be
appointed Attorney-General of the United
States, whose duty shall be to prosecute and
conduct all suits in the Supreme Court of
the United States, in which the United Bail
States shall be concerned, to give advice
and opinions on questions of law when re-
quired by the President, or requested by any
of the heads of department touching any
matters that may concern their depart-
ments,
92
alary and compensation of the attorney-
general, -
72

Bail for appearance in criminal causes, where
bail is allowed, may be taken by any judge
of the United States, chancellor, judge of a
superior State court, or chief or first judge
of any Court of Common Pleas or mayor
of a city or commissioners appointed by
the Circuit Court of Maine and Kentucky,
334

Bills of Credit.

No State shall issue bills of credit, Constitu-
tion of the United States, sect. 10, - 15

Bills of Exchange.

Actions on foreign bills of exchange by as-
signee,

To be given up for dissection,
Books, Maps, and Charts,

Bail in Criminal Cases.
On all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be
admitted, except when the punishment may
be death; in which cases it shall not be ad-
mitted, but by the Supreme or Circuit
Court, or by a justice of the Supreme
Court, or a judge of the District Court, Body of Convicts,
who shall exercise their discretion there-
in, -
91
When a justice of the Supreme or District
Court shall not be present to take bail, in a
case of commitment by a supreme or dis-
trict judge, for an offence not punished
with death, the bail may be entered before
the supreme or superior judge of the court
of such State,

91

79

· 113

Copyright by act of May, 31, 1790, (repealed,)

124

Notes of decisions on the law of copyright, 124

Bonds.

Decrees in equity, and judgments at law, on
bonds, with penalties, shall be given for the
sum due thereon, according to equity; or if
either party request it, the damages may be
assessed by a jury,
for Duties,

Bonds

- 87

Shall be put in suit immediately on their be-
coming due, and judgment shall be rendered
at the first term, unless an affidavit be made,
in the presence of the district attorney, that
there has been an error in the liquidation
of the duties,
676

Such bonds entitled to a priority of satisfac-
tion in case of insolvency of the obligor, 676
Surety, paying bond to have the priority of the
United States, in case of the insolvency of
the principal,
- 676
Meaning of insolvency,

Act supplementary to the act incorporating Bonds of Officers,

· 191

196

192

the Bank of the United States,
Notes of decisions on the act incorporating
the Bank of the United States, -

Barbary Powers.

Of the mint,

.

- 676

Bribery,

Of officers of the customs,
Of judges,
Bullion

53

At the mint,

53 Buying

Stolen goods,

353 Capias ad Satisfaciendum.

Buoys at New London and Providence River,

- 607

Goat Island, Nassau Island, buoys in or near
the harbour of Nantucket,

540

Buoys on rocks off New London and Provi-
dence,

Beasts,

Imported for breed,

Beer, Ale, and Porter.

- 692

- 695
117

- 341

- 116

On judgments in any case whatsoever, the
plaintiff may at his option issue a writ of
capias ad satisfaciendum in the first in-
stance, and may pursue the same until a
tender be made of the debt in gold or sil-
ver,
94

353

- 119

No benefit of clergy shall be allowed upon
conviction of any crime punished with
death,
Bills of Attainder

Not to be passed, Constitution of the United

States, sect. 9,

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101

Notes of the acts providing for the enumera-
tion of the inhabitants of the United
States,

-

Act of March 1, 1790, -

3 s 2

· 101

Circuit Courts.

Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives. Compensation of the Officers of the Government.
Oaths and affirmations,

13 Concealment of Crimes and Offences.
Misprision of treason and felonies,

To be appointed, to take an oath or affirma-
tion, and give bond with security, (obso- Concealment,
142

114 Consuls to receive protests of captains of
American ships,
- 257
Copies of consular acts evidence as originals
in the courts of the United States, 256
Jurisdiction of the courts of the United States
in actions against foreign consuls,
Duties of consuls under the act of March 2,
1799, sect. 81, relative to drawback on ex-
ported goods,
- 690

Constitution of the United States, article 1, 10
Representation and direct taxes to be appor-

tioned according to respective numbers.
Constitution United States, art 1, sect. 2, 10
Congress shall consist of a Senate and House
of Representatives, article 1,
10
Contested elections of members of the House

of Representatives, evidence in, - - 537
Oaths and affirmations of members of Con-
gress,
24
Oaths and affirmations to be administered to
the officers of Congress, and by the chair-
men of select committees, -
554
Power of Congress. Constitution of the
United States, article 1, sect. 8.
12
Congress to assemble once a year. Constitu-
tion of the United States, art. 1, sect. 4, 11
Place of holding sessions of Congress to be
altered by the President in case of sick-
ness,
Sessions of Congress to be once in every year,
on the first Monday in every December.
Constitution of the United States, article 1,
sect. 4,

Special sessions of Congress,

533

Contagious Sickness.

79

11

96

- 198

Notes of decisions,

267

First Monday in January, 1790,
First Monday in October, 1791,
First Monday in November, 1792,
First Monday in November, 1794,
First Monday in November, 1797,
Representation in Congress, under the
tution of the United States,
Representation according to the first cen-
253

sus,

Connecticut.

Representatives in Congress.

the United States,

- 563

Copies of records in the Department of State, 69

124

- 370 Copyright of Books.
- 507 Act of June 4, 1790, (repealed,)
Consti- Notes of decisions on the copyright acts, 124
10 Correspondence.

Penalty on citizens of the United States hold-
ing correspondence with a foreign govern-
ment with a purpose of influencing the go-
vernment in relation to controversies with
the United States, -
- 613
Corruption of Blood.

Costs.

No conviction for offences shall work corrup-
tion of blood or forfeiture of estate, - 117

254 Counsel.

Act concerning consuls and vice-consuls, 254
Notes of decisions of the courts of the United
States as to the powers and duties of con-
suls,
254
Consuls and vice-consuls to take charge of the
estates of persons dying within their con-
sulates,
Duties as to stranded vessels, and merchandise
on board of such vessels,
A salary to be allowed to consuls on the coast
of Barbary,
256
Provision for mariners left in foreign ports to
be made by consuls, -
256

255

The parties in suits in the courts of the United
States may manage their own causes per-
sonally, or have the aid of counsel, or attor
neys-at-law,
- 92
Every person indicted for violating a passport
or safe-conduct, striking or assaulting a pub-