JAMES W. GARNER
PREFACE
CONTENTS
IN THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER I LOCAL GOVERNMENT: TOWNS, TOWNSHIPS, AND COUNTIES
CHAPTER II LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CONTINUED: CITIES AND VILLAGES
CHAPTER III THE STATE GOVERNMENTS
CHAPTER IV THE STATE LEGISLATURE
CHAPTER V THE STATE EXECUTIVE
CHAPTER VI THE STATE JUDICIARY
CHAPTER VII SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
CHAPTER VIII POLITICAL PARTIES AND NOMINATING METHODS
CHAPTER IX THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNION
CHAPTER X THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS
CHAPTER XI ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE OF CONGRESS
CHAPTER XII FEDERAL FINANCE, TAXATION, AND MONEY
CHAPTER XIII THE REGULATION OF COMMERCE
CHAPTER XIV OTHER IMPORTANT POWERS OF CONGRESS THE POST OFFICE,
CHAPTER XV THE PRESIDENCY: ORGANIZATION AND MODE OF ELECTION
CHAPTER XVI THE PRESIDENCY (CONTINUED): INAUGURATION; POWERS AND DUTIES
CHAPTER XVII THE CABINET AND THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
CHAPTER XVIII THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY
CHAPTER XIX GOVERNMENT OF THE TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES
CHAPTER XX CITIZENSHIP
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 1787 [114]
INDEX
Title: Government in the United States
National, State and Local
Author: James Wilford Garner
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GOVERNMENT
IN THE
UNITED STATES
NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
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