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CONSTITUTION Continued. 



Compromises of the Constitution; by Mnx Farrancl. (In American His- 

 torical Association Report, 1903, vol. 3, pages 71 to 84.) Cloth, 50c. 



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The author contends that the most important compromises were those deter- 

 mining the composition of the two Houses of Congress and the method of electing 

 the President. He considers the counting 5 slaves as 3 freemen and the com- 

 promises on the slave-trade and navigation acts as of less importance at that 

 time. 



Constitution as signed in convention, proceedings in Congress, ratification 

 by the several States [1787-1790 J. 320 pages. (Rolls and Library Bul- 

 letin 5.) Paper, 35c. S8.3:5 

 Constitution of United States. 1913. 38 pages, 24 Paper, 5c. 



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An exact text of the Constitution without notes. The 16th and 17th amend- 

 ments are included. 



Courts and the Constitution, address by George Sutherland, Senator from 

 Utah, before American Bar Association, Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 28, 1912. 



16 pages. (62 Cong., 3d sess., S. Doc. 970.) Paper, 5c. 

 Documentary history of the Constitution, 1787 to 1870, derived from rec- 

 ords, manuscripts, and rolls deposited in the Bureau of Rolls and 

 Library, 1894 to 1900. 3 vols., large 8 Vol. 1, cloth, 70c, half leather, 

 $1.00; vol. 2, paper, $1.20, cloth, $1.40, sheep, $2.00; vol. 3, paper, $1.20, 

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A literal print of the Constitution and the proceedings and amendments by 

 which it was created, including the full text of all the ratifications by the States 

 and of the journals of the Annapolis Convention, 1786, and the Federal Conven- 

 tion, 1787 ; a verbatim reproduction of all the constitutional documents in the 

 possession of the Government, and, of course, itself a document of absolute 

 authority. 



Essentials of the Constitution, article from North American Review of July 

 and August, 1913, entitled Experiments in Government and essentials of 

 the Constitution ; by Elihu Root. 1913. 24 pages. (63d Cong., 1st sess., 

 S. Doc. 168.) Paper, 5c. 



Some aspects of the Constitution, address by Joseph Culbertson Clayton, 

 New York, Dec. 14, 1910. 19 pages. (62d Cong., 2d sess., S. Doc. 143.) 

 Paper, 5c. 



Webster, Pelatiah. Memorial in behalf of architect of our Federal Consti- 

 tution, Pelatiah Webster, of Philadelphia; [by Hannis Taylor]. 1908. 

 53 pages. Paper, 15c. Y 1.1 : W 39 



Hon. Hannis Taylor believes that Webster's "A dissertation on the political 

 union and constitution of the thirteen United States of North America," pub- 

 lished in Philadelphia, Feb. 16, 1783, contained the vital principle of the Ameri- 

 can Constitution of 1787 ; that this principle was entirely new and before 

 . unthought of ; and that, consequently, Pelatiah Webster " made a larger presonal 

 contribution to the science of government than any other one individual in the 

 history of mankind." The Dissertation is included. 



Webster, Pelatiah. Petition to be presented to Congress on Feb. 16, 1914, 

 the 131st anniversary of the publication at Philadelphia of Pelatiah 

 Webster's epoch-making tract of Feb. 16, 1783, containing the first draft 

 of the existing Constitution of the United tates. (In Congressional Rec- 

 ord of Feb. 18, 1914, vol. 51, no. 54, pages 3829 to 3832.) Paper, 9c. 



See also Continental Congress Declaration of Independence Electoral 

 votes Federal Convention, 1787 Registers. 



CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. 



In 125 years the Constitution of the United States has been amended but 



17 times, though the number of proposed amendments introduced in Congress 

 has numbered hundreds if not thousands. 



The first 10 amendments were submitted to the States by the 1st Congress at 

 its 1st session and were ratified in 1791. The llth was submitted in 1794 and 

 ratified in 1798. The 12th was submitted in 1803 and ratified the next year. 



The 13th, abolishing slavery, was submitted to the States in 1865 and ratified 

 the same year. The 14th, imposing political disabilities on those engaging 

 in rebellion and establishing the validity of the war debt, was submitted in 1866 

 and ratified in 1868. The 15th, giving freedmen the vote, was submitted in 1869 

 and ratified in 1870. 



In 1909 the amendment establishing the constitutional right of Congress to 

 enact a tax on incomes was submitted, and on Feb. 25, 1913, Secretary of State 

 Knox issued his certificate that, a sufficient number of States haying ratified 

 the amendment, it had become valid as the 16th article of the Constitution. 



By action of Congress in May, 1912, a 17th amendment, providing for the 

 election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, was submitted to 

 the States. The first ratification was made by North Carolina. Jan. 25, 1913, 

 the last necessary one by Wisconsin, May 9, 1913, Secretary Bryan issuing the 

 proclamation May 31, 1913. 



