The Government Class Book Part 46

--5. By whom and how are treaties negotiated? By whom ratified?

--6. What is here mentioned as the practice of civilized nations? What are the duties of the secretary of state in our intercourse with foreign nations?

--7. What t.i.tles have representatives at foreign courts? Who are emba.s.sadors _in ordinary_ and _extraordinary_? Envoys? Envoys _plenipotentiary_?

--8. What are our representatives abroad called? What are _charges des affaires_?

--9. What is the business of consuls?

--10. Why is the appointment of judges of the supreme court given to the president and senate?

--11. For what reason should the president have the right to select the heads of the departments?

--12. What power has the president alone in filling vacancies? Why is such a power necessary?

--13. What other powers and duties of the president are mentioned in the const.i.tution?

--14. What officers are removable by impeachment? and for what offenses?

Chapter XLI.

--1. Among what departments is the executive business of the nation distributed? By what names are the head officers called? How appointed?

--2. What departments did the first congress establish? What officers const.i.tuted the first cabinet? When were the heads of the navy, post-office, and interior departments respectively added?

--3. What are the duties of the secretary of state relating to foreign affairs? Define diplomacy and diplomatist.

--4. What are the duties of the secretary in relation to home affairs?

--5. What are the duties of the secretary of the treasury?

--6. What are his princ.i.p.al a.s.sistants?

--7. What are the duties of the secretary of the interior? What is a _pension_? To what cla.s.ses of persons are pensions allowed? To whom are bounties of lands allowed?

--8. To what do the duties of the secretary of war relate?

--9. What is the business of the secretary of the navy? and of the navy commissioners?

--10. What are the princ.i.p.al duties of the postmaster general? Who are his princ.i.p.al a.s.sistants?

--11. What is the business of postmasters in relation to keeping accounts of letters, advertising letters, and making returns to the general post-office? What are _dead_ letters?

--12. How are postmasters paid for their services? State the rates of commission. To what amount of compensation are postmasters limited? What postmasters are appointed by the president and senate?

--13. Who are ent.i.tled to the franking privilege? and to what extent? How is franking done? What government officers frank matter on official business?

--14. What are the duties of the attorney-general?

Chapter XLII.

--1. Was there a national judiciary under the confederation? In what courts is the judicial power of the U.S. vested?

--2. By whom, and for what term, are the judges appointed? Why is the term made so long?

--3. How is the independence of the judges further secured? Why should congress not have power to reduce their salaries?

--4. Cases of what nature are tried in the national courts?

--5. Why is the trial of crimes to be held in the state where committed?

--6. Which are the lowest national courts? How is a district court const.i.tuted? What cases does it try?

--7. How many circuits are there? How is a circuit court const.i.tuted?

What cases does it try?

--8. How is the supreme court const.i.tuted? Where, and when, does it hold sessions? What is its princ.i.p.al business?

--9. What important object is so cared by the supreme court? How are state laws and the decisions of state courts affected by the decisions of the supreme court of the United States?

Chapter XLIII.

--1. Why was the definition of treason put into the const.i.tution? What is levying war?

--2. State more particularly what does and what does not const.i.tute levying war and treason?

--3. What proof is required to convict of treason?

--4. How was treason punished by the common law? How has congress made it punishable?

--5. What is attainder? Its meaning here? By the common law, how did the sentence of death for treason affect the traitor? What has congress declared concerning conviction for treason?

Chapter XLIV.

--1. What is the object of the provision concerning state records?

--2. In giving effect to this provision, what has congress enacted? In case of a judicial proceeding, what is required? What in case of an act of a state legislature?