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Chapter XIII

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, CONTINUED.--ELECTION AND
POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT.

Election of the President, why not made directly by the People 388

Origin of the Plan of Electors 389

Choice of President and Vice-President 390-395

Succession of the Vice-President to the Presidency 395-398

Mode of filling the Vacancy when there is no Vice-President 398

Mode of choosing the Electors 398, 399

Opening of the Votes of the Electors 399, 400

Modifications of the Mode of Election made by the
Amendment 400, 401

Contingency, for which no Provision is made 401-403

Qualifications for the Presidency 404

Salary of the President 404-407

Question of a Cabinet, or a Council 407-409

Powers of the President 409 _et seq._

Executive Power 412, 413

Pardoning Power 413, 414

Treaty-making Power 414-417

Appointing Power 417, 418

To give Information on the State of the Union 419

Power to convene Congress 419

CHAPTER XIV.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, CONTINUED.--FORMATION OF
THE JUDICIAL POWER.

Scope of the Judicial Power 421-431

Its Purposes 431-445

CHAPTER XV.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, CONTINUED.--EFFECT OF
RECORDS.--INTER-STATE PRIVILEGES.--FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE AND
FROM SERVICE.

Intimacy of the Relations between the People of the States 447

Difference between the Confederation and the Constitution 447, 448

Privileges of Citizenship in all the States 448

Effect of Records 449

Fugitives from Justice 449, 450

Fugitives from Service 450-467

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