Income tax. Direct election of senators. Method of election. Temporary appointments. States or by any State on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ARTICLE XVI1 The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration. ARTICLE XVII 2 The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of each State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided that the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. 1 Proposed July 12, 1909. 1913. Declared in force February 25, 2 Proposed June 12, 1912. Declared in force May 13, 1913. INDEX Abolition Societies, in District of Colum- Atlantic Cable, 478. Austin, Moses, 303. Bacon's Rebellion, 69. Baltimore, Lord, 103. Baltimore Secession Troubles, 340. Bemis Heights, Battle of, 182. Bill of Rights, 209. Blaine, J. G., 422. Bland Silver Bill, 420. Bon Homme Richard, 198. Boston Massacre, 161. Boston Tea Party, 159. Braddock, General, 121, 122. Bradford, John, Gov., 82. Bragg, Braxton, General, 309, 362. Brandywine, Battle of, 183-184. Bread Riots, 282. Breckinridge, John C., 327. Brown, John, 326, 329–331. Bryan, William Jennings, 436, 446, 455. Bryant, William Cullen, 268. Buchanan, James, Pres., 327. Buell, Don Carlos, Gen., 355, 357. Buena Vista, Battle of, 309. Atlanta, Capture of, 379-381. Bull Run, Battle of, 348. Dawes, William, with Paul Revere, Ferguson, Major Patrick, 189. 166. Declaration of Independence, 175. Declaratory Act, 157. Deerfield, Mass., 116. De Lesseps, Ferdinand, 452. De Soto, Hernando, 35, 36. Dingley Tariff Bill, 436. Donelson, Fort, 354. Douglas, Stephen A., 324, 327, 333. Duquesne, Fort, 120, 121, 122, 124. Early, Gen. J. A., 385. East India Company, 158. Education, 134-137, 151, 296–297. El Caney, 441. Electoral Commission, 417. Elizabeth, Queen, 54, 57, 59. Emancipation Proclamation, 375. Ericson, Leif, 12. Ericsson, John, 353. Erie, Lake, Battle of, 242. Exploration, Period of, 5-79. Fair Oaks, Battle of, 368. Gadsden Purchase, 310. Galvez, Bernardo, 201-202. Garfield, James A., President, 420. Gates, Horatio, 182. Genêt, Edmond, French Minister, 222. Georgia Established, 73. Germans Settle in Pennsylvania, 131. Gettysburg, Battle of, 373. Ghent, Treaty of, 246. Gilbert, Humphrey, Sir, 59. Gold Discovered in California, 316. Gorgas, Wm., 464. Gorges, Ferdinando, 84. Gosnold, Bartholomew, 62. Grant, U. S., General, 309, 355, 378, 383. | Huguenots, 50, 51. Elected President, 284-285. Hartford Convention, 247. Hawaii, 443, 445. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 268. Henry, Patrick, 194, 195. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 269, 299. Hood, J. B., General, 381. Hooker, Thomas, 86. Houston, Sam, 304, 305, 306. Howe, William, General, Boston, 171. New York, 181. Brandywine, 183. Philadelphia, 184. Hudson, Henry, 55. |