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CHAPTER I. OF CITIZENSHIP GENERALLY. 93K

Definition of Citizenship.......................................... 2
American Citizenship-Its Origin and Kinds......................... 4
State Citizenship................. ................................ 5
Citizenship of the Northwest Territory............................ 13
Citizenship of the United States.................................. 17
Qualified Citizenship in Territorial and Acquired Possessions..... 34
Hawaii - Its Goverment............................................ 37
Porto Rico........................................................ 39
Guam.............................................................. 42
Philippine Islands................................................ 42
Citzenship in Our Insular Possessions............................. 46

CHAPTER II. HOW AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP MAY BE ACQUIRED. 32K

In the Nation:
By Birth................................................... 51
By Naturalization.......................................... 53
Length of Residence Necessary... .......................... 55
In a State:
By Birth................................................... 61
By State Enactments........................................ 61
By Federal Enactments...................................... 62
Outside the Nation or States...................................... 62
Of the Persons who May he Citizens................................ 63
National and State Citizemship Not Necessarily Coexistent......... 66

CHAPTER III. OF THE OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS TO THE NATION AND THE STATE. 43K

Allegiance........................................................ 68
Different Kinds of Allegiance..................................... 69
Formal Compact Not Necessary to Create Allegiance................. 69
Of Dual Allegiance................................................ 70
Of Patriotism..................................................... 73
Of Treason........................................................ 74
Of Dual Treason................................................... 80
Elements of the Offense .......................................... 83

CHAPTER IV. OF THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND IMMUNITIES OF THE CITIZEN. 197K

In General........................................................ 92
Source of American Plan of Government and Rights of Citizenship... 93
Rights of Citizens of the States.................................. 98
State Bills of Rights............................................ 100
National Declaration of Independence............................. 104
The Federal Constitution......................................... 106
Rights, Privileges, and Immunities Granted or Guaranteed to the Citizen of the United States ..........................111
Taxation of the Citizen.......................................... 152
Of the Immunity of the Citizen from Arrest, While Attending Congress, and in Going to and Returning from the Same, and from Being Questioned in any other Place for any Speech or Debate......................................... 153
Of the Immunity of the Citizen from State Interference with the Regulation of Commerce with Foreign Nations. and among the Several States and with the Indian Tribes....... 154
Right of the Citizen to the Writ of Habeas Corpus................ 159
Of the Immunity of the Citizen Against Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto Laws........................................ 163
Of the Immunity of the Citizen Against State Lawn Impairing the Obligation of Contracts............................... 165
Of the Right of the Citizens of Each State to All the Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the Several States.......... 167
Of the Federal Guarantee of Extradition of Fugitives from Justice........................................... 174
The Guarantee to the Citizen that Persons Held to Service or Labor in one State and Escaping to another Shall Not Be Discharged Thereby from Such Service or Labor but Shall Be Delivered up............................................178
Of the Federal Guarantee to the Citizen that His State Shall have a Republican Form of Government...................... 178
The Immunity of the Citizen Against any Law of Congress Respecting an Establishment of Religion or Prohibiting the free Exercise Thereof...................................... 185
Of the Right of the Citizen to Free Speech........................ l88
Of the Freedom of the Press....................................... l89
Rights Guaranteed by Amendments II to VIII, XI, and XII............190

CHAPTER V. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES UNDER THE WAR AMENDMENTS. 120K

The Thirteenth Amendment.......................................... 192
The Fourteenth Amendment.......................................... 194
Of the Regulation of Ordinary Business Pursuits by the states..... 211
The Right to Regulate Woman's Rights.............................. 214
The Right to Regulate the Practice of Professions................. 215
Of Suffrage....................................................... 215
Reduction of the Representation of the States In Congress......... 223
The Right of States to Regulate State Procedure Especially Concerning the summoning and Constitution of Juries............... 235
Of the Power of the State to Control and Regulate the Business of Corporations In the State...................................... 241
Its Right to Control the Conduct of Individuals and Bodies of Citizens In Public Places......................................... 243
To Require Citizens to Observe Morality and Decency............... 244
Of the Power of the State to Separate the Races in Public Places.. 245
Of the Power of the State to Regulate State Taxation.............. 246
Of the Right of the State to Control State Elections.............. 249
Due Process of Law................................................ 249
Of the Equal Protection of the Law................................ 254
The Fifteenth Amendment........................................... 257

CHAPTER VI. OF THE PROTECTION OF CITIZENS ABROAD 121K

CHAPTER VII. OF EXPATRIATION, ALIENS, AND WHO MAY NOT BECOME CITIZENS

Expatriation...................................................... 263
Aliens.............................................................267
Immigration of Chinese.............................................275