e. The vast range of powers exercised by the states.
f. The most important subjects of legislation in England for the past
eighty years.
g. The governments, state or national, to which these twelve
subjects would have fallen in the United States.
10. Speak of the independence of the state courts.
11. In what cases only may matters be transferred from them to
a federal court?
12. The constitution of the state courts:--
a. Justices of the peace; the mayor's court.
b. County and municipal courts.
c. The superior courts.
d. The supreme court.
e. Still higher courts in certain states.
13. The selection of judges and their terms of service:--
a. In the thirteen colonies.
b. In most of the states since the Revolution.
c. The reasons for a life tenure.
d. The tendency since 1869.
14. Mention a conspicuous advantage of our system of government over the
French.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS.
1. Was there ever a charter government in your state? If so, where is
the charter at the present time? What is its present value? Try to see
it, if possible. Pupils of Boston and vicinity, for example, may
examine in the office of the secretary of state, at the state house, the
charter of King Charles (1629) and that of William and Mary (1692).
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