Status of the district today 302
Legislative power over the district 303
Taxation in the district 303
Delegation of legislative power to municipal officers 304
Courts of the district 304
Authority over places purchased 305
"Places" 305
Duration of federal jurisdiction 305
Reservation of jurisdiction by States 306
Clause 18. "Necessary and proper" clause 307
Coefficient or elastic clause 307
Scope of incidental powers 307
Operation of coefficient clause 308
Definition and punishment of crimes 308
Chartering of banks 309
Currency regulations 309
Power to charter corporations 310
Courts and judicial proceedings 310
Special acts concerning claims 311
Maritime law 311
Section 9. Powers denied to Congress 312
General purpose of the section 312
Clause 1. Importation of slaves 312
Clause 2. Suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus 312
Habeas corpus 312
Purpose of the writ 312
Errors which may be corrected on habeas corpus 313
Habeas corpus not a substitute for appeal 314
Issuance of the writ 314