United States. Dipt. of Justice.

OFFICIAL OPINIONS

OF

THE ATTORNEYS-GENERAL

OF

THE UNITED STATES,

ADVISING THE

PRESIDENT AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS

IN RELATION TO THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES,

AND EXPOUNDING THE CONSTITUTION, TREATIES WITH FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS AND WITH INDIAN TRIBES, AND
THE PUBLIC LAWS OF THE COUNTRY.

EDITED BY

A. J. BENTLEY, Esq.

VOLUME XIV.

[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS.]

WASHINGTON, D. C.

W. H. & O. H. MORRISON.

1875.

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VOLUME XIV.

CONTAINING

THE OPINIONS

OF

HON. GEORGE H. WILLIAMS,

OF OREGON.

ALSO CONTAINING OPINIONS GIVEN

BY

HON. BENJAMIN H. BRISTOW, of Kentucky,
Solicitor-General and Acting Attorney-General;

HON. SAMUEL F. PHILLIPS, of North Carolina, Solicitor-General and Acting Attorney-General;

AND

HON. CLEMENT HUGH HILL, of Massachusetts,

Acting Attorney-General.