Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

REPORT

OF THE

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING JANUARY 18, 1899.

BOSTON:

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 POST OFFICE SQUARE.

1899.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Cases attended to by this Office,

Capital Cases,

Office of Attorney-General,

Enforcement of Civil Service Statutes and Rules,

Delays in the Trial of Civil Cases,

Warrants in Criminal Cases,

Trial by Jury, .

Metropolitan Water Board,

Recommendations,

Opinions,

Opinions upon Applications for Leave to file Informations,

Memorandum in re Massachusetts Pipe Line Gas Company,

Informations at the Relation of the Treasurer,

Informations at the Relation of the Commissioner of Corporations, 106

Corporations required without Suit to file Tax Returns, .

Corporations required without Suit to file Certificate of Condition,
Collateral Inheritance Tax Cases,

Public Charitable Trusts,

Land Damage Cases arising from the Alteration of Grade Crossings,

Suits conducted in Behalf of State Boards and Commissions,

Metropolitan Park Commission,

Metropolitan Sewerage Commission,

Metropolitan Water Board,

Miscellaneous Cases from above Commissions,

State Board of Lunacy and Charity, .

Miscellaneous Cases, .

Corporation Tax Collections,

Extradition and Interstate Rendition,

Rules of Practice in Interstate Rendition,

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL,

To the Honorable the President of the Senate.

BOSTON, Jan. 18, 1899.

I have the honor to transmit herewith my report for the year ending this day.

Very respectfully,

HOSEA M. KNOWLTON,

Attorney-General.