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

E. C. BRANDENBURG, LL. M.

VOLUME XXII.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1900.

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A 404

OHIO ZIVIE

YTIZAVIMU

VOLUME XXII.

CONTAINING

THE OPINIONS OF ATTORNEYS-GENERAL

HON. JOSEPH MCKENNA, of California,

AND

HON. JOHN W. GRIGGS, of New Jersey.

ALSO CONTAINING OPINIONS BY SOLICITOR-GENERAL

HON. JOHN K. RICHARDS, of Ohio,

AND

ACTING ATTORNEYS-GENERAL

HON. JAMES E. BOYD,

HON. HENRY M. HOYT.

ALSO CONTAINING CITATIONS OF ACTS OF CONGRESS, THE REVISED
STATUTES, OPINIONS OF ATTORNEYS-GENERAL, AN INDEX
OF SUBJECTS, AND AN INDEX DIGEST.

90502

III

ACTS OF CONGRESS CITED OR REFERRED TO IN THIS VOLUME.

[Where an act is cited twice in the same opinion, only the first citation is indicated.]