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 WITII INDIAN TRIBES, AND

THE PUBLIC LAWS OF THE COUNTRY.

EDITED BY

E. C. BRANDENBURG, LL. M.

VOLUME XXII.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1900,

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.