OFFICIAL OPINIONS

OP

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

EDWARD A. HIBBARD, Esq.

VOLUME XX.
(PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS.]

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1895.

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VOLUME XX.

CONTAINING

THE OPINIONS OF ATTORNEYS-GENERAL

Hon. WILLIAM H. H. MILLER, of Indiana,

Hon. WILLIAM H. TAFT, of Ohio,
Hon. CHARLES H. ALDRICH, of Illinois.
Hon. LAWRENCE MAXWELL, JR., of Ohio,

AND

ACTING ATTORNEYS-GENERAL

Hon. WILLIAM A. MAURY, of the District of Columbia.
HON. EDWARD B. WHITNEY, of New York,

AND

HON. JOHN B. COTTON, of Maine.

ALSO CONTAINING A TABLE OF CITATIONS OF ACTS OF CONGRESS
AND OF THE REVISED STATUTES IN VOLUMES XVII TO XX

OF THE OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.