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

JOHN L. LOTT
(OF THE BAR OF OHIO)

AND

JAMES A. FINCII
(OF THE BAR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA).

VOLUME XXIV.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1903.

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VOLUME XXIV.

CONTAINING

THE OPINIONS OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL

Hon. PHILANDER C. KNOX, of Pennsylvania.

ALSO CONTAINING OPINIONS BY SOLICITOR-GENERAL

Hon. JOHN K. RICHARDS, of Ohio,

AND

ACTING ATTORNEYS-GENERAL

Hon. HENRY M. HOYT,

Hox. JAMES M. BECK,

Hon. WILLIAM A. DAY.

ALSO CONTAINING CITATIONS OF ACTS OF CONGRESS, THE REVISED STATUTES, TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS, OPINIONS OF ATTORNEYS

GENERAL, AN INDEX OF SUBJECTS, AND AN INDEX DIGEST.