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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

A. J. BENTLEY, Esq.

VOLUME XVIII.

[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS. ]

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1890.