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

J. HUBLEY ASHTON.

VOLUME XII.

[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS.]

WASHINGTON, D. C.:

W. II. & O. II. MORRISON.

1870.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by

W. H. & O. H. MORRISON,

In the Clerk's Office of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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VOLUME XII.

CONTAINING

THE OPINIONS

OF

HON. HENRY STANBERY,

OF OHIO.

HON. O. H. BROWNING,

OF ILLINOIS.

HON. WM. M. EVARTS.

OF NEW YORK.