UNITED STATES REPORTS,

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

UNIVERSITY PREBA:
Joux WILSON AXD Sox, CAMBRIDGE.

ALLOTMENT, ETC., OF THE JUSTICES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, As MADE APRIL 22, 1878, UNDER THE ACTS OF CONGRESS OF JULY 23, 1866,

AND MARCH 2, 1867.

NAME OF THE JUSTICE, AXD
STATE FROM WHENCE AP- KUMBER AND TERRITORY OF DATE OF OOMMI88JOX, AND
PORTED.

THE CIRCUIT.

BY WHOM APPOINTED.

CHIEF JUSTICE.

FOURTH.

1874. Hon. M. R. WAITE, MARYLAND, WEST VIR

Jan. 21.
Ohio.

GINIA, VIRGINIA, N. PRESIDENT GRANT.
CAROLINA, AND S.
CAROLINA.

ASSOCIATES.

FIRST.

1858.

Jan. 12.
Hon. N. CLIFFORD, MAINE, New Hamp-
Maine.
SHIRE,

PRESIDENT BUCHANAX.
MASSACHU-
SETTS, AND RHODE
ISLAND.
SECOND

1872.

Dec. 11.
Hon. WARD HUNT, New YORK, VERMONT,
New York.
AND CONNECTICUT.

PRESIDENT GRANT.

THIRD.

1870. Hon. WM. STRONG,

PennsYLVANIA,

New

Feb. 18.
Pennsylvania

JERSEY, AND DELA- PRESIDENT GRANT.
WARE.
FIFTH.

1870.
FLORIDA,

March 21.
Hon. J. P. BRADLEY, GEORGIA,
New Jersey.

ALABAMA,

M18818-1 PRESIDENT GRANT.
BIPPI, LOUISIANA, AND
TEXAS.

SIXTE.

1862. Hon. N. H. SWAYNE, OHIO, MICHIGAN, KEN Jan. 24. Ohio.

TUCKY, & TENNESSEE. PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
SEVENTH.

1877.
Hon. J. M. HARLAN, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, AND Nov. 29.
Kentucky.
WISCONSIN.

PRESIDENT HAYES.

EIGHTH.

1862. Hon. S. F. MILLER, MINNESOTA, Iowa,M18

July 16.
Iowa.

SOURI, KANSAS, AR- PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
KANSAS,& NEBRASKA.
NINTH.

1863. Hon. S. J. FIELD, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, March 10. California.

AND NEVADA. PRESIDENT LINCOLX.