HE

PREY

A

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 XVI.
[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS.]

ARV

WASHINGTON:

W. H. & O. H. MORRISON.

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VOLUME XVI.

CONTAINING

THE OPINIONS

OF

HON. CHARLES DEVENS,

OF MASSACHUSETTS.

ALSO CONTAINING OPINIONS GIVEN

BY

HON. SAMUEL F. PHILLIPS, of North Carolina, Solicitor-General and Acting Attorney-General,

AND

HON. EDWIN B. SMITH, of Maine,

Acting Attorney-General.