OF

THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL

THE UNITED STATES

ADVISING THE

PRESIDENT AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS

IN RELATION TO

THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES

EDITED BY

GEORGE KEARNEY

VOLUME 31

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1920

VOLUME 31.

CONTAINING

THE OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL

HON. T. W. GREGORY,

Of Texas.

HON. A. MITCHELL PALMER,

Of Pennsylvania.

HON. GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM,1

Of New York.

ALSO CONTAINING OPINIONS BY SOLICITORS GENERAL

HON. JOHN W. DAVIS, of West Virginia

HON. ALEX. C. KING, of Georgia

AND

Acting Attorney General

G. CARROLL TODD.

ALSO CONTAINING CITATIONS OF ACTS OF CONGRESS, THE REVISED STATUTES, THE CONSTITUTION, TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS, OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL, AN INDEX TO SUBJECTS, AND AN INDEX DIGEST.

1 Several opinions rendered by Mr. Wickersham, and temporarily withheld from publication, appear in this volume.

III