OFFICIAL OPINIONS

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

JOHN L. LOTT

(OF THE BAR OF OHIO).

AND

JAMES A. FINCH

(OF THE BAR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA).

VOLUME XXIII.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1902.

340254

VOLUME XXIII.

CONTAINING

THE OPINIONS OF ATTORNEYS-GENERAL

HON. JOHN W. GRIGGS, of New Jersey,

AND

HON. PHILANDER C. KNOX, of Pennsylvania.

ALSO CONTAINING OPINIONS BY SOLICITOR-GENERAL

HON. JOHN K. RICHARDS, of Ohio,

AND

ACTING ATTORNEYS-GENERAL

HON. JAMES E. BOYD,

HON. HENRY M. HOYT,

HON. JAMES M. BECK.

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