UNIV. OF

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

J. HUBLEY ASHTON.

VOLUME IX.

[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS.]

WASHINGTON, D. C.:

W. H. & O. H. MORRISON.

1866.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by

W. H. & O. H. MORRISON,

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

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Back Pre-Emption Claims-Case of Daniel G. Benbrook,
Back Pre-Emption Claims-Case of James Cage,

513

511

Case of the Steamers General Miramon and the Marquis De La Habana,

Case of the Consul at Halifax,

Case of W. H. DeGroot,

Case of William Gay's Widow,

Cayo Verde,

405052

422

137

51

20

454

430

451

28

507

337

502

Collector of Customs as Informer,

Collins's Line of Steamships,

Compensation of Counsel employed by a Department,

418

387

24

373

140

400

32

300

Compensation of Diplomatic and Counsular Officers,

89

Compensation of Laborers in the Executive Departments,

117

Compensation of Railroad Companies for Mail Service,

295

Compensation of a Secretary of Legation acting as Chargé D'Affaires ad
Interim,

425

Compensation of Marshals under Acts Prohibiting the Slave Trade,

302

Claim of Reside,

Contingent Fund of the House of Representatives,

Contract of Garman, Wigle & Benford,

Claim of Barron's Heirs,

Claim of Carmick and Ramsey,

Claim of Colonel Gates,

Claim of J. T. Pickett,

Claim of Lutz's Heirs,

Claim of Minnesota,

Claim of State of Minnesota,

167

500

352

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376

496

198

515

317

395

General Report of the Attorney General on Navy Cases,

Gilbert's Contract,

Guano Islands,

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