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

A. J. BENTLEY, Esq.

VOLUME XIX.

[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS. ]

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1891.

340250

VOLUME XIX.

CONTAINING

OPINIONS

OF

HON. AUGUSTUS H. GARLAND,

OF ARKANSAS,

AND

HON. WILLIAM H. H. MILLER,

OF INDIANA.

ALSO CONTAINING OPINIONS GIVEN

BY

HON. GEORGE A. JENKS. of Pennsylvania,
Solicitor-General and Acting Attorney-General,

HON. ORLOW W. CHAPMAN, of New York,
Solicitor-General and Acting Attorney-General,

AND

HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT, of Ohio,

Solicitor-General and Acting Attorney-General.

i