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MR. JUSTICE HUNT, by reason of indisposition, took no part in deciding the cases reported in this volume.

MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD, for the same reason, took no part in deciding the cases after Brooks v. Railroad Company, p. 107. That case and the preceding ones were decided at the last term.

MR. JUSTICE STRONG took no part in deciding the cases reported after Meriwether v. Garrett, p. 472, except Springer v. United States, p. 586; Wells v. Supervisors, p. 625; and Tilghman v. Proctor, p. 707.