AND EXPOUNDING THE CONSTITUTION, TREATIES WITH FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS AND WITH INDIAN TRIBES, AND
THE PUBLIC LAWS OF THE COUNTRY.

Rec. March 24, 1881

The Attorney General's

VOLUME XVI.

CONTAINING

THE OPINIONS

OF

HON. CHARLES DEVENS,

OF MASSACHUSETTS.

ALSO CONTAINING OPINIONS GIVEN

BY

HON. SAMUEL F. PHILLIPS, of North Carolina,
Solicitor-General and Acting Attorney-General,

AND

HON. EDWIN B. SMITH, of Maine,

Acting Attorney-General.