VOLUME IX.

CONTAINING

THE OPINIONS

OF

HON. JEREMIAH S. BLACK,

OF PENNSYLVANIA.

1

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.