FOREWORD

This volume is an exact photo-reproduction of an original copy

of

UNITED STATES

STATUTES AT

LARGE

VOLUME 17

As a copy of the original is practically unobtainable, this reprint is offered to enable Law Libraries to complete their set.

The edition has a limited printing.

Buffalo, N. Y.
August, 1963

DENNIS & CO., INC.

United States. [laws, etc)

BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS.

THE

Statutes at Large

AND

PROCLAMATIONS

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM MARCH 1871 TO MARCH 1873,

AND

TREATIES AND POSTAL CONVENTIONS

Arranged in Chronological Order and carefully collated with
the Originals at Washington,

WITH

REFERENCES TO THE MATTER OF EACH ACT AND TO THE SUBSEQUENT
ACTS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

EDITED BY

GEORGE P. SANGER,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

The rights and interest of the United States in the stereotype plates from which this work is printed are hereby
recognized, acknowledged, and declared by the publishers, according to the provisions of the joint resolution of
Congress, passed March 3, 1845.