REPORTS

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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Cambridge:
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ALLOTMENT, ETC., OF THE JUSTICES

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

AS MADE APRIL 22, 1878, UNDER THE ACTS OF CONGRESS OF JULY 23, 1866, AND MARCH 2, 1867.

NAME OF THE JUSTICE, AND,

STATE FROM WHENCE AP- NUMBER AND TERRITORY OF DATE OF COMMISSION, AND
THE CIRCUIT.
BY WHOM APPOINTED.

POINTED.

CHIEF JUSTICE. HON. M. R. WAITE, Ohio.

ASSOCIATES.

OF THE

FIRST.

HON. N. CLIFFORD, MAINE, NEW HAMP-
Maine.
SHIRE,
MASSACHU-
SETTS, AND RHODE
ISLAND.

HON. J. P. BRADLEY,
New Jersey.

SECOND.

HON. WARD HUNT, NEW YORK, VERMONT,
New York.
AND CONNECTICUT.

FOURTH.

HON. J. M. HARLAN,
Kentucky.

MARYLAND, WEST VIR-
GINIA, VIRGINIA, N.
CAROLINA, AND S.
CAROLINA.

HON. WM. STRONG, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW
Pennsylvania.
JERSEY, AND DELA-

WARE.

HON. S. F. MILLER,
Iowa.

HON. S. J. FIELD,
California.

THIRD.

SIXTH.

HON. N. H. SWAYNE, OHIO, MICHIGAN, KEN-
Ohio.
TUCKY, & TENNESSEE.

SEVENTH.

FIFTH.

GEORGIA, FLORIDA,
ALABAMA, MISSIS-
SIPPI, LOUISIANA, AND
TEXAS.

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, AND
WISCONSIN.

EIGHTH.

MINNESOTA, IOWA,MIS-
SOURI, KANSAS, AR-
KANSAS,& NEBRASKA.

NINTH.

CALIFORNIA, OREGON,
AND NEVADA.

1874. Jan. 21. PRESIDent Grant.

1858. Jan. 12.

PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.

1872. Dec. 11.

PRESIDENT GRANT.

1870. Feb. 18. PRESIDENT GRANT.

1870. March 21. PRESIDENT GRANT.

1862. Jan. 24.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

1877. Nov. 29. PRESIDENT HAYES.

1862. July 16. PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

1863. March 10. PRESIDENT LINCOLN.