FOREWORD This volume is an exact photo-reproduction of an original copy of UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE VOLUME 15 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. DENNIS & CO., INC. BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS. THE Statutes at Large, Treaties, AND PROCLAMATIONS, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. FROM DECEMBER 1867, TO MARCH 1869. Arranged in Chronological Order and carefully collated with the WITH REFERENCES TO THE MATTER OF EACH ACT AND TO THE SUBSEQUENT 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 recog- |