Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.
The act of July 1st, 1862, has been inserted in the bond ex majori cautela; for it is admitted that the act of June 30th, 1864, entitled "An act to provide internal revenue, to support the government, to pay the interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," is the only act applicable to this case. The act of 1862 was repealed by it.
As might be expected in an act embracing the almost innumerable...
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