BOSTON:
WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL,

Boston, Jan, 20, 1904.

To the Honorable the President of the Senate.

I have the honor to transmit herewith my report for the year ending this day.

Very respectfully,

HERBERT PARKER,

Attorney-General.

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Roster,

Appropriation and Expenditures,

Cases attended to by this Office,

Capital Cases,

Payment of Damages for Property taken under Right of Eminent

Domain,

Accumulation of Business in the Superior Court,

Sittings of the Superior Court in Berkshire County,

Compensation of Stenographers,

Capital Trials,

Procedure in Cases of Murder in the Second Degree,

The Bertillon System,

Commitments to Insane Asylums, .

Examination of Bonds for Faithful Performance of Duty,

Office of Attorney-General,

Opinions,

Opinions upon Applications to file Informations,

Infor nations at the Relation of the Treasurer,

Informations at the Relation of the Commissioner of Corpora-

tions,

Informations at the Relation of the Civil Service Commissioners,

Informations at the Relation of Private Persons,

Applications refused and otherwise disposed of,

Grade Crossings,

Land-damage Cases arising from the Alteration of Grade Cross-

ings,

Corporate Applications for Dissolution, .

Corporations required without Suit to file Tax Returns,

Corporations required without Suit to file Certificate of Condition,

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