In re the Executive Communication filed the 17th Day of April, A. D. 1872

See. 16, Art. Y, of the Constitution of tbis State provides that the “ Governor may at any time require the opinion *290of the Justices of the Supreme Court as to the intepretation of any portion of this constitution or upon any point of law, and the Supreme Court shall render such opinion in writing.”

We have received the following communication from ITis Excellency the Governor:

To the Honorable the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Associate Justices thereof:

In view of the present and prospective difficulties arising out of the conflicting claims between myself, as the elected Governor…