Opinion Declaring the Soldiers' Voting Bill a Valid & Binding Statute of the State

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives:

By the resolution of the two Houses of the Legislature, passed on the thirty-first day of August, 1864, and communicated to us by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House on the 14th day of September instant, in connection with extracts from the journals and other evidence upon the subject, the opinion of the court is requested upon the question whether or not the soldiers’ voting bill, passed by the legislature during the special session, in August last, has become a law without the approval of the governor.

The bill referred…