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 The Supreme Court of Minnesota. George F.Potter, 1864; Sherwood Hough, 1867; Sam. H. Nichols, 1876; J. D. Jones, 1887; Charles P. Holcomb, 1891. The Attorney-General of the State is an executive officer; but the office is so inti mately connected with the Supreme Court that I give a list of the distinguished lawyers who have held the office : Lorenzo H. Babcock, 1849; Lafayette Emmett, 1853; Charles H. Berry,

1858; Gordon E.Cole, 1860; William Colville, 1866; F. R. E. Cornell, 1868; George P. Wilson, 1874; Charles M. Start, 1880; W. J. Hahn, 1881; Moses E.Clapp, 1887. The official Report ers of the court have been William Hollinshead, 1851; Isaac Atwater, 1852; John B. Brisbin, 1854; M. E. Ames, 1856; Harvey Officer, 1857. Mr. Officer was reappoint ed in May, 1858, and held until Jan. 30, 1865, when he was succeeded by William A. Spencer, who held LOREN W. theoffice until June 1 5, 1875, when the pres ent incumbent, George B. Young, formerly a judge of the court, was appointed. The Reporter has always been appointed by the court, and receives a salary from the State. The copyright of the books belongs to the State. The Reports have now reached Vol ume 46, and are increasing at the rate of about four a year. In addition to the origi nal edition, there is a reprint of the first _ twenty volumes, with annotations by ChiefJustice Gilfillan. By the practice of the court based on General Statutes, 1878, c. 63, sec. 4, the headnotes in each case

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are prepared by the judge writing the opinion. Several of the members of the court have at various times been engaged in the work of compiling and revising the statutes of the State. Judge Young's revision of 1878 has already been referred to. By an act of March 13. 1858, Aaron Goodrich, Moses Sherburne, and William Hollinshead were appointed a commis sion to compile and arrange the public laws then in force, in cluding the revision of 1851. Two reports were made by this com mittee, — one signed by Sherburne and Hollinshead, and the other by Goodrich, — but neither was ac cepted by the Legis lature. Judge Sher burne and Mr. Hol linshead afterwards prepared and pub lished a compilation of the general laws as a private enter prise. In 1863 the Legisla ture appointed S. J. COLLINS. R. McMillan, Thomas Wilson, Andrew G. Chatfield, and E. C. Palmer a commission to revise the laws, with instructions to lay their report before the session of the Legislature of 1864. Judge Chatfield declined to serve as a member of the commission, and the mag nitude of the work was such that no report was made in 1864, and the committee was given more time. When Judge McMillan and Judge Wilson became members of the Supreme Court, they withdrew from the commission, and the work was completed by Mr. Palmer and Gordon E. Cole.