Mr. Justice Woods delivered the opinion of the court. The statute of March 5, 1870, is an affirmative act, and contains no express repeal of the act of March 6,1868. The question is, therefore, whether the former act repeals the latter by-implication. The leaning of the courts is against, repeals by implication, and if it be possible to reconcile two statutes,…
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