Opinions of the Attorney General of Indiana: annual, then biennial,1873-1916, and then annual thru 1988, Indianapolis, state printer, 1874-89, all published. (The post of Attorney General in Indiana was provided for by statute in one form or another as far back as the times of the Northwest and Indiana Territories. After statehood no constitutional provision was made for an Office of the Attorney General, and the post remained dependent upon the Legislature, which regulated it by statute. In 1873 the Legislature enacted a requirement for an annual report including opinions. Between 1873 and 1916 the reports and opinions for Indiana were published first annually, and from 1875/76 biennially, in one bound volume. After 1916 the publication of the opinions continued through 1988, but the publication of the reports was absorbed into a more comprehensive publication, Indiana Year Book, which is not yet offered by LLMC. This latter title ceased publication in 1950, as also, temporarily, did the publication of the A.G. reports. However, in 1970 the combined publication of the reports with the opinions began again and continued through 1988 when publication of the series was absorbed in 1989 into the Indiana Register. The fact that for many of the states there were differing patterns of publication for the A.G reports and opinions makes for a confusing literature. To minimize confusion in its online offerings, LLMC has chosen to group all of the U.S. state attorney generals’ reports and opinions in two separate series for each state. For the Indiana A.G. Reports, see the separate Reports series elsewhere on this site.)
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