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2933. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, State Governments and.—

It is the duty of
the General Government to guard its subor
dinate members from the encroachments of
each other, even when they are made through
error or inadvertence, and to cover its citizens
from the exercise of powers not authorized by
the law.—
Official Opinion. Washington ed. vii, 515. Ford ed., v, 260.
(1790)