the Vatican. In any event it is certain that he does not represent a   
oreign government, but rather holds a title from the Vatican
 
                                                            
 
 
The provisions of the Constitution have been rather broadly interpreted   
and have even been held to prevent the acceptance by officials of this  
Government of presents tendered by Prince Henry of Prussia on the occasion   
of a visit by him to the United States, although, he was not a reigning   
      Prince. (24 Opinions Attorney General, 116-118)       
 
                                                            
 
 
Perhaps the better approach to the present question is by way of   
precedents. It is found that President Lincoln in 1861 formally accepted   
citizenship conferred upon him by the Sovereign Council of the Republic of   
San Marino. San Marino was and is a state and hence would seem more   
clearly to fall within the provisions of the Constitution than would the   
City of Rome. Moreover, in 1919 President Wilson accepted citizenship   
conferred by the City of Rome and presented by Don Prospero Colonna, who   
             apparently was an Italian Prince.              
 
                                                            
 
 
President Wilson also accepted citizenship from Catania, Alimena,   
Florence, Aquaformosa, Palermo and Castelverde, Italy, as well as from   
      Toulouse and Reus, France, and Barcelona, Spain.      
 
                                                            
 
 
Having in mind these several precedents, I see no reason why the President   
 not accept the tender of honorary citizenship by the City o
 
                     Green H. Hackworth