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acres for one and one acre for one it would be a good thing for the 

 State. 



Q. Was that report in writing or verbal ? 



A. That is more than I can tell you. 



Q. So important a transaction as that involving 30,000 acres of land 

 you can't tell whether it was in writing or verbal ? 



A. No, sir; I couldn't tell you here. 



Q. What time was that report made ? 



A. I couldn't tell the date of the report; some time during the 

 summer. 



Q. Let me see if I understand; you say the proposition was to make 

 an exchange for land up in Franklin county ? 



A. Yes, sir; I think it is Franklin county. 



Q. Ton sent Mr. Garmon up there ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. You say they wanted to exchange for 6,000 or 7,000 acres of 

 State land? 



A Yes, sir. 



Q. When Mr. Garmon came back he said if they exchanged they 

 ought to take more ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. That they ought to take 12,000 or 13,000 acres ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. And if an exchange could be made upon' some basis it was best 

 to exchange for 12,000 or 13,000 when they only asked for 6,000 oi 

 7,000 to begin with? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. What did they offer in exchange ? 



A. They offered lands as I recollect anywheres within the more 

 centrally located lands — in a solid body of the State lands; theobjecl 

 as far as the State was concerned was to consolidate the land. 



Q. What land did they propose in exchange, and where were they' 



A. That is more than I can tell you from recollection; they wen 

 to be lands in the central pari 



Q. Do you want me to understand that you can't recollect when 

 those lands were ? « 



A. I can recollect their general location; the general location wsj 

 to be within — 



Q. (Interrupting.) Where? 



A. I couldn't tell you the lot lines. 



Q. Whereabouts in the Adirondack region ? 



