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A. I don't think so; you don't call Piseco lake quite in the heart o 

 the Adirondacks ? 



Q. It might have been once, but since 1885 1 don't think it has beei 

 i quite in the "heart of the Adirondacks;" all the action you took wa 

 to send Garmon up to find out — who sent Garmon ? 



A. The commission sent him. 



Q. Was there a resolution passed giving him instructions ? 



A. We instructed him at a meeting to do it. 



Q. Answer the question; was there a resolution passed committinj 

 this matter to Garmon and giving him instructions what to do ? 



A. I can't say whether a resolution was passed; we instructed hir 

 to go there. 



Q. Stop there; the question is, did you pass a resolution instructinj 

 him? 



A. That is more than I can tell you. 



Q. It might have been verbal ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. Garmon was instructed to go and see the lands about Lak 

 Piseco ? 



A. My recollection is that the lands were not around Lake Piseco 

 . Q. Was he instructed or sent to examine those lands ? 



A. He was. 



Q. What time was he sent to examine those lands ? 



A. What lands? 



Q. I have been talking about only one set of lands recently — thi 

 land they offered to swap with you ? 



A. Some time this summer. 



Q. Was he sent to examine them before he was sent to examine th 

 lands in Franklin county? 



A. He was sent to examine all the land. 



Q. All at the same time ? 

 , A. Yes, sir. 



Q. All embraced in one instruction ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Can you produce before the committee, from your office, thos 

 instructions ? 



A. I don't remember whether they were oral or written; I couldn' 

 tell you. 



Q. My question is, can you produce to this committee those instruc 

 tions you gave him to examine those lands ? 



A. That is more than I can tell you; I don't know. 



