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express their entire disapproval of the sale of any State land as pro- 

 vided for in chapter 475 of the Laws of New York, 1887, commonly 

 known as the Hadley Bill. 



Yours respectfully. 



ABNER L. TRAIN, 

 * Secretary. 



Q. Was any valuation put upon this land by Mr. Hurd in his letter 

 of application, and if so what? 



A. I will read his letter; it is a letter dated Santa Clara, N. Y, 

 July 19, 1887, directed to OR. Hall, deputy comptroller. He says: 



Dear Sir. — I enclose you plot showing in a rough way what is 

 wanted of your land township 14, and what we propose to offer in 

 exchange, and for any deficiency in acres will pay three dollars per 

 acre, which I think is the valuation. 



Yours truly. 



JOHN HURD. 



Q. After receiving Mr. Train's letter communicating the action of 

 the forest commission, what was done at the office of the Comptroller 

 in regard to notifying Mr. Hurd? 



A. We notified him by letter, stating that the forest commission 

 disapproved of making exchanges under the Hadley bill, and without 

 such approval no exchanges could be made. 



Q. After Mr. Hurd's application were there other applications ? 



A. Yes, a few. 



Q. Name them ? 



A. One by R. W. Woodruff, of Duane, of various lands in Franklin 

 county. 



Q. What was done with it ? 



A. We replied that we had been notified by the forest commission 

 officially that they disapproved of taking any action upon that act. 



,Q. What date was that ? 



A. February 9, 1890; also one by Fred: H Bullard, of Glens Falls, 

 dated July 30, 1889; a similar reply was made to that. 



Q. Where were the lands situated that he desired to exchange ? 



A. Those were lands in Warren county. 



By Mr. JHitt; 

 Q. Does it state the town ? 

 A. Located in Lake George. 



By Mr. Adams: 

 Q. What reply did you make to him? 

 A- The same as to the others. 



