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appraisal are not such as to authorize it. In view of it being clearly 

 a part of the history of this transaction it seems to me it is proper to 

 show this fact. "* The provision of the law is, " Such separate tracts or 

 parcels of land may be exchanged by the Comptroller for lands that 

 lie adjoining the main tracts of the forest preserve upon the recom- 

 mendation of the forest commission, or a majority thereof, together 

 with the advice of the Attorney-General on behalf of the State, but 

 the values of said lands so exchanged must be first appraised by three 

 disinterested appraisers sworn to faithfully and fully appraise the 

 value of said lands, and the difference, if any, between the values of 

 such parcels so proposed to be exchanged, shall be paid by the party 

 so exchanging with the State into the State treasury, but the State 

 shall not pay the amount of any such 'difference.'' Now the forest 

 commission did make a recommendation, but they coupled with it a 

 condition that it was only upon certain terms. Those terms have not 

 been complied with. Therefore, the Comptroller, and everyone else 

 in connection with it, is powerless to move in the matter, and the 

 exchange is at a standstill because the appraisers have not found the 

 value of the lands so favorable to the State as the forest commission — 

 Mr. Hitt. — (Interrupting.) — What have the commissioners to do 

 with it after after the appraisers report to the Attorney-General ? 

 ' Mr. Fiebo. — Nothing. Bu^ there is something they must do before 

 that. They must recommend it, and after they have recommended it, 

 accepting upon certain conditions which are complied with, the result 

 is that there is no recommedation whatever except in a certain 

 specified method which is favorable to the State. That is the position 

 we stand upon. The forest commission has nothing to do with it at 

 all. I simply want it to appear that they have taken no further action. 

 I suppose it would be in their power to recommend now that the 

 action of the appraisers should be carried out. I take it under the 

 language of the statute that that recommendation might be made 

 after the appraisal as well as before if they see fit to make it, but 

 they have absolutely refused to act in the matter, and will not act in 

 the matter because the appraisal is not so favorable to the State as 

 they thought it should be when they gave this qualified assent and ' 

 approval. The forest commission have not acted, and because they 

 have not acted this exchange has not been carried through. I simply 

 asked him the question with the view of showing that the forest 

 commission have not ratified this appraisal. They are not bound to 

 do it in order to carry it through, provided they bad in the first place 

 said, "we recommend an exchange." They might have said "we 

 recommend an exchange of State land." Then it would h^ve been 

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