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Q. Then the only remedy of the State is to buy the land, unless 

 some one else buys it and pays the State ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Did the State, at this sale, buy any of the land to which it pre- 

 viously had title by previous tax sale ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Chairman Eyan.— We do not wish to curtail you, Mr. Fiero, but we 

 would like you to be as brief as possible and come right to the point. 



Mr. Fiero. — I trust I have not been tedious; I have not intended 

 to be. 



Chairman Ryak. — It would be impossible for the counsel to be 

 tedious upon any subject, but our time is limited. 



Mr. Fiero. — I supposed these were things which would be valuable 

 to the committee; however, I am through with this branch of the 

 case; if the chairman will bear with me I shall not occupy any more 

 time than is absolutely necessary. \ 



Q. The minutes of the stenographer of your testimony last night 

 show the following: 



"Q. Are the lands in Mr. Hurd's application the same lands men- 

 tioned in the Everton Lumber Company ? 



"A. Essentially so. 



" Q. Substantially the same land ? 



"A. Yes, sir; that is the Everton Lumber Company proposed to 

 exchange more lands than were offered by John Hurd, but almost all 

 the lands offered by Mr. Hurd are included in the same application 

 of the Everton company." 



Q. Will you explain what the fact is in regard to that, and whether 

 that is a correct statement? 



A. That is hardly a correct statement; I should have said that prac- 

 tically all the lands belonging to the State, applied for by Mr. Hurd, 

 are also applied for by the Everton Land Company. 



Chairman Etan. — We understood that was what was meant by your 

 answer last night. 



The Witness. — I would say that practically all the lands belonging 

 to the State applied for by John Hurd are now applied for by the 

 Everton company. 



Q. That was what you meant to be understood as saying last night 

 instead of the statement as read ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Fieeo.— - 1 think Mr. Sanger then intended to state what he 

 states to-night; I understood him to state as appears by the steno- 

 grapher's minutes. 



