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Q. Was that in -writing? 



A. I think it had to be in writing. 



Q. Where is it, on file in your office ? 



A. Yes, sir; I think so. 



Q. Were there any other attorneys ? 



A. That is all I can remember now; I couldn't say. 



Q. Do you know of actions being instituted by any attorney, or 

 instituted by the commission or anybody else, without the consent of 

 the Comptroller and the Attorney- General ? 



A. No, sir; I have no recollection of any. 



Q. Have you in your office a record of all the suits that have been 

 brought by the forest commission ? 



A. We ought to have; I think we have. 



Q. In what form is that record? 



A- Well, aow, I don't know just what form it is; that is a matter 

 for the secretary. 



Q. Tou can't tell anything about that ? 



A. No, sir. / 



Mr. Piero. — We will produce the record. 



Q. How are suits brought; who had charge of them 1 



A. Our attorneys had charge of them. ' 



Q. Who went and saw the attorneys and employed them and put 

 the case into their hands ? 



A. The commission as a body. 



Q. Was it an official act ? 



A. I think so. 



Q. Was a minute of the official action in regard to the suits entered 

 upon the minutes ? 



A. That is more than I can tell you; we ordered it in meeting; 

 whether there was a record of it kept or not, I can't tell; I have not 

 examined to see. 



Q. No suits were ever brought in any other way in the name of the 

 commission that you know of ? 



A. Not that I can recollect of at present. 



Q. Did you keep minutes of suits, the cause, and the parties against 

 whom they were brought ? « 



A. Tes, sir. 



Q. How many suits were brought ? 



A. That is more^fchan lean tellypu; quite a good many; I can't 

 give you the number of them. • 



Q. Did the warden ever institute suits in the name of the com- 

 mission ? 



