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A. That is more than I can recollect. 



Q. Was authority delegated to him? 



A. If he did so he was ordered to do it. 



Q. Was ever authority delegated to the warden to commence suits 

 in the name of the commission? 



A. That is. more than I can recall; if he did so it was ordered by 

 the commission. 



Q. In each particular case ? 



A. I think so. 



Q. Did he have any general authority delegated to him to sue 

 people when he found them trespassing ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. All directions of that sort should 'be entered and found in the 

 minutes ? 



A. There should be a record of it. 



Q. Are you able to say anything more about the suits than what 

 you have said? 



A. No, I guess not. 



Q. Who took charge of the suits after they were instituted; was 

 it delegated to the warden to do that? 



A. Our" attorneys took charge of them. 



Q. To get evidence and to look aiter them ? 



A. The warden was instructed to get whatever evidence was neces- 

 sary. 



Q. Was that an official act ? , 



A. He was instructed to do it; that is part of his duty, as I 

 understand it. 

 , Q. To look after it all the way through ? 



A. To act on behalf of the commission in subpoenaing witnesses and 

 getting evidence. 



Q. Were all these actions prosecuted to judgment, or were some 

 settled before ? 



A. I think some were settled before. 



Q. How were they settled ? 



A. By authority of the commission. 



Q. Acting as a body in the meeting? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. That would appear upon the minutes, would it ? 



A. I couldn't tell you whether it would appearfcr not. 



Q. It should appear as*part of the proceedings, shouldn't it ? 



A. It might and it might not; we may have directed — 



