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Newcomb townships and present no bill for salary or expense till the 

 commission got their next appropriation. 



Q. After being told they had no funds to continue you in their 

 employ and your making that offer, what was said ? 



A. There was nothing particular said and I never heard anything 

 more about it, that is on the strength of that offer. 



Q. That was all there was of that transaction ? 



A. That was all. 



Q. The offer was not accepted ? 



A. No. 



Q. What occurred next ? 



A. The next was a couple of petty trespasses that I was notified of 

 by the man acting as forester in Minerva and I looked them up and 

 reported them in January, 1887; those I was specially ordered to. 



Q. By the forester ? 



A. I reported them directly to the office, but the forester directed 

 me to "hunt them up. 



Q. August, 1888, was there any transaction ? 



A. About the first of August, or just before I received notice from 

 the commission, I had been appointed temporarily inspector to date, 

 from the first day of August. 



Q. Tou received that from the office; what did you do on receiving 

 that notice ? ' 



A. I immediately, not knowing what was expected of that office 

 I had before been acting — my name — I did not know in what 

 light they considered me; I found my name entered on their books 

 as special agent; I immediately wrote to the warden and he replied to 

 me simply to look up trespasses and report them wherever I knew of 

 them, or suspected any." 



Q. After that did you look up any trespasses ? 



A. I did; I consulted with the deputy warden and we talked over 

 what was the most important that I knew of; I said the most import- 

 ant trespass that I knew of, the largest had been reported to me as a 

 trespass of 10,000 market logs, on a tract of land in which the State 

 owns one-third; that is in the southeast corner of the 33d township; 

 the deputy warden wanted me to look that up first, and I went and 

 looked it up and was in communication with the office. 



Q. You got that up and reported it? 



A. Eeported it. 



Q. Was any portion of this trespass settled ? 



A. Not that I know of; the State was one-third interested in it. 



Q. I mean the State interest; was that ever settled? 



