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A. I did. 



Q. Told him what there was of it ? 



A. I did; 'I made a written report of it to the commission. 



Q. What, if anything, did Mr. Garmon say in regard to it ? 



A He laughed at it; I never accused Mr. Garmon with having any- 

 thing to do with that. 



Q. You do not know the commission had anything to do with that ? 



A. Of course I don't ; I don't mean to intimate they had anything 

 to do with Talbot ; Talbot told me like this : This commission will 

 never collect — this is what he told me, but I don't consider it worth 

 anything — said he: " You know this commission will never collect a 

 dollar of Thomson, and you might as well sign this first thing;" 

 " Well," I says, "let them do it on their own .responsibility;" now, 

 mind me, I don't say that is worthy of being noted down, that was his 

 opinion to me, but I don't mean to intimate they were back of that. 

 • . Q. You have no reason to suppose they were in any way connected 

 with Talbot? 



A. I have not ; not in the least. 



Q. With regard to the matter of redemptions, where does that 

 matter go, to the Comptroller ? 



A. To the Comptroller. 



Q. He has the entire control of it ? 



A. He has. 



Q. He hears the matter and determines it ? 



A. He does. 



Q. Acts on behalf of the State ? 



A On behalf of the State. 



Q. You do not understand the forest commission have anything 

 whatever to do with cancellation or redemption ? 



A. Not in the least. 



Q. No control over it ? 



A. No. 



Q. When you reported to them it was after the suit had been 

 brought" by them ? 



A Yes; when I reported this survey to them it was after the suit had 

 been brought by them that he sent on and obtained' his cancellation. 



Q. At the time the suit was brought -the forest commission, as far 

 as you understood, the State owned the land ? 



A. Oh, yes, it was State land then. 



Q. And was afterwards canceled by the Comptroller ? 



A. By the Comptroller. 

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