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Mr. Anibal. — Allow that. 



Chairman Ryan. — This investigation will have to be brought to a 

 close some time during the present year. 



Mr. Anibal. — On the part of the attorneys for the forest commission, 

 and the forest commission, those that are here and will work all the 

 hours that the committee ask us to. There is such a thing as person 

 overdoing things. That is subject to the control of the commission. 



Mr. Hitt. — I move we adjourn until 3 o'clock, to-morrow. 



Chairman Ryan. — I am afraid we can't have a meeting to do any 

 business before this committee again until next Tuesday evening. 



Mr. Hitt. — I move we adjourn until 3 o'clock, to-morrow. 



Mr. Anibal. — I am ready to go on at the convenience of the 

 committee. 



Chairman Ryan. — It is moved and seconded we adjourn until 

 to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. 



The question was then put and carried and the commission 

 adjourned until Wednesday, February eighteenth, at 3 p.m. 



Wednesday, February 18, 1891, 3 p. m. 



The commission met pursuant to adjournment. 



Present — Chairman Ryan, Messrs. Connelly, Davie, Cameron, 

 Dempsey, Hitt, Bush, Brown, Gifford. 



Chairman Ryan. — Judge Anibal, are you ready to go on ? 



Mr. Anibal. — We are in half a moment. They had a meeting of 

 the forest commission, and he will be here in a moment. We have 

 sent for him. 



Chairman Ryan. — Gentlemen of the committee, I would like to 

 take the sense of the committee as to when the next meeting will be 

 held. 



Mr. Bush. — The house will probably adjourn to-night; you can't 

 have it before next Tuesday. 



Chairman Ryan.-- Speaking for myself I am willing to stay over 

 here and have a meeting every day this week. . 



Mr. Cameron. — Mr. Chairman, I am ready to go on from now until 

 next week. 



Mr. Davie. — I move we have meetings to-morrow and Friday. 



Mr. Adams. — Mr. Chairman, if it is thought wise to adjourn until 

 to-morrow morning at nine o'clock it will satisfy me and to hold a 

 session all day to-morrow. I have a matter that has been dragging 

 for a month or six weeks so that on .Friday morning I had made an 

 engagement to be at Boonville to close uj? a hearing for discharging 



