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'orest commission came in here some rumpus was stirred up, and the 

 Comptroller's office decided that they could not redeem those lots, so 

 ;hey were left on them as trespassers. 



Q. Is that the trespass that was upon the complaint book ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. What was done in regard to it ? 



A. It was paid for at seventy-five cents a log by Sherman; Mr. 

 Sherman paid for the logs as they had gone into his hands. 



Q. How long before Powers came into the employment of the 

 jommission ? 



A. It was three or three and a half years. 



Q. Was the commission satisfied that that trespass was done under 

 slaim of title at that time ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Did you go to see Power's about it ? 



A. Yes, sir. ' 



Q. What did you find in reference to it as the result of your per- 

 lonal investigation ? 



A. He had the letters from here and he had a sort of quit-claim 

 leed; it was the, bank in Glens Falls. 



Q. Did. he give you the information in regard to it? 



A. Yes, sir; as to the quantity, etc. 



Q. He was willing to pay for it ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. State the circumstances about it ? 



A. He says: "Whatever other men have, to pay for this timber I 

 ixpect to pay now; I can't get the lots,- and I have no fault to find if I 

 an treated the same as the other m&." 



Q. What about the town hall at Long Lake ? 



A. Mr. Butler came down here last winter and got a bill in the 

 legislature giving them power there to bond the town of 

 jong Lake for $12,000 for the purpose of building the 

 own hall; that was vetoed by the governor, I think; then he 

 rent back home and convened the board of supervisors of the county 

 if Hamilton, and I don't know how, but anyway the board of super- 

 isor granted the issuing of the bonds of the town. 



Q Has the forest commission taken any" interest in the matter ? 



A. They furnished a memorandum to the governor stating that it 

 rould be a large tax upon the State and that it would be a large expense 

 ipon the taxpayers of the town when there were only 117 voters in 

 he town; they furnished a memorandum of those facts in the case 



