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A. Entirely, sir. 



Q. You personally had never seen the land ? 



A. No, sir; not to my knowledge; I have b'een up there, but I don't 

 know whether I saw them. 



Q. Tou never saw them to identify them or call them to mind, or 

 have any judgment of your own ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. You relied wholly upon what he stated ? 



A. Yes, sir; at that time. 



Q. You were under the impression that he had made the examina- 

 tion of the lands and reported from that examination? 



A. Yes, sir; certainly. 



Q. You heard the testimony of Mr. Basselin and Mr. Garmon as 

 given here ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Is there any other point upon which they have testified that you 

 desire to make explanation about, or to say anything upon, and if so, 

 please state it ? 



A. I have not thought about it in that way; I would rather read the 

 evidence before answering that; if I had known I was going to be a 

 witness I would have read the evidence . 



Q. You would have read up the testimony ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. I supposed that hearing it you had kept the points in mind? 



A. No, sir; I didn't; I would rather read the evidence over before I 

 replied to it; I hadn't thought that I was going to be a witness to- 

 night, and I have not read their testimony over; I should like to do so 

 before answering the question; I didn't think of anything. 



Q. Then I will ask you some more questions; this meeting we have 

 been speaking of was the last of July (thirty-first of July) and you 

 voted to rescind the resblution, relying upon what Mr. Garmon 

 stated ? 



A. Rescinded the resolution? 



Qj Rescinded the Hurd resolution ? 



A. I didn't do that on account of what Mr. Garmon stated. 



Q. The Hurd resolution was that the commission would exchange 

 no lands, and that resolution stood until the thirty-first of July when 

 it was rescinded ? 



A. "Yes, sir. 



Q. I ask if in consequence of what Mr. Garmon said about these 

 lands, and the impression that you had that he had made an examine 

 tion, that influenced you in voting to rescind the resolution ? 



