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A. I can't tell; there might have been — I didn't finish the investi- 

 gation there. 



Q. Can't you give the committee an idea of about how many cases 

 you went to Hamilton county about to investigate officially ? 



A. There might have been half a dozen cases there; very many 

 times I went — 



Q. (Interrupting.) That answers the question; what was the mag- 

 nitude of those ? 



A. Small trespasses. 



Q. Fulton county; how many times did you go there? 



A. I went there; I investigated one trespass there; yes, two. 



Q. You call to mind two cases; what force is there in the office of 

 the commissioners at work; in the office there is a clerk; what else? 



A. Secretary. 



Q. Secretary and clerk, the same are they not ? • 



A. There is the financial clerk, two inspectors ; I had some work in 

 the office and some outside. 



Q. What is the salary of the financial clerk ? 



A. I don't know certain; I think it is $2,000. 



Q. That is in addition to the other clerk, Mr. Train, the secretary? 



A. Yes. 



Q. Then the financial clerk had a salary of $2,000; the inspector, 

 how much do they get each ? 



A. Fifteen. 



Q. What besides the two inspectors in the office, stenographer ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. How much is the salary of the stenographer? . 



A. I don't know; I think it is — 



Q. (Interrupting.) Three hundred dollars? 



A. Yes, more; I think it is about sixty dollars a month. 



Q. What other employes in the office besides these ? 



A. There are none. 



Q. Mr. Train had $2,400 a year, I understand? 



A. I don't know.sir. 



Q. How many suits have you brought as attorney for the commission ? 



A.. I should think six or seven, I have a record of them. 



Q. Are those suits now pending ? 



A. Some of them are. 



Q. When you were detailed to go into Essex and Hamilton and 

 Fulton counties on this business were your expenses paid as inci- 

 dental charges of the office ? 



A. Yes. 



