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Q. And you made the settlement, negotiated with him, as the 

 receipt says ? 



A. The receipt don't show that at all. 



Q. Is that the receipt for that settlement ? 



A. That is the receipt for it. 



Q. The date is as you have given it there? 



A. Yes, 



Q. Who is it signed for? 



A. Van Buren Miller, agent, for State lands in Franklin county. 



Q. We will speak about the 18th township, Old Military tract; 

 there was a settlement made for that ? 



A. I settled and paid the State for some Jimber in the 18th town- 

 ship that I took off of my own land. 



Q. Did you settle for some timber in the 18th township with the 

 Comptroller's office ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. How much did you pay them ? 



A. One hundred and fifty dollars. 



Q. That is the check you have there ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. That is in addition to what you have already stated ? 



A. Yes. 



Q.' When did you make that settlement with the Comptroller's office? 



A. I think it was in 1885. 



Q. Was it not in 1884 ? 



A. It was in 1885. 



Q. Positive about that now; what other cuttings upon claimed 

 State land did you settle with the Comptroller's office or any agent of 

 State lands in that section of the country ? 



A. That is all I remember of. 



Q. Is that all that you have settled ? 



A. Possibly not. 1 



Q. You wouldn't swear there were other settlements on which you 

 have spoken ? 



A. I will not, there may be. 



Q. Were there other claimed trespasses against you by the State 

 agent than those you have spokeir of prior to May, 1886 ? 



A. I don't know of any, sir. 



Q. You wouldn't say there were not other charges made against you 

 for trespass ? 



A. I don't know what you mean by trespass. 



Q. Somebody pretending you had been cutting on State lands, make 

 it just as light as you want to. 



