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Franklin county clerk's affidavit and seal attached, dated March 9, 

 1885. 



STATE OF NEW YORK, 1 gg . 



Franklin County. j ' 



Cyrus Sfcickney of the town of Franklin, county of Franklin and 

 State of New York, being duly sworn, deposes and says, that of his 

 own knowledge, Lewis L. Smith has never occupied lots No. 221 and 

 222, township No. 10, Old Military tract, Franklin county, New York, 

 except for the purpose of cutting saw logs and timber on said lots, 

 and that Lewis L. Smith never made any improvements on said lots 

 221 and 222 for the purpose of cultivation, or caused any such 

 improvements to be made either by permission or otherwise and 

 that he never sowed any grass- seed on lots 221 and 222 or caused to be 

 sown for the purpose of occupancy or otherwise, and that said Smith 

 did not occupy lots 221 and 222, or any part of them, on- September 

 23, 1873, or October 18, 1879, or during the seasons of 1873 and 1879, 

 and that said Smith did give parties permission to cut wild hay on 

 said lots supposing they belonged to the State. I • do swear that I 

 have known said lots 221 and 222 for the past fifteen years, and know 

 that the meadows have not improved since that time. 



CYRUS STICKNEY. 



Subscribed and sworn before me, 1 

 this 10th day of April, 1888. I 



Lewis L. Smith, 



Justice of the Peace. 



I hereby certify that I know Cyrus Stiekney, the party signing the 

 annexed affidavit, and know him to be an old settler of the part of the 

 town of Franklin, Franklin county, N. Y., near the lots in question, 

 viz. : Nos. 221 and 222, township 10, O. M. T., and know him to be a 

 man of truth and veracity. 



LEWIS L. SMITH, 



Justice of the Peace. 

 STATE OF NEW YORK, ) gg . 



Fbanelin County, J 



Marcello Blanchard, of the town of Franklin and county of Frank- 

 lin and State of New York, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That 

 of his own knowledge Lewis L. Smith has never occupied lots Nos. 

 221 and 222, township 10, Old Military tract, Franklin county, New 

 York, except for the purpose of cutting saw logs and timber on said 

 lots, and that said Lewis L. Smith never made any improvements on 

 said lots Nos. 221 and 222 for the purpose of cultivation, or caused any 



