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Q.-It is not true, then, that you are in the habit of meeting him?
A.-No.
Q. Did you ever meet him at Mr. NOLAN's?
A.-No.
Q. Are you in the habit of going to Mr. NOLAN'S?
A.-No.
Q.-Hon. F. B. JOHNSON.-Is it part of your duty to measure work?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you ever make out bills for the Contractors?
A.-After I get the copy from them I sometimes make them out.
Q.--We are told Overseers very often get paid for that as extra work. Have you ever received payment?
A.-No. I go over the work and measure it and then I get the bill, and if the bill is correct I take that bill; if it is not, I take it home and make it out correctly.
Q.-After you have measured the work what do you do with your account of the
measurement?
A.-I put it in my pocket, and then when the Contractor's bill comes in I see whether it is according to my measurement. If it is not, I take the Contractor with me, and make him go over it with me.
Q.-Is he with you when you measure sometimes?
A.--If there is any dispute I take him with me over the work.
Q.-Recollect if in all your experience you have ever had a Contractor offer you
in connection with that.
money
A.-No.
Q.-Never once?
A.-No.
Q.—The CHAIRMAN.-You were away when all this Newspaper business was going Before you went away had you ever heard any one say Overseers and others in the department get money from Contractors?
on.
A.-No.
Q.-Never heard any talk about it at all?
A.--No.
Q. When you went away were you expected to come back?
A.-I did not know. I was invalided by the doctor. If I had not got better I should have put in to remain at home.
The Commission adjourns.