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have
as
before further action, that I might the opinion of the Attorney General to how far the War Department would be bound by the award of a Jury of the Supreme Court, should an appeal be made to that bourt by all Sharp .-
The Attorney General's answer (marked "A" and attached) was not received, as will be seen:
till the 20th May and after the attention of Government had been agani called to the matter. In the meantiine the Surveyor General reported to Government on 7th May that he had
at an
Stu
interview formally notified
M. Davis, (W-Sharp's local Agent)
the
to
intention of Government to resume possession, and that M'Davis had
accepted this notice on
behalf of M. Sharp,
saying
saying however that such a contingency
never
having been anticipated he was without the sufficient legal powers from
once
Sharp, but would write home at for instructions and full power.
On the 27th June the Surveyor General
id that he had seen Mr Davis who
reported
announce d
the
having received all Sharp's reply by the mail which arrived on previous day together with the necessary
legal powers, and that he (JW Davis) therefore in a position to enter into the
the behalf of W-Sharp.-
matter on
Three days after however, the Surveyor General wrote again, enclosing a letter from MW Davis (copy attached, marked "B") and expressing his (the Surveyor General's) great surprise at the contento, considering
what