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was the stock that had formerly stood in
the name of these plaintiffs?

A. I think not.

Q. 39. Why do you think not?

A. Because I received my stock: it was
a stock dividend in original shares
that we received from the Company,
from the earnings of Contract and
Finance Company.

Q. 40. As a stockholder of the Contract
and Finance Company, you received a
dividend in the stock of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company of California, in
April 1870.

A. No sir; not of the Central Pacific Railroad
of California; the Central Pacific Railroad as
it then existed.

Q. 41. What was the Company Existing in 1870?

A. I think it was the Central Pacific Rail=
road Company; but I would not be positive
about that.

Q. 42. What do you say about it: did you
receive it "from"[scribbled out] in the stock of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company of California, or
the Central Pacific Railroad?

A. The name was changed after the con=
solidation: but there were several con-
solidations, and I dont[don't] know when it was

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