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the ordinary course of your business
be in your possession as the Secretary
of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company of California?

A. Well they would ordinarily with
the exception that there are a very
great many papers that ought
to be in my possession that
have become scattered in one way
and another during the last 12
years.

Q. 203 Do you say positively that you
do not know what became of
those contracts?

A. I state positively that I do not
know what became of this
contract.

Q. 204 Of December 3d [3rd] 1867?

A. Yes sir.

Q. 205 Do you know of that contract
at any time being in the possession
of any body connected with the
Central Pacific Railroad Company
of California but yourself?

A. I do not.

Q. 206 How do you account for its
going out of your possession?

A. Well it is impossible to account
for it but a great many papers
are called for by the various
"advisors"[crossed out] officers and legal advisors
of the company or have been called for in