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examination to ascertain whether or not
any such claims were presented?

A. I have not.

Q. 438 Will you please examine your books
and ascertain what amounts were paid
for work done under the contracts
Exhibits "B", "C" and "D," and each of them,
and also what extra claims were made
by Charles Crocker and Charles Crocker
& Company, and allowed by the company,
for the building of the sections of the
road embraced in those contracts?

A. I will.

Q. 439 Have you the contract that was
made between the Central Pacific Rail=
=road Company of California and Charles
D. Bates?

A. I believe so; yes sir.

Q. 440 Can you produce it now?

A. I can. [Produces contract between
the Central Pacific Railroad Company
of California and Charles D. Bates, dated
September 26, 1863.]

Q. 441 Did Mr. Bates subscribe any stock
under this contract?

A. He did

Q. 442 Was [caret]"the" stock issued to him?

A. There was stock issued to him;

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