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Q. 582 Have you never had such notes put
into your possession to be negotiated for
the purpose of obtaining money on them,
during the time of your secretaryship?

A. No.

Q. 583 Are you willing to state that positively,
Mr. Brown?

A. That they have not been put into my
possession to negotiate?

Q. 584 Yes sir.

A. Yes.

Q. 585 When I say "in your possession" I mean
in your possession in that way: as secre=
=tary of the Contract and Finance Company.

A. I have never negotiated any paper for
the Contract and Finance Company to raise
money upon.

Q. 586 That is not an answer to my question.
I asked whether or not you had ever nego=
=tiated any paper made by Leland Stanford,
C. P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, Charles
Crocker or E. B. Crocker.

A. I never have, either personally or as
secretary of the Contract and Finance Company.

Q. 587 You never used any of their paper to
pay for material furnished to the Contract
and Finance Company?

A. I do not call to mind where I

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