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A. I don't know how many; most of them applied them-
selves to know what was against them.
26th. When did they so apply?
A. Some while we were taking names; others on the day
for correction.
27th. Did you send word or give notice to anybody of
charges against them, and give them opportunities of cross-
examining the witnesses against them?
A. I don't know that we did; neither do I think that the
law compelled us to do it.
28th. Did you or not enquire into the case of persons
not having applied for registration, and summon witnesses
against them, and hear their cases without giving them any
notice of it?
A. We took testimony without giving them notice of it.
29th. Did you accept Governor Bradford's and Mr. Ran-
dall's (who was the Attorney-General) published opinions as
to the mode of your procedure, the rights of the applicant,
the mode of examination, the cause of disqualification, and
your duties in the premises, and did you act under it?
A. That the law compelled us to give every one a trial we
did not agree; under the circumstances it was impossible for
us to do it.
30th. Did not Mr. Irving inform the Board, while sitting,
that, he understood they were inquiring into his loyalty and
summoning witnesses to prove him disloyal, and say to the
Board that on such a grave and important trial he was enti-
tled by the Constitution to be informed of the charges and
confronted with the witnesses against him, and did you not
in reply, say you had nothing to do with the Constitution
but had only to do with the law ?
A. Mr. Irving misunderstood us; we meant we had noth-
ing to do with any mbre of the Constitution than that which
the Governor sent us with the law.
31st. Did not Mr. Irving insist upon you, as an officer
under the Constitution who had sworn to discharge your
duty in accordance with it, and did you not in reply ask why
the Governor had not sent you a copy of the Constitution
then ?
A. I don't recollect.
32d. What questions were you accustomed to propound to
applicants who had taken the oath?
A. Not always the same, but such as we expected to get
the most information by.

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