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Given under my hand and seal this 29th day of December,
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

J. M. STRONG, J. P. [SEAL.]

STATE OF MARYLAND,

ALLEGANY COUNTY, SET.

I hereby certify, that J. M. Strong, Esquire, before whom
the annexed affidavits were made, and whose genuine signa-
ture thereto appears, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of
the Peace in and for the State and county aforesaid, duly
commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to adminis-
ter oaths and take acknowledgments.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my
[SEAL.] name and affix the seal of the Circuit Court for Al-
legany county, this 31st day of December, 1866

H. RESLEY,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Allegany county.

[United States 5 cent, stamp.]

Cross Interrogatories fled by Contestant.
Cross Interrogatory to R. W. Mason and H. E. Atkinson.

Cross Interrogatory 1. Did you receive a commission from
the Governor of Maryland, commissioning you to act as a Reg-
ister in Allegany county; if you did, did you take an oath for
the faithful performance of that duty before the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Allegany county ?

THOMAS J. McKAIG,
Attorney for A. Spates.

Cross Interrogatories fled by Contestant.
Cross Interrogatories to Wm. Conrad by A. Spates.

Cross Interrogatory 1. You say you saw the Clerks write
down the number of votes cast for Senator for C. H. Ohr and
A. Spates and returned the identical tickets to the Clerk's
office. Did you act as Return Judge for that district; if you
did, did you and your fellow Judges make return of the number
of votes cast for each and every one voted for; and did you,
as the Return Judge, make a true return of said election ?

Interrogatory 2. Did you return by your return, any num-
ber of votes cast for Senator for C. H. Ohr or A. Spates; if
yea, will you point out in your return what votes were cast
for C H. Ohr, and how many were cast for A. Spates ?

THOMAS J. McKAIG,
Attorney for A. Spates.

Cross Interrogatory to John Boward by Mr. Spates.
Cross Interrogatory 1. Was it possible while you were act-