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Interrogatory 6th. Did you after the Confederate forces had
entered Oakland, give that information to Truman West and
his daughter, at the house of said West; and what, was the
purport of your information and conversation on that occa-
sion.

(Excepted to by A. Spates.)

Answer. I was through the neighborhood after the Con
federates had been here, but I do not recollect, that I was in
West's house or had any conversation with him about the mat-
ter, merely mentioned it as general news, I might have men-
tioned it.

W. H. HALL.
(Excepted to by A. Spates.)
GEO. S. LEE, (Sworn.)

Interrogatory 1. As 1, in schedule A. G. S. Lee, age 40
years, occupation farmer, residence No. 10 District, Allegany
county, Maryland, have resided there about 17 years.

Interrogatory 2. As 2, in schedule A.

Answer. I did receive the appointment and did qualify,
and act as such for 1865; I had read the law and Constitu-
tion regulating registration, and administered the oath to all
whom appeared for lame, and gave notice as to the time and
place of registration.

Interrogatory 3rd. As 2, in schedule B. I did and quali-
fied and acted as such, I do not know that we did make a pub-
lic declaration, that all persons registered in 1866, would be
required to take the oath of the Constitution of Article 1, sec-
tion 4, there were no armed men stationed about the polls by
our authority?

Interrogatory 4. As 3, in B. We did refuse, we refused
McClure Mason, David S. Arnold, Charles O. Nethkin and
Charles Best, Jacob Shaffer, Benjaman F. Shaffer and John
Whorral, because they were proven disloyal in 1865, before
the registers.

Interrogatory 5. As 4 in Schedule B. I saw no violence
whatever; it was quiet, as usual, at our polls.

Interrogatory 6. As 5, in Schedule B. It is customary to
carry the guns to the polls; I don't think that there was an
unusual display of guns at the polls on that day; I saw
them there belonging to both parties; I think it was from
the threats that had been made to break up the election; the
report was that at a meeting sometime during the summer,
the speakers said they should all vote or break the ballot box
on the Judges heads or at the point of the bayonet; Thomas
J. McKaig. was one of the speakers, the information came
from James Bradford a Conservative, it was current all the
summer afterwards.