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4 Document IS'o. 21. [Session Question by Mr. Sweet. Was thia mortgage registered in the Counties ot Chatham and Wake bef<)re you parted with the State bonds, in accordance with tlie ordinance, and what evidence liave you to show that such was the case ? Answer. Yes, I believe it was, Imt am not snro. On one occasion (after Mr. Bain, my chief clerk, had delivered half the bonds,) I saw the mortgage, which was not then registered, and I had the bonds already delivered brought back until it should be duly done. It was either on account of its not ])eing registered, or because the stamps were insufficient, that I had the bonds brought l)ack. Question by Mr. Sweet. Does it appear by your records, that the mortgage in question has been registered in Wake and Chatliam Counties? Answer. Yes, Question by Mr. Sweet. Has the mortgage any revenue stamps on it i! Answer. IS^o. Question by Mr. Estes. Did you submit the first mortgage to the Attorney General for his opinion as to whether stamps were necessary ? Answer. I did. Question by Mr. Sweet. Do you not know that the revenue la>v requires stamps? Ans\i'er. I am not lawyer enough to know. Question by Mr. Sweet. In the abs nee of such knowledge, why did you not appeal to the officers of the Internal Revenue in so important a matter? Answer. I took the opinion of my predecessor in office, Mr. Battle, who I thought knew all about it. Question by Mr. Estes. Who do you think would be the proper person for you to apply to for information in such a case '? Answer. The Attorney General, I think. Qestion by Mr. Estes. Did the Attorney General say that the mortgage did not require revenue stamps ? Answer. Yes.
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Full Text | 4 Document IS'o. 21. [Session Question by Mr. Sweet. Was thia mortgage registered in the Counties ot Chatham and Wake bef<)re you parted with the State bonds, in accordance with tlie ordinance, and what evidence liave you to show that such was the case ? Answer. Yes, I believe it was, Imt am not snro. On one occasion (after Mr. Bain, my chief clerk, had delivered half the bonds,) I saw the mortgage, which was not then registered, and I had the bonds already delivered brought back until it should be duly done. It was either on account of its not ])eing registered, or because the stamps were insufficient, that I had the bonds brought l)ack. Question by Mr. Sweet. Does it appear by your records, that the mortgage in question has been registered in Wake and Chatliam Counties? Answer. Yes, Question by Mr. Sweet. Has the mortgage any revenue stamps on it i! Answer. IS^o. Question by Mr. Estes. Did you submit the first mortgage to the Attorney General for his opinion as to whether stamps were necessary ? Answer. I did. Question by Mr. Sweet. Do you not know that the revenue la>v requires stamps? Ans\i'er. I am not lawyer enough to know. Question by Mr. Sweet. In the abs nee of such knowledge, why did you not appeal to the officers of the Internal Revenue in so important a matter? Answer. I took the opinion of my predecessor in office, Mr. Battle, who I thought knew all about it. Question by Mr. Estes. Who do you think would be the proper person for you to apply to for information in such a case '? Answer. The Attorney General, I think. Qestion by Mr. Estes. Did the Attorney General say that the mortgage did not require revenue stamps ? Answer. Yes. |