| James W. Hamilton Recalled |
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| No date given. The person that follows was on January 15, 1885 |
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J. W. Hamilton recalled. By the Chairman: Question What do the books of your association which have been sent for contain?--Answer. I think they contain the salries of officers, attorneys' fees, expenses of rewards, surveys of the country; and we have inspectors hired to look after our cattle in the different cattle markets, all of which cost a considerable sum of money. Q. Are there any other expendatures you recollect?--A. None that I recollect. Q. What has been the amount paid out in the way you have indicated?--A. The rewards amount to about $10,000, and some of them are unpaid. The attorneys' fees amount to as much more. The expenses of the arbitrations I don't know. They were paid from time to time on certified accounts. I think the average cost of surveys was about $1.20 a mile. Our five inspectors receive $1,800 a year each. Q. All of these expenses come out of the excess over the rental you pay the Cherokees?--A. Yes, sir; and whatever excess remains afterwards we provide shall be paid back to the members of the association. |