I, Miles C. Folkes, Mayor of the city of VicksburgVicksburg,
sole presiding judge of the Mayor's court in said
city which is a court of record, & ex officio
justice of the Peace & notary Public, in & for
the city of VicksburgVicksburg a county of WarrenWarren in the
State of MississippiMississippi, do certify, that in pur
suance of the within commission & notice
came before me at the Childrens Hotel, recent
ly kept by Glidewell in said city of Vicks
burg, W.C. Smedes, James O. Harrison &
Egbert J. Sessions, who were there by me
sworn & examined & such examination
reduced to writing & subscribed by them
respectively in my presense & their
said Depositions are now herewith re
turned.