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    "ocrText": "use the franked envelope for his suggestions to corporations\nthat he will act as agent if desired.\nOn the propriety of his so acting, - it must be said\nthat his letters offering his services (so far as shown to me)\nare couched in proper terms, that is, without the least sug-\ngestion of compulsion or advantage operating upon the addressee;\nthat precedents in Arizona and elsewhere, and respectable le-\ngal advice given him, appear to justify his action, and that\nthe Interior Department found no objection to his acting as\nagent for the service of legal process only, \"when requested.\nThe phrase of Stoddard's letters is \"when desired.' It is to\nbe observed, on the general aspects of the case, that Stoddard\nasserts earnestly that he has been scrupulously careful in the\nconduct of his office (he took charge in June, 1901), has re-\nduced official fees and charges, which, he says, were excessive\nand extortionate under the previous regime; that, in refer-\nence to one of the letters leading to this inquiry, and as to\nother letters in his official correspondence, he was intention\nally misled and misrepresented by adherents of his predecessor\nwhom he temporarily employed; and that he has carefully cor-\nrected the statements and implications of such letters to cor-\nporation correspondents. He showed evidence on these points\nfrom his official letter-press book. He states that the law\nrequires the Secretary of the Territory to be the agent of\ncertain corporations for service of process or other formal\npurposes; as to other corporations the law is permissive or\nsilent. I have no reason to doubt his statement on this\n(2)"
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