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"That is all right. That will fix it all right," whereupon they both signed the two copies. The only change from the original was in the second clause, which was amended to read as follows:

""It is agreed that the interest of each of the parties hereto as to all the services rendered, all moneys received and all business done by the firm shall be the equal one-half thereof, except for any services which may be rendered by said John H. Mitchell in the Supreme Court of the United States shall be his individual matter, and all fees so earned by him. in said Court, and his salary as Senator, shall be his individual property, and the firm shall have no interest therein; and that for any and all services which may be rendered by said Albert H. Tanner before any of the departments at Washington. D. C, or any of the branches or bureaus thereof, or in the Land Department of the Government, either at Washington. D. C, or Oregon or elsewhere, shall be his individual property, and the firm shall have no interest therein, and said John H. Mitchell shall not be required to perform any services therein except such as he might properly do as a Senator in Congress, for any constituent without charge. ""

Unfortunately for all hands concerned, young Tanner, in running the fake partnership agreement off on the typewriter, incorrectly wrote the words "salary" and "constituent," and this fact formed an important link in the chain of circumstances that led to the discovery by the Government officials that the copartnership agreement between Senator Mitchell and Judge Tanner had been "doctored."

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