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Show V AN IMPORTANT DECISION. A Notary Is Not Empowered tinier Fertsral (Itatntes Is AUmlni.t. r Oafhs. SEATTI.K Wash., Deo. 11. A decision affecting the validity of fitly u many thousand acres of coal ami tiiu!cr laiuts in this state was rendered in tin fed-court fed-court today. Three men who entered coal laud in tho county made affidavits before a notary that they made the requisite amount of improvements. Tliu men were, howerer. indirti d fur perjury. per-jury. The court discharged them on the ground that the notary wan not empowered em-powered under federal statutes to administer ad-minister oaths. |