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granted to the State for that purpose, all escheats, forfeitures, 

 moneys paid as exemption from military duty, all gifts and de- 

 vises for common-school purposes, the proceeds of the five 

 hundred thousand acre grant, the live per cent, net proceeds 

 of the sales of public lands, &c., the interest of the fund to 

 be divided among the counties in shares proportioned to the 

 number of children in each between four and twenty years of 

 age. The governor, secretary of state, and state treasurer com- 

 pose the board of school commissioners. There was in the trea- 

 sury, September 10, 1860, to the credit of the common-school 

 fund, the sum of $11,534, besides a university fund of ^5,794. 

 The leading religious denominations are the Methodist Church 

 North, the Methodist Church South, and the Baptist, which 

 have churches in nearly every town. The Roman Catholics, 

 Presbyterians, and Episcopalians have also some churches. 

 Two daily newspapers and half a dozen weeklies are published 

 in Portland ; and Oregon City, the Dalles, S;dem, Corvalls, 

 Eugene City, and Jacksonville have each one weekly news- 

 paper. The government of Oregon is exercised by a governor 

 (salary $1,500), a secretary of state (|1,500), and treasurer of 

 state ($800), who are chosen by a plurality of votes for four 

 years. During the first five years, under the constitution of 

 1 857, the governor is ex officio superintendent of public instruc- 

 tion; after 1862 a separate superintendent may be elected. 

 The secretary of state is ex officio auditor of public accounts. 

 The governor, secretary of state, and treasurer are eligible for 

 re-election for any number of terms, though not for more than 

 two successively. A state printer is chosen b}^ popular vote for 

 four years. The legislature is composed of two branches, a sen- 

 ate of sixteen members and a house of thirty-four representa- 

 tives. Senators are chosen in single districts for four years, one 

 half every second year, and representatives for two years. 

 Their number maybe increased, but are never to exceed thirty 

 senators and sixty representatives. Membei-s of each house re- 

 ceive three dollars a day and three dollars for every twenty miles 

 of travel, but it is provided that the ^:>er diem of no mem- 



