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three-mill tax levied pursuant to an act to pro- 

 vide for a tax to defray the current expenses 

 of the State, and to pay the indebtedness there- 

 of, approved October 20, 1876, would realize 

 enough money to pay in full the said Modoc 

 war bonds, with the accrued interest. And 

 for the purpose of paying the principal and in- 

 terest on said Umatilla Indian war bonds, and 

 the principal and interest upon the bonds of the 

 State of Oregon so to be sold, a one-half mill 

 tax upon the dollar was thereby levied. 



In pursuance of said act of October 25, 1880, 

 said Treasurer did sell one hundred and twenty 

 bonds of the State of Oregon, each being for 

 the sum of $500, from the proceeds of which, 

 with the surplus moneys accrued from said 

 three-mill tax, he has redeemed the said Mo- 

 doc war bonds. 



There have been realized the proceeds of one 

 levy of the half-mill tax, which amounted to 

 $29,628; and which has been applied upon 

 the principal and interest of the said indebted- 

 ness, as in and by said act provided. The por- 

 tions thereof unliquidated are respectively the 

 sums following : Upon the Umatilla Indian war 

 bonds, $28,171 ; upon the bonds issued under 

 the act of October 25, 1880, $60,000. A contin- 

 uation of this tax four years longer will more 

 than pay off the entire amount. This indebt- 

 edness arose out of claims assumed by the 

 State. 



This is all of the general bonded indebted- 

 ness of the State, and if the Umatilla war claims 

 and other claims referred to are allowed at any 

 reasonable amount against the United States, 

 they, together with the Modoc war claims al- 

 ready allowed, will not only pay off all the in- 

 debtedness arising out of those claims, but will 

 bring into the State Treasury a surplus of sev- 

 eral thousand dollars. 



There is a bonded debt payable to the Wil- 

 lamette Falls Canal and Locks Company, or its 

 assigns, out of the fund arising from the 5 per 

 cent of the net proceeds of the sales of the 

 public lands in the State, and the fund arising 

 out of the sale of the 500,000 acres of land do- 

 nated to the State for the purposes of internal 

 improvements. 



The original amount of these bonds was 

 $200,000. They bore interest at the rate of 7 

 per cent per annum. The 500,000 acre grant 

 has all been sold, excepting 40,520 acres, and 

 all of the amount sold has been deeded away, 

 excepting 37,617.21 acres, two thirds of the 

 purchase price of which has not been paid. 



The cash sums arising upon the sale of said 

 lands, except the portion thereof consumed in 

 expenses attending the management of the 

 grant, have been applied in payment of said 

 lock bonds, which has reduced the same to the 

 sum of $68,000, and the Treasurer has sufficient 

 money on hand to pay off about $30,000 more 

 of them. 



There will probably be left of the proceeds 

 of the said grant, after the lock bonds are re- 

 deemed $56,000, besides the 40,520 acres of 



land. "Whatever is left of this grant belongs, 

 it is presumed, to the common-school fund. 



There is another special indebtedness known 

 as the road warrants. They were made pay- 

 able generally out of the swamp-land fund. 

 They amounted, two years ago, to $133,604. 

 During the last two years a portion of them, 

 amounting to about $14,000 of principal and 

 about $5,500 in interest, has been taken up in 

 payment of the 20 per cent payable on the pur- 

 chase of swamp-lands, under the former act 

 providing for the selection and sale of the 

 swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the 

 State of Oregon. 



The balance due upon these warrants is but 

 a small sum compared with the amount and 

 value of the swamp and overflowed lands the 

 State is entitled to under the act of Congress 

 of March 12, 1860; yet it will be likely to drag 

 along until more of them, claimed by the State 

 as swamp and overflowed lands, are certified 

 to be such by the department at Washington 

 having the matter in charge. 



PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. An act of 1880 pro- 

 vided for the construction of an Insane Asylum 

 building. This structure, when completed and 

 furnished, will have cost, it is estimated, not 

 less than $175,000. It was ready for inmates 

 at the close of the year. 



The last Legislative Assembly organized the 

 School for Deaf Mutes by providing for a board 

 of directors to have the charge and manage- 

 ment thereof. The plan has operated well, and 

 relieved the Board of Education of a great an- 

 noyance. 



The insane and idiotic, since the death of 

 Dr. J. C. Hawthorne, which occurred about 

 February, 1881, have been kept, under the con- 

 tract made between him and the State, by Mrs. 

 Rachel Hawthorne, widow of the deceased, and 

 Dr. S. E. Josephi, administratrix and adminis- 

 trator of his estate. The whole number in 

 charge of said representatives is 315, of whom 

 221 are males and 94 females. 



The number of convicts in the State Peniten- 

 tiary on August 31st was 178. 



The attendance during the year 188Q-'81 in 

 the collegiate department of the State Univer- 

 sity, according to the report of the president, 

 was as follows: Highest number, 112; 48 

 women and 64 men. Lowest number, 55 ; 31 

 women and 24 men. Average for the year, 

 women, 39; men, 49; total average, 88. 



Highest number of free students, 60; 19 

 women and 41 men. Lowest number of free 

 students, 40; 17 women and 23 men. Aver- 

 age for the year, women, 18 ; men, 32 ; total 

 average, 50. 



Highest number of pay students, 52; 28 

 women and 24 men. Lowest number of pay 

 students, 25 ; 14 women and 11 men. Aver- 

 age for the year, women, 21 ; men, 18 ; total 

 average, 39. 



In the preparatory department the attend- 

 ance was as follows : Highest number during 

 the year, 64; 34 girls and 30 boys. Lowest 



