

I mill for the State university, and ^ mill for 

 the militiii a total of 4 : \j| mills. 



Tliciv i> no iMindcd State debt, except to the 

 amount of $1,005.40 on which interest has long 

 e ceased. 



Legislative Session. The regular liiennial 

 session of the Legislative Assembly began on 

 .Ian. PJ, ami eiuled on Feb. 20. On Jan. L J 

 1'nileil State> Senator ,l.|in 11. Mitchell, Kcpub- 

 liean, was re-elected for the term of six years, 

 fri m March 8, by the following vote: Senate, 

 Mitchell *$. B. Goldsmith (Democrat) 6; U..IIM-, 

 Mitchell 41, Goldsmith 19. 



A new election law was enacted containing 

 provisions for a secret ballot, according to the 

 Australian system. Candidates whose names 

 arc entitled to appear on the official ballots pro- 

 vided by the act must be nominated either by a 

 convention of delegates of a political party 

 which at the preceding election cast at least 3 

 per cent, of the entire vote cast in the State, 

 county, or district for which the nomination is 

 made, or by an organized assembly containing 

 at least 100 electors of the State or electoral 

 division for which the nomination is made, or 

 by nomination papers signed as follows : By at 

 least 250 electors if the candidate is to be voted 

 for by the electors of the State at large, by at 

 least 50 electors if ho is to be voted for by the 

 electors of an electoral district or county, and 

 by at least 10 electors in other cases. The 

 official ballots shall be prepared by the respect- 

 ive county clerks, and shall be of uniform size. 

 They must be printed in black ink upon white 

 paper. They shall contain the names of all 

 candidates duly nominated, arranged under the 

 designation of the office in alphabetical order, 

 according to surnames, except that the names of 

 candidates for electors of President and Vice- 

 President shall be arranged in groups, as pre- 

 sented in the several certificates of nomination. 

 Blank spaces shall be left for writing in the 

 names of other candidates. The ballots shall be 

 printed so as to give each elector a clear oppor- 

 tunity to designate his choice of candidates, and 

 his answers to questions submitted, by canceling 

 or marking out the names of candidates who are 

 not his choice, or the answer he does not wish to 

 make. Each polling place shall be provided with 

 at least one voting shelf or compartment for 

 every 40 electors entitled to vote thereat. Before 

 any elector receives his ballot, the ballot clerk 

 shall write his own initials on the back thereof. 



An act of great importance to eastern and 

 southern Oregon provides for the regulation of 

 irrigation. By its terms the use of waters in 

 the lakes and running streams of the State for 

 general rental, sale, or distribution for purposes 

 of irrigation and supplying water for household 

 and domestic consumption, and watering live 

 stock upon dry lands of the State is declared a 

 public ue, and the right to collect rates therefor 

 a franchise. A corporation formed for the 

 above-mentioned purposes may appropriate 

 water from its natural oed, and condemn rights 

 of way for its ditch, rights of riparian pro 

 prietors. and lands for sites of reservoirs: but 

 the right of way for the main lino shall not 

 exceed 100 feet in width, and for each distribut- 

 ing ditch 80 feet, and for a reservoir site 20 

 acres from one owner. 



An a<-t 1. 1 increase the powers of the railroad 

 commissioners requires all railroad corpoi , 

 within ninety days after the passage of I) 

 to furnish the commission with a schedule of 

 charged for transportation. These are to be re- 

 vi-i -d by the i nmmission, and if the rates to fixed 

 are not accepted by the corporation*, suits may 

 be begun by the cnmmi.vii.ri to ha\i- 

 adjudged just and reasonable. The commission 

 shall investigate all complaints against tho rail- 

 road companies, and may bring suit in the 

 circuit court in the name of the State toh; 

 declarations enforced. The commi.-si<.n must 

 make a semi-annual examination of all bridge*, 

 and if any are reported by them a.s unsafe and 

 are not repaired within ten days the commission 

 may stop trains from crossing such bridges. 



For the purpose of aiding transportation on 

 Columbia river an act was passed, constituting 

 the Governor, Secretary of State, and State 

 Treasurer a board of portage commissioners, 

 with power to build, construct, run, equip, 

 operate, and maintain a portage railway be- 

 t \\een the highest and lowest points of the 

 navigable waters of Columbia river at the Cas- 

 cades and between highest and lowest points of 

 that river between the Dalles and Cehlo. The 

 sum of $60,000 was appropriated for these im- 

 provements. > 



An act to promote the fishing industry pro- 

 vides that every person or corporation engaged 

 in canning, preserving, dealing in, packing, 

 shipping, buying from first hands, or speculating 

 in salmon or any variety thereof, shall pay to 

 the State Treasurer half of 1 cent apiece for 

 Chinook salmon, and one-fourth of 1 cent apiece 

 for " silversides." Persons and corporations en- 

 gaged in this business on Columbia river and 

 vicinity shall also pay one sixth of 1 cent for 

 " steel heads " and one sixteenth of 1 cent for 

 " blue backs." The money so collected shall be 

 held as a fund for the benefit of the salmon 

 industry. 



A State board of equalization was established. 

 The office of Attorney-General was created, and 

 authority was given to the Governor to appoint 

 an incumbent until the election of 1894. 



The State was divided into two Congressional 

 districts composed of the following counties: 



1. Bcnton, Clackarras, Coos, Curry. Douglas, Jack- 

 eon, Josephine, Khmuith, Lake. Lane, l.inn, Marion, 

 Polk, Tillainook, Washington, and Ynmhill. 



2. Baker, Clatsop, Columbia, Crook, (ulliuin. Grant, 

 Ilarnev, Malheur, Morrow, Multnoumh, Sherman, 

 Umatillft, Wullowo, and \Vasco. 



The MIIII of $80,000 was appropriated for complet- 

 ing 'the dome i>t' the Capitol building, providing 

 hiutiiiL: apparatus therefor, und making other im- 

 provements tin-rein. 



Conirrcss was memorialized in favor of action to 

 secure the election of United States Senators by 

 direct vote of the people. 



Other acts of the session were as follow : 



To repulate the manner of holding primary elec- 

 tions, and to prevent fraud and crime at sueh elections, 

 in cities of _',<> inhabitants or more. 



To regulate the taking of salmon. 



K-taMishiui,' a State board of charities nd cor- 

 rectioas. 



Assenting to tho act of Congress appropriating 

 money for the more complete endowment of colleges 

 of agriculture and the mechanic, arts, and J propnat- 

 inx $25,000 for the erection of a dormitory and other 



