ATA APPENDIX. 
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 five per cent. net proceeds 
of the sales of public lands, &c., thte 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, Salem, 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 
1857, the governor is ex officio superintendent of public instrue- 
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 treasuref are eligible for 
re-election for any number of terms, though not for more than 
two successively. A state printer is chosen by 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 may be increased, but are never to exceed thirty 
senators and sixty representatives. Members of each house re- 
ceive three dollars a day and three dollars for every twenty miles 
of travel, but it is provided that the per diem of no mem- 
