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been elected. lie shall give such security
for the performance of his duties as the
legislative assembly may provide.
ARTICLE XIII.-SALARIES.
Sec. l. The Governor shall receive an
annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars.
The Secretary of State shall receive an an
nual salary Of fifteen hundred dollars. The
Treasurer Of State shall receive an annual
salary of eight hundred dollars The Judges
of the Supreme court shall each receive an
annual salary of two thousand dollars;
they shall receive no fees or perquistes
whatever for the performance Of any du-
ties connected with their respective Offices;
and the compensation Of officers, if not
fixed by this constitution, shall be provided
by law.
ARTICLE XIV-SEAT OF GOV
ERNMENT.
Sec. |. The legislative assembly shall
not have power to establish permanent
seat of government for this State. But at
the first regular session after the adoption
Of this constitution, the legislative assem-
bly, shall provide by law for the submission
to the electors of this State, at the next
general election thereafter, the manner of
selection Of q place for permanent seat
of Government, and no place shall ever be
the seat Of government under such law
which shall not receive a majority Of all
the votes cast on the matter of such selec-
ton.
So No tax shall be levied, or money of
the State expended, or debts contracted,
for the erection Of State House prior to
the year eighteen hundred and sixty-fve.
s g. The seat of Government when es-
tablshed as provided in section one, shall
not be removed for the term Of twenty years
from the time oRsuch establishment, nor in
any other mannef than as provided in the
FIRST section Of this article, Provided that
all public institutions of the State hereaf-
ter provided for by the legislative assembly,
shall be located at the seat of Government.
ARTICLE Xv-MISCELLANEOUS.
SECTION l. All officers except members
Of the legislative assembly, shall hold their
Offices until their successors are elected and
qualified.
S2 When the duration Of any Office is
not provided for 10y this constitution, it
may be declared by law; and if not so de-
clared, such Office shall be held during the
pleasure Of the authority making the ap-
pointment. But the legislative assembly
shall not create any Office, the tenure Of
which shall be longer than four years.
5 3. Every person elected or appointed
to any Office under this constitution, shall
before entering on the duties thereof, take
an oath or affirmation to support the con-
stitution of the United States and Of this
State, and also an oath of Office.
4 "a. Lotteries and the sale Of lottery
tickets, for any purposes whatever, are pro-
hibited, and thS.lsgslative assembly shall
prevent the same by penal laws.
i 5. The property and pecuniary rights
of every married woman, at the time Of
marriage, or afterwards acquired, by gift,
devise, or inheritance, shall not be subject
to the debts or contracts Of the husband
and laws shall be passed providing for the
registration of the wife's separate property
Sc. No county shall be reduced to au
area of less than four hundred square miles;
nor shall any new county be established in
this State containing less area, nor unless
such new county shall contain population
of at least twelve hundred inhabitants
4 81. No State officers or members of the
legislative assembly shall directly or indi
rectly receive fee or be engaged as coun
sci, agent, or attorney, in the prosecution
Of any claim against this State.
IS. No Cinnamon, not a resident Of the
State at tbe adoption of this constitution
shall ever hold any real estate or mining
claim, or work any mining therein. The
Legislative assembly shall provide by law
in the most elfectual manner for carrying
out the above provisions.
ARTICLE XVI-BOUNDARIES.
In order that the boundaries of the
State may be known and established, it is
hereby ordained and declared that the
State Of Oregon shall be bounded as fol-
lows, to-wit; Beginning one marine league
at sea, due west from the point where the
forty-second parallel Of north latitude inter
sects the same; thence northerly at the
same distance from the line of the coast,
lying west and opposite the State, including
all islands within the jurisdiction of the
United States, to point due west and op.
posite the middle of the north ship channel
of the Columbia river; thence easterly to
and up the middle chennel Of said river,
and with it is divided by islands up the
middle Of the widest channel thereof, and
in like manner up the middle of the main
channel Of Snake river to the aIouth of the
4, Owyhee river; thence due south TO the par
alel Of latitude forty-two degrees north
thence west along said parallel to the place
of beginning, Including jurisdiction in civil
5 aud criminal cases upon the Columbia riv-
\ ler and Snake river, concurrently with
States and Territories of which those riv-
ers from a boundary in common with the
n State.
But the Congress of the United States
lin providing for the admission of this State