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tion, and hear arguments; adopted.
Adjourned.
FOURTEENTH DAY, Sept. Goth.

SpocldI cOHmlbtoo. An act TO feQiS
tlict the State; to judiciary committee
To amend Sec. 3l3, of civil code; to iu
dietary committee. Act to amend pri
vate incorporation law; to judiciary
committee. To amend Sec. l,05l Of
civil code; to Judiciary committee. To
amend Sec. 575 civil code; to judiciary
committee. s. B. TITO amend school
law; to committee on education. Te
amend Sec. Al, title 4, chapter IL, civil
code; to judiciary committee &c
authorize sale of duplicates in State
library; to Judiciary committee. To re
peal the act creating board Of canal
commissioners; to committee ON com
merce.
BILLS PASSED.
S. B. 5-To leaglize election of JUS
tices of the peace, in Yamhill county.
s. B. S2-To repeal act authorizing
Jacob Fleischner to erect water works
in city of Albany.
DISCUSSION.
On Lords bill for an act to secure
just division of debtors estates occupied
| the time of the Senate during the most
of the morning session. Adjourned till
10 A. M. 9th.
Action of yesterday on the bill to pro
vide for purchase of proceedings Of
Umatilla council; recommended and bill
laid on table
BILLS INTRODUCED
of following import:
By Stea1ns-For an act to amend
school laws.
Galloway-To regulate foreign corpo-
rations doing business in the State.
Starkweather-To provide for fixed
salaries, for county clerks and sheriffs
in certain counties.
Schroeder-To repeal Sec 946, title |,
chapter l3, civil code.
Acton-For purchase of the Quackin-
bush patent shackles, for use of State
officials.
Campbell-To provide for the pur-
chase and distribution of 200 copies Of
supreme court reports, volume l, at cost
of 81, 200.
Hughes To amend the act creating
board of canal commissioners
Thompson-To more clearly define
duties Of assessors, and provide for APP
pointment of deputies
RESOLUTIONS.
By Starkweather-Requiring state
ment Of accounts of canal commission
ers, and to see if the ten per cent due
the State has been paid adopted.
Thompson Requiring State Treasu-
rer to render his account for the last two
years adopted.
Thompson = Requiring school land
commissioners to make similar report !;
adopted.
SENATE BILLS READ FIRST TIME.
To repeal act authorizing Jacob
Fleischner to erect water works in the
city of Albany.
Bill legalizing election of certain jus
tices of the peace in YamhiH county.
REPORT
Of special committee on canal commits
sioners shows the following bill of ex-
pense on that account Allen Parker,
President, $l,s04 80; James Tatem,
81, $50 81; B. Jennings, 1881 80; w.
P. Conway, Secretsry, SLIP 33; w.
L. White, Secretary, 1925; total, So
274 90.
SECOND READING OF BILLS.
Bill toprovide for construction of por-
tage railroad between Cello and Dalles
City referred to committee ON internal
improvements.
ii. B. 1910 amend school laws to
committee on education.
To change the boundaries of Lake
county /; to special committee.
III. B.-To prevent the abuse of cor
porate powers; to Judiciary committee.
House adjourned till 7 o'clock P. M.
EVENING SESSION.
Was devoted to discussion in the
committee of the whole, ON the appro-
priation for Capitol building fund. The
committee decided upon $4,000, as the
sum necessary, and reported an amend
ment to that effect to the original bill.
which was adopted. Adjourned.
FIFTEENTH Day. Sept. 9th.
senate.
BILLS PASSED.
| s. B. 9-To secure just division
of estates of debtors. 8. B. l2-FoI
an actsto promote medical science. S.
B. 1s-To amend the city charter Of
Albany.
The morning session was taken up In
discussion on the Portland bridge bill
and resulted in the adoption of an amend
ment or substitute offered by the com
mittee, to which the bill was referred.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
s. Bs. 9, II, 1S, were read first time.
Most of the session was taken ur
with reports of committees without i'm
portant action on any.
/ A resolution was introduced for thu
appointment Of committee to wait OF
Postmaster General Key on his arriva
in the State.
/ SIXTEENTH DAY, Sept. 30th.
Senate.
i BILLS REPORTED.
Fulton-To amend an act to re-distric
the State; ordered engrossed and reat
third time tomorrow.
/ Fulton-S B. Z, from committee OF
commerce, with two amendments; wa
Adopted and ordered engrossed.
4 Hirsch-To create the Office OF fsl
commissions; ordered engrossed.
| Roos-S. B. %, for the destruction o
lnoxious weeds; sngrossed,