"An act for the support of the State University.
"An act defining the rights and fixing the liabilities of married women, and the relation between husband and wife.
"An act to authorize foreign corporations to do business and execute their corporate powers within the State of Oregon.
"An act to provide for liens for laborers, common carriers, and other persons on personal property.
"An act to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among sheep."
Before finishing this chapter I wish to add a few words on the judicial system of the State.
The judicial power of the State is vested in the Supreme Court, circuit courts, and county courts. The Supreme Court sits at Salem, to hear appeals from the circuit courts. It now consists of three judges, elected in 1880 to serve six years, four years, and three years respectively, their successors holding office for six years.
The State is divided, I believe, into five circuits, and for each a judge is elected to serve for six years.
The circuit courts have all judicial power, authority, and jurisdiction not specifically vested in any other court, and have appellate jurisdiction over the county courts.
COUNTY OFFICERS.The county court consists of the county judge, who holds office for four years, and two county commissioners. Together they transact county business, and have a jurisdiction over civil cases where not more than five hundred dollars is in issue, and over the smaller class of criminal offenses where the punishment does not extend to death or to imprisonment in the penitentiary.