Special Laws and Joint Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon; Passed at the Fourth Regular Session Thereof, Begun and Held at Salem, December 6, 1852, in the Seventy-Seventh Year of the Independence of the (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 edition. Excerpt: ...January 17, 1853. Passed the Council January 18, 1853'. ' B. F. HARDING, Speaker 0 the House of Representatives. f M. P. DEADY, President of the Council. I AN AC1', to regulate the Weight of Grain. 1. The number of pounds of wheat, rye, 2. lVheuaeu, o mks effect. oats, barley, and corn to constitute a bushel prescibed. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative flsiembly 0 the Territory of Oregon, Whenever wheat, rye, oats, barley, or.. ndian corn, shall be sold by the bushel, and no special agreement as to the measurement or weight thereof shall be made by the parties, the bushel shall consist of sixty pounds of wheat, and fifty-six pounds of rye, and thirty-six pounds of oats, and forty-five pounds of barley, and fifty-six pounds of Indian corn. SEC. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after the fourth day of July, 1853. Passed the House of Representatives February 1, 1853. Passed the Council February 1, 1853. B. F. HARDING, Speaker of the House Nelzf Representatives.. P. DEADY, President of the Council. AN ACr, entitled an flct to prevent F raudalent Con-veyances. Sec. Sec. 1. When certain conveyances to be void. 3. When contracts for sale of goods, &c., 2. When promises, contracts, &c., to be void--when binding. SECrION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative./flssembly of the Territory of Oregon, That all deeds of gift, all conveyances, and all transfers or assignments, verbal or written, of goods, chattels, or I things in action, made in trust for the use of the person making the same, shall be void as against the creditors, existing or subsequent, of such person.. SEc. 2. In the following cases specified in this section, any agreement, contract, and promise, shall be void, unless such agreement, contract, ..