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 Registration of conveyances are now valid in North Carolina when the probate is made before any "court of record" of another state.

In applications for a continuance in civil cases, allegations of fact set out in an affidavit, may be controverted in counter-affidavits, and no continuance shall be allowed, provided the judge, after a thorough examination of the evidence, thinks the ends of justice do not demand it.

Seduction of a reputable woman under promise of marriage is made at felony, but no conviction shall be had on the unsupported testimony of the woman as to the promise.

OREGON.

There were no noteworthy changes in the statute law of Oregon at the last session of the legislature.

OHIO.

An act in the interest of laborerlabor [sic] and laborers, both novel and commendable, provides, for the licensing by the courts, of tribunals of voluntary arbitration to adjust and determine industrial disputes between employers and employes [sic] in the manufacturing, mechanical, and mining interests.

Another relating to the confinement of convicts in the penitentiary, provides, that none of the labor of the prisoners in said institution shall be let on contract by the day, save in exceptional cases, but shall be employed by the state upon the plan and manner provided in said act. The manager shall employ such labor directly for the state, whenever the legislature shall provide means for the necessary outlay for machinery, materials, and capital.

If not furnished by the state, the manager shall provide employment for any number of prisoners by an argreementagreement [sic] with manufacturers and others to furnish the machinery and material for the employment of prisoners under the immediate