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370 to the estate of Ewing Young." Reference is made to the same matter in the Oregon archives on December 17, 1845, on December 4, 1846, and again on the eighth. The matter was finally disposed of by an act passed December 24, 1846, and which reads as follows:

"Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislative committee of Oregon, that the executive power shall appoint an administrator to close up and collect the debts due the estate of Ewing Young, deceased, and such administrator shall proceed as soon as possible to wind up the business of said estate.

"Section 2. That the executive power shall cause to be let out to the lowest bidder the building of a substantial log jail at Oregon City, to be finished in such time and manner as they may think proper, and shall take such bond and security as may be sufficient to secure its completion.

"Section 3. That said administrator shall pay all moneys collected by him belonging to the estate of said Young, deceased, to the treasurer of Oregon, whose duty it shall be to give the said administrator a receipt for the same.

"Section 4. That the sum of $1,500 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the building of said jail, to be paid out of the first moneys received from said administrator of said estate, and in the event there is not so much received, then the balance to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

"Section 5. That the faith of this government is hereby pledged for the payment of all moneys hereafter received from the administrator of the estate Of said Young, whenever the same shall be lawfully claimed, and said claim established by the heirs or creditors of said Young.

"Section 6. That the executive power shall be author-