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$126.15

Liabilities.

Amount due H. B. Comp (Oregon City) $140.94

Amount collected of estate of Ewing Young 2,81 5-00

Scrip outstanding at this date, not paid 1,879.64

$4,835-59 Receipts since December i, 1846, to date.

Taxes from John R. Jackson, sheriff, Lewis county $24.58

Taxes from John R. Jackson, sheriff, Vancouver county. . . 57.73 Taxes from William Holmes, sheriff, Clackamas county... 115.00

License paid by R. K. Payne 100.00

License paid by H. N. Winslow 100.00

Absentee tax, paid by John R. Jackson (Vancouver) 10.00

$407.31

Taxes from John R. Jackson (error).

The receipts since December i, 1846, have been paid me

wholly in scrip. Interest paid on scrip, December 9 3.59

$403.72

Balance liabilities $4,431.86

John P. Brooks, Deputy Treasurer. December 9, 1846."

MESSAGE.

Of the Governor of Oregon Territory, December 7, 1847.

"To the Honorable the Legislative Assembly of Oregon Territory:

"Fellow Citizens: Contrary to the expectation of all who reside in this ter- ritory, you are again convened under the provisional government of Oregon. After learning that the boundary line question was settled, there was hardly a doubt resting in the mind of any individual with regard to the extension of the jurisdiction of the United States over this territory. We have been sadly dis- appointed, and hope, which was so fondly cherished, begins to sink into despair in the hearts of many.

Our situation is not a pleasant one, on account of the uncertainty of it. We may be in less than six months under the laws and government of the United States ; and we may, on the other hand, exist in our present state several years. This uncertainty will, no doubt, embarrass you in your proceedings. If we re- main as we are for any length of time, ways and means must be devised for raising a more extensive revenue. The laws should be published in a conven- ient form ; a fund set apart for treating with Indians, and many other things provided for that we have thus far dispensed with, but which must be attended to in order that we may carry out the principles under which we have asso- ciated.

This being the first session of the present congress, they will have more time fo devote to the formation of a government for this territory, than at the last session. The probability is that peace between the United States and Mexico will have been restored, and relieve congress from the cares and anxieties at- tendant upon a war, and also relieve the government from the very heavy ex- pense which must necessarily attend the carrying on of a war. The