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act of congress extending the laws and judicial system of the United States over Oregon, which passed March 3, 1859, provided for one United States judge, at a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, Matthew P. Deady being chosen to fill this office. Late in 1858 Williams had been appointed chief justice of the territory, with Boisé associate justice, and Walter Forward of Marion county United States marshal, McCracken having resigned. On the 20th of May the judges elect of the supreme and circuit courts