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Important Decision.
THE STATE TREASTJKEB's CASE DECIDED.
In the Supreme Court of the State of
Oregon, December term, 1874. J.
Simon, respondent, vs. A H
Brown, as State Treasurer, appel
rntiraal from Marion county.
W. H. Effinger for appellant: E. C.
Bronaugh for respondent.
MoArthxh, J.
The pitition alleges that on Novem
ber 7, 1872,- the Secretary drew a
warrant on the State Treasurer in
the following form:
State of Oregon, )
Secretary Department, v
Salem, Nov. 7, 1872. )
$504.
State Treasurer will pay out of the
General Fund to the order of A. J.
Dufur, the sum of five hnndred and
four dollars. (Signed)
S. F. ClIADWICK,
No. 893. Secretary of State.
" CenieDnial Commission Substi
tute." That on said date tho same was
presented for payment, and for want
of funds was not paid, and the then
Treasurer endorsed the same as fol
lows: " Presented and not paid for want
o; funds, Nov. 7. 1872.
(Signed) L. F.ji;.sc.MAR,
Treasurer."
That, afterwards, D.jfiu- endorsed
the same for value, and ihe plaintiff
is now the owner and holder thereof.
That the Legislative Assembly, at
its Eighth Biennial Session, passer,
an act entitled "An act to provide
for tlw ordina;y expenses of the
State Govern men t, and other sne'vl
and specific appropriations, " by
which i-he said Legislative Assembly
did appropriate tlie sum of i?-lS2.157
3i5, or so innc i thereof as might be
necessary for the several objects in
s. iu act mentione'l for iwo years,
co.amcncing from SeLembei- 14,
. 871, to e paid out of any money
iu the Treasury not ollieiwise a -pro
-ia ted, besides i he sum of .7,'2J0
a wroprialet! out of sjecinc f.inils
for specilic purposes.
That by Section j 9 ol said aci, It "s
provided that ' No money shnll be
pai i out under this act except upon
warrants drawn bv the Secretary of
;Sfa(e upon the Treasurer. And all
warrants drawn by the Secretary of
State apoa the Treasurer shall be
paid by said Treasurer in the order
in which they have been presente;.
endorsed: 'Presented aud not paid
for want of funds,' whether the some
have been issued before or afier the
passage of this act."
That by Section 20 of said act it is
provided that "Owing to the neces
sity of maintaining the public credit,
tltts act shall take eflect and beIn
force from and after its approval by
the Governor," and that it wrs ap
proved October 24, 1S74.
That there are outstanding war
rants drawn by said Secretary of
State p.;o.ii said Treasurer and pre
sented pri ,r to November 7, 1872,
iiiid endorsed: ''Presented and not
paid for vant of funds," to the
amount and for tho sum of twenty
two hundred dollars ($2,200) ann
not to exceed that sum, and that
there is now in tlie General Fmid
the sum of seven thousand or more
dollars ($7,000) in V. S. currency,
which was received otherwise than
for taxes, the requisite portion of
which is applicable to and should be
naid out bv the Treasurer towards
i the satisfaction of the warrants afore
said with interest from the t.ate of
its endorsement bv tlie Treasurer.
That on Nov. 30, 1874, the plain I iff
caused the warrant aforesaid to be
duly presented and demand made for
payment which was refused by the
present Treasurer, A. 11!. Brown, the
defendant.
Then follows a prayer for a writ of
mandamus commanding tho Treasur
er to reduce said currency in the gen
eral fund to coin and to pay said war
rant with the interest due thereon.
The defendant answers and says:
1. That he refuses to pay said
warrant because the same belongs to
and is a part of the deficient warrants
drawn upon the State Treasury for
which no appropriation was made by
the Legislative Assembly, and that
he has no authority to pay any wai'
rants presented to him unless author
ized by act of said Assembly and
that said warrant is a part of an in
debtedness for which there has been
no approrriatioc
2. That the entire amount of out
standing warrants presented and en
dorsed " not paid for want of funds"
aggregates about J?2S7,459 17, and
that warrant No. 393 is of said num
ber and that none of said warrants
are included in. or provided for in
the appropriation bill passed Oct.
24, 1874 and therefore he refuses to
pay the same.
3. That the warrants upon tlie
various funds appropriated to by the
said act and accruing since Septem
ber 14, 1874 aggregate at this time
.$78,957 51 and that the same are
properly collectible from the Treas
urer under and by virtue of said sec
tion 19, and that if he should be re
quired to pay the deficient warrants
he would not have any funds what
ever wherewith to pay the current
expenses of the State Government or
any general or special expenses dur
ing the two years succeeding. Then
follows a prayer for dismissal, etc.
A demurer was interposed and sus
tained to tho 2d and 3d portions of
the answer.
Thereupon the plaintiff filed his
reply denying the nrst allegation in
the answer and averring that the
Legislative Assembly did by an act
app'roved Oct. 24, 1872 entitled "An
act to provide for paying the expen
ses of tho Commissioner and Com
missioner substitute for the State of
Oregon in attending the sittings of
the .United States Centennial Com
mission," appropriate ;the enm of
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COURTESY OF
TiKTVSRSITY
four thousand dollars out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated to be used for the pur-
Soses expressed in the title ofthe act
uring the years 1872 187G inclusive
upon which fund said warrant was
drawn.
After trial the Court below adjudg
ed the writ properly issued and or
dered, that said warrant be paid by
the Treasurer. From the findings of
the Court it is apparent that the
effect of the order was to cause pay
ment to be made out of the seven
thousand dollars the general fund
mentioned in the plaintiff's complaint.
There is no question made here upon
ruling of the Court below on the de
murer to the defendant's answer and
we pass that matter as unimportant.
It will be observed that the said
answer nowhere puts in issue the fol
lowing allegations of the complaint:
(1) That there are outstanding war
rants drawn by the Secretary of State
upon the Treasurer and presented
prior to November 7, 1872, and en
dorsed: "Presented and not paid for
waut of funds,1' to the amount of
twenty-two hundred dollars (2,200)
and not to exceed that amount. And,
(2) That there are now in the Gen
eral Fuod of ihe Treasury of the
State the sum of seven thousand dol
lars (.$7,000) or more in currency of
the United States which was receiv
ed by the Treasurer otherwise than
fo taxes from which fund warrant
No. 09-j anu accom routed interest is
nayable. The ji-st section of the act o p-o
vide for the payment of i he Centen
nial Cninmissloa deeia es .hat "there
siia"' be an.! is he eby set apa-1 from
any none n ihe State Treasu ty not
otherwise :p irop.IaJed, the snm of
ou-. LiJOi'sand tio'la.s ($?4,0vJ) io be
used I.i defraying the expenses of
I'jg Comnisslooer," elc. a oil In the
secootl sec ' j i it is p-vvided afier
:he bi'K of the Canni'ssiouer ate
auuii.ee ihe See.elarv of State shall
draw his war an is f o he amounts
andlied aud that i'te ersrue-' shall
pry toe same f om the fnnd to be set
apart in vi-tne ov the rirst section;
"Vor.'.'ei-. Thai tlie aggregate
amount paid In any one year snail
not exceed one i jonsand dollars,'1
(Law 1872, p. K3.;
Thas It sha-' be seen thai the war
rant io 8P.'i is to 'oe paid ont of the
fund to be set apa. 1 by the Treasurer
f :om any moneys f?ot otherwise ap
propriated. Assuming that there
are io the Treasury the seven thou
saiK. do'lars and odd collars belong-
io I be general food as alleged in
the com-j'uini, am. pot ceiieit in the
a isver, p id aszc nl.ig
id -tber that
;he e a-e
wai'raats upon the general
Td :? T. re iste : ed p io :
to th's one ag-
g.ega.mg in r-nouat twenty-two
.laiu'.iei'. dollars it follows that there
mast be so-ne fovty-e'hl hundred
dollors (si.SOO) In said general fund
which it i.oes not appear Lave been
''otherwise appropriated," and from
v.h'ch the food may be created out
oT which the law authorizes the Cen
ienn:al w.'--rants to be pp?d.
"We are of opinion that this cannot
be legally paid out of any of the
fnnds provided for by the act of
Jet. 21. 1074. The very terms used
in the first section o said act shows
that the Legislative Assembly speci
lically appropriated for the objects
enumerated in subsequent sections
certain r.etinite sums of aioney to be
paid o.'t of any money not otherwise
appropriated du.ing tho two years
succeeding Sept. 14, 1G74. Section
19 provides that "qo money shall be
paid out under this act except upon
warrants drawn by the Secretary of
State upon the SUte Treasurer.
And all warrants drawn by tho Sec
retary of State from the treasary
shall be paid by the Treasurer in the
order in which they have been pre
sented and endorsed 'Pioseoted and
not paid for want of funds,' whether
the same have bee a issued before or
after the passage of this act."
It is contended that this section
should be so construed as lo author
ize the State Treasurer ! o pay war
rants which have "jeeu issued loug
prior to tjeseeoni Monday in Sept.
1874, under the other acts of the
Legislative Assembly and for other
xurposes than those mentioned in
the other sections of that act. The
question therefore is, can such an
enlarged construction be ;,ivea to
Section nineteen? If so, the entire
character oT ihe act is changed, aid
from an act providing for ihe ordin
ary expenses uf tho State Govern
ment accruing during the two years
succeeding the second Monday in
September, 1874, aud the other j ml
general and specific appropriations
enumerated therein, it will become
an act to provide for certain extraor
diorry expenses incurred prior io
that date, for which payment is nei
ther generally nor specifically pro
vided by the act. In construing
this act it is the duty of the Court io
ascertain if possible the intention ox
the Legislature, and iu so doing the
preamble and tho general purview
or body of the act are to be taken
into consideration, and it is the duty
of the Court to put a reasonable con
struction upon all its sections and
clauses, in order to accomplish its
obvious purposes and in order that
all of its provisions may if possible
stand. "Whenever the intention of
the makers of a statute can be dis
covered, it ought to lie followed with
reason and discretion in the con
struction of the statute, although
such construction seems contrary to
the letter of the statute. "A thing
which is within the letter of a statute
is not within the statute unless it be
within tho intention of the makers."
Griswold vs. National Insurance Co.
3 Co wen 96. The obviou3 purpose
of the act under consideration is to
provide the necessary funds to de
fray the expenses of the State Gov
ernment for two years succeeding
September 14, 1874, for it does not
appear that it was passed in pursu
ance of Art. 9, Sec. 6 of the State
BANCROFT LIBRARY,
OF CALIFORNIA,
JANUARY 29, 1875.
Constitution, but on the contrary it
was passed in virtue of Art. 9, Sec. 3
of the Constitution and of Sec. 58, p.
700 of the General Laws.
If we. look to the very words of
section nineteen there is an apparant
inconsistency between it and the other
sections of the act, but when viewed
in tlie light of the preamble and the
other sections that inconsistency dis
appears, and the said section may,
with mnch reason be taken to mean
that no money shall be paid out un
der the act except upon warrants
drawn by the Secretary of State upon
the State Treasurer and all warrants
drawn by the Secretary upon the
Treasurer in virtue of this act shall
be paid by said Treasurer in the or
der in which they have been present
ed and indorsed: "Presented and
not paid for want of funds," whether
the same have been issued before or
after the passage of the act. It must
be borne in mind that this act was
approved Oct 24, 1S74. Also that
sections five and nine provide,among
other things, for the pryment of cer
tain deficiencies in the Mute School
and and Penitentiary fund. There
fore the words "whether the same
have been issued before the passage
of this act" are intended to embrace
such warrants as represent the defi
ciencies in the fund just mentioned.
There is no reference whatever in the
act lo the Centennial Commission
fund, and hence the act and no sec
tion thereof can properly be held to
govern the payment of the warrants
drawn thereon.
We therefore are of opinion that
the warrant for the recovery of which
this proceeding was instituted should
be paid out of the fund first alluded
to ($7 ,000), and IheTreasurer should
set apart the fund In accordance with
ihe provisions of the act approved
October J4, 1872, commonly called
the Centennial Commission act.
u.'ilmeut affirmed.
L. ' t
'. STATG Ol' ORK-
cox.
An Act for the relief of purchasers
of real estate at sales made by ad
nilnistors or executors.
Ee ii e.'O'-'ed bt tlte Legislative Assem
o'tj of Hie Stale of Orcjoa:
Section 1. When any real estate
has been heretofore, or shall be here
after sold by virtue of any license,
or order of any County Court, in
this State, and said sale shall have
been approved by said County Court,
and the purchaser shall have paid
the purchase money for the same,
and said sale shall have been made
in good faith in order to provide for
payment of claims against said estate
and the Executor or Administrator
shall have failed or neglected to
make or execute any deed cauveying
such real estate to such purchaser,
or if from mistake or omission in
sa"d deed, or defect in its execution,
the same shall be inoperative, and
the period of five years shall have
elapsed after the making of such
sale, then, in such case, all such
sales shall be and are hereby approv
ed and confirmed, notwithstanding
any irregularities or informalities in
the proceedings prior to said sale.
And when such facts shall be made
to appear in any suit in equity
brought to quiet the title to such
real property against the heirs or
their assigns of the deceased person
whose property shall have been thus
sold, in the proper Court for such
suits, that such Court shall make its
decree quieting such title, and com
pelling and ordering conveyances of
the same to be made to such pur
chaser, his heirs or assigns, as if a
valid contract to convey said real
propei ty had been made by snch de
ceased person in his life-time, and no
action shall be maintained by such
heirs, or their heirs or assigns, to
dispossess any such purchaser, his
heirs or assigns, after the expiration
of five years from any snch sale. .
Sec. 2. And inasmuch as there are
a number of bona fide purchasers of
real estate at Administrators' or Ex
ecutors' sales, in the State of Oregon
whose titles are irregular and infor
mal, therefore this Act shall take ef
fect and be in force from and after
its approval by the Governor.
Approved October 2Gih, 1874.
Alb.- I:
0-14I. .CK,
Sc e! ti -v of State.
e ile-.o Ken7 v.
The West is ready, remarks the
'Jhicago Tribune, to act with the
South in demanding a revenue tariff
which shall relieve the people of the
enormous lax upon the necessities of
iife, and at the same lime shall be
suicicat io support the Government
and maintain its credit. The West
is ready io act with the South in de
nia.'idiog a sound, stable, and con
vert! bio currency in sufficient quan
tity for the legitimate needs of ihe
couDtiy, so as to remove the damage
which is now occasioned to business
by the fluctuations in value and the
lecessily imposed upon the mer
chants and manufacturers of specu
lating upon values before they can
make cont'-acts, thus introducing a
dangerous element or uncertainty
into all kinds of business.
Whas the Use? What's the use
of bending every faculty to money
getting, thinking of nothing else
when you can't carry a single dollar
with you, and have already more
than enough to supply every reason
able want, though you should live
to be a hundred years old! There is
no note-shaving, or mortgages, or
stock-boards, or interest-bearing
coupons where you are going. The
current coin of that realm is suppos
ed to consist of manly attributes of
character, nobility of soul, the
thoughts and inclinations that cul
minate in good on earth and mako
the world better for tlm
i having lived in it.
Itelknap's Ilaby.
The V. S. Secretary ofWar as a. Fath
er and Nurse.
The United States War Depart
ment has hail a baby, or rather the
wife of the Secretary has been bless
ed in this manner. Proverbial Phi
losopher Tupper, says something in
that maudlin series of popular say
ings that ' A baby in a house is a
well-spring of joy" or " words to
that effect."
The Washington correspondent of
the Pittsburg Daily Ledger gives the
following account of a rather ' ludi
crous scene which occurred npon
the occasion of the first public exhi-1
bition of the infant "Son of Mars:"
The War Department had a baby
the other night that is to say, the
handsome Secretary of War became
a father. The birth was attended
with the usual anxieties upon the
part of near friends, but it turned
out all right, and Belknap is the hap
piest father not to sav the proudest.
It is hard to see what makes the
newly-made father proud; in general
he is the proud one, while the mother
who has had all the sufferings, con
tents herself finally with becoming
THE LOVING AND HAPPY ONE.
Belknap is a large, powerful-looking
man of the clear blonde type.
Curling sandy hair and red f flaming
whiskers adorn the son of Mars. He
is the perfect picture of health and
good looks. Saving his pompousness
and a general lesire to impress
strangers with his greatness, Bel
knap is a clever enough devil, and is
rather a general favorite out in soci
ety. But this bady business has
upset him completely. He was for
hanging out all the nags at tho De
partment, and firing a salute, but a
friend told him that would not
answer now, since the election.
THE OTHER NIGHT
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, went up
in company with several distinguish
ed politicians to Belknap's house to
make a little call of congratulation.
THE CALLERS
were shown into the parlor by a
stately colored man in livery. The
visitors were kept waiting but a mo
ment when in came Secretary Bel
knap with his hands outstretched
and a great smile of welcome under
his fierce red moustache.
"I am glad to see you, gentleman,"
said he.
' How is Mrs. Belknap?" said Sen
ater Sherman.
" Oh, she is doing beautifully, and
tho baby, and it is a bouncer."
" I am glad to hear that all is com
ing on so finely. Please give Mrs.
Belknap my most sincere congratu
lations." " I shall be pleased to do so. I
am sorry, gentlemen, that Mrs. Bel
knap is not now in a condition to re
ceive you, but before you go away
you must surely see the baby. I
may be prejudiced, gentlemen, but I
do think tho baby
A MOST REMARK A KLE ONE.
In fact, gentlemen, I am proud of
the baby, and I must take you up in
the nursery to see it. If you do not
object we will go up at once, as we
will be more apt to rind the precious
little one awake, as it is near feeding
time, and I want you to get the full
expression of the baby's face when it
is awake."
" By all means." exclaimed all
present.
The Secretary whirled about at
this, and, joking and laughing, the
parties went up stairs to the nursery.
Entering the brightly lighted and
cheerfully furnished room now given
up to the War Department's baby,
A YOUNG COLORED GIRL
of perhaps twelve years of age, was
discovered in a low, easy chair, with
a baby stretched across her lap.
This youthful monstrosity (the baby)
had black, bright eyes, and they
were wide open. It was appar
ently meditating upon the
usefulness of beginning any
thing so monotonous as existence.
Belknap swooped down npon the
baby and bore its limp form aloft,
and then bending his head over the
putty-faced bit of humanity, began
to gurgle and coo: " Oh, you baisy,
waisf , pretty little sweetsy, weetsy,
tweetsy," etc. Then he called his
friends around him.
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN
put on his glasses and pronounced it
a very fine wholesome-looking baby.
" It's nose is your's Belknap," said
he meditatively. " Decidedly, he
has your eyes," also said another.
"Bat," said one irreverent young
man along with the party, " Mr.
Secretary, it has decidedly a brunette
complexion.
The Secretary bounced at this.
" All babies are that color," said he,
" at the start; they are bound to bo
the color of raw beef until they get
their first skin. Then you will see
that Ibis baby will have a complex
ion as as "
" As Mrs. Belknap herself," said
the 3-oung man politely.
" Yes," said the Secretary, as he
gathered the baby close to him, and
then he said impressively: "Gentle
men, you are all heads of- families.
Yon can sympathize with me. No
father can look upon a newly-born
baby of his
WITHOUT A THRILL OF PRIDE.
As I gaze, gentlemen, npon this dar
ling little waif, this good gift of all
merciful God, I must confess that I
could shed tears of gratitude."
Here then followed a painful si
lence, during which the Secretary
gazed fondly at the baby in his arms
through eyes half blinded with tears.
His lips moved in silent prayer, in
voking blessings upon the head of
the innocent little one.
A SUDDEN SOUND
of a suppressed chuckle broke the
silence, and the group turning ' eaw
NO. 14.
the old colored nurse coming toward
them carrying in her arms a mass of
lace and ribbons out of which was kn
be seen a Dink-faced. bll-lifRrlil
baby, whose complexion was the rose q
tint sometimes found inside a sea
shell. 0
THE OLD COLORED NURSE
was lauerhiner immoderatelv- " Taw
Massa Belknap, yon has hold of the
wrong chile this time, suah! That O
baby belongs to my darter, Sally,
who left . it here to-day when she
went off for a visit, to the country. q
Here's your babv. Poor Httl 1ar.
lin and ' so its own father' didn't
1 " A a 1 i
Know, it. Atih- cnucKsy, mick
ey, honey chile."
AN AWFUL YELL a
was the only reply to this. The baby
that the Secretary had been holding
rolled from his relaxed arms, and if
one of the visitors had not caught it
as it fell itrrwould probably have been
killed by the fall. As it was, it re
ceived.a severe b!ow upon the head,
and it set up a howl to match. The
Belknap baW then set tip a shriek
out of sympathy, in a moment that
nursery was transformed into a reg
ular pandemonium. It is needless
to say that the baby insjiection was
not of long duration after this.
Belknap looked awfully chop-fallen.
Each visitor was so
FULL OF LAUGH
that he could hardly keep it tucked
back out of sight. The War Secre
tary looked for a long while after,
whenever he thought of dandling a
little darkey baby for his own, as if
he had swallowed an emetic the
wrong .way. The friends promised
Belknap solemnly not to say a word
about it, but each told his intimate
friend the moment he got down town
and the storv was one of the leading
jokes in political circles last evening.
GONCKESSIOXAL NEW.
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Washington, Jan. 14. A bill was
introduced to-day in the Senate by
Sergent, and in the House by Pago
to prevent naturalization. It pro
poses merely to restore the natural
ization laws as they existed prior to
the late codification, in which the
implied discrimination against Chi
namen were inadvertantly omitted.
All the Pacific Coast Senators, Bep
resentatives and Delegates now in
Washington have united in a letter
to the Chairman of the sub-committee,
before whom is a somewhat sim
ilar bill now' pending, earnestly urg
ing its passage. It has been thought
more advisable to effect the purpose,
however, by mean of the present")
new measure, which will simply re
store the former law without express
ly meaning Chinamen.
Washington, Jan. 14. In tho
Senate, Sprague, of Rhode Island,
from the Committee on Public Land,
reported favorably on the bill grant
ing the Willamette Coast Bail road
Company the right of way through
public lands for a narrow-guage rail
road .
Kelly and Mitchell, of Oregon,
presented resolutions from the Leg
islative Assembly of the State of
Oregon relating to the protection of
salmon in the Columbia River; re
ferred. Mitchell, from the Senate Com
mittee on Claims, reported back tho
bill for the relief of J. W. Drew, of
Oregon, late Paymaster, with recom
mendation that it pass.
Washington, Jan. 15. In tho
Senate, Kelly called np the Senate
bill for the construction of the Port
land, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad
and telegraph, and proceeded to ad
dress the Senate in favor of the bill.
At the expiration of the morning
hour it was laid over.
Cincinnati, Jan 16. A meeting
of the leading citizens to-night
adopted resolutions condemning the
recent part played bv the militia in
New Orleans
Straws.
The St. Lonis Di.opatcJi predicts
that William Allen of Ohio will be
nominated for President by the Dem
ocratic National Convention in 1876
by acclamation. Exchange.
There are many reasons why Gov
ernor Allen should be elected the
standard-bearer of the National De
mocracy in 187G. The Day Book, on
the news of his election as Gov
ernor last year, predicted his nomi
nation in 187G for President. He
achieved the first victory since 18G0.
He broke the backbone of the Re
publican party, and rendered all sub
sequent victories an easy matter.
He was the first prominent Democrat
of character and unsullied reputa
tion that dared to go into an election
upon a Democratic issue, eschewing
all policy' dodges or cuddling propo
sitions with " Liberal Republicans"'
to help " pull through." Governor
Allen placed himself upon square
Jeffersonian doctrines, inferentially
declaring that he would rather bo
beaten, planted npon such a stand
point, than win by honey-fugling
with political tricksters and policy
mongers; and he won handsomely,
without placing himself in a position
of indebtedness to any political Hes
sians for the victory. To-day Gov.
Allen is, by large odds, the most
probable Presidential nominee of the
Jeffersonian party iu 187G. There
are other equally able men in tho
party, but no one who has shown so
great a degree of patriotic courage
amid the clouds and darkness which
have evelopedus for the past decade.
X. Y. Day Booh.
Young America is very forward.
"I'll put a head on you," said a little
gamin to a companion. "You try
it," was the reply, "and your moth
errs monkey will be a cherub in tea
seconds."
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