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DOCUMENT D.

(First Report of Treasurer—June Session of Legislative Committee, 1844.)

To the Honorable, the Legislative Committee of the Territory of Oregon^{[D 1]}

The time has come when the laws of this Territory require me to report to your Honorable body the state of the Treasury. This report would have been submitted on the opening of the present session of your Honorable body had I not been so unfortunate as to lose my Pocket Book which contained the only copy of the subscription list in my possession. I can, however, state to your Honorable body the amounts of money received and disbursed with the present liabilities of the Treasury

 

1. Amount of money received ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   $81.50

2. Amount"of"money"paid out ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   $ 91.50⁠

3. ⁠Present Liabilities

4. ⁠Due on G. W. LeBreton's Drft favor L. H. Judson. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   9.00⁠

5. ⁠Commission on $81.50 at 5 Percentum ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   4.07⁠

 

The original subscription will be found in the hands of the Executive Committee of last year. I am sorry I can not say how much money remains on subscription. I think it will not, however, exceed the claims against this government which have as yet not been filed in.

⁠Begging your allowance for inaccuracies

I have the Honor to⁠
Your most obt. Humble Srvt.⁠
W. H. Willson⁠

Treas. Oregon Ter.⁠

[No date]^{[D 2]}

[Endorsed on back: "Treasurers Report W. H. Willson No. 1."]

 

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1. Archives MS.
2. The Journal of this session of the Legislative Committee shows that the treasurer made his report for the preceding year on June 20, 1844 (Oregon Archives, p. 41.)

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DOCUMENT E.

[J. Henry Brown in his "Political History of the Provisional Government," p. 156, gives a report of the Committee of Ways and Means on the Treasurer's