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==Government== The territorial government consisted of a [[Governor of Oregon|governor]], a marshal, a [[Oregon Secretary of State|secretary]], an attorney, and a three-judge [[Oregon Supreme Court|supreme court]].<ref name="Territory of Oregon"/> Judges on the court also sat as trial level judges as they rode circuit across the territory.<ref name="Territory of Oregon"/> All of these offices were filled by appointment by the President of the United States.<ref name="Territory of Oregon"/> The two-chamber [[Oregon Territorial Legislature]] was responsible for passing laws, with seats in both the upper-chamber council and lower-chamber house of representatives filled by local elections held each year.<ref name="Territory of Oregon"/> Taxation took the form of an annual property tax of 0.25% for territorial purposes with an additional county tax not to exceed this amount.<ref name=Bancroft540>{{cite book|first=Hubert Howe |last=Bancroft |title=The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: Volume 29: History of Oregon: Volume 1, 1834-1848 |location=San Francisco |publisher=The History Company |year=1886 |chapter=[[wikisource:en:History of Oregon (Bancroft)/Volume 1/Chapter 19#540|Ch. 19]] |page=540 }}</ref> This tax was to be paid on all town lots and improvements, mills, carriages, clocks and watches, and livestock; farmland and farm products were not taxed.<ref name=Bancroft540 /> In addition, a [[Poll tax (United States)|poll tax]] of 50 cents for every qualified voter under age 60 was assessed and a graduated schedule of merchants' licenses established, ranging from the [[peddlar|peddlar's]] rate of $10 per year to a $60 annual fee on firms with more than $20,000 of capital.<ref name=Bancroft540 />
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