Oregon was admitted into the Union as a State on the 14th day of February, 1859, and made the thirtythird State. It has an area of 95,274 square miles, equal to 60,975,360 acres. The population amounted in 1860 to 52,465, which did not reach the number required to entitle it to a Member of Congress according to the fixed ratio. But every State is entitled to one member, whatever its population may be. By act of 1866, the States of Oregon, Nevada and California were constituted the ninth judicial circuit. Oregon forms one judicial district, and has one collection district, and one port of entry. The capital is Salem, where her Legislature meets once in two years, on the second Tuesday of September. The State election is held on the 1st Monday in June. Pennsylvania is one of the original thirteen States, and is often figuratively called the Keystone State, from the central position she occupied in the original number of States. Its area in square miles is 46,000, equal to 29,440,000 acres. The population in 1860 amounted to 2,906,115, which entitles her to twenty-four Members of Congress. Pennsylvania lies in the third judicial circuit, which is composed of this State and New Jersey. It forms two judicial districts, viz.: the Eastern and Western districts of Pennsylvania. There are two collection districts in Pennsylvania, and consequently two ports of entry, viz.: Philadelphia and Erie. Harrisburgh is the capital. There the Legislature assembles on the first Tuesday in January; the State election is held on the second Tuesday in October. The enacting clause of her laws is: "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met; and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same." |