66 Frederick V. Holman The Act of Congress admitting the State of Oregon into the Union was approved February 14, 1859. The first meeting of the State Legislature began at Salem, May 16, 1859. Baker County. "All that portion of Wasco county, commencing at a point where the 46th parallel of latitude crosses the summit of the Blue mountains ; thence east, along said line to its intersection with Snake river; thence up the middle of the channel of said river, to the mouth of the Owyhee river ; thence south, to the 42d parallel of latitude; thence west, along said line, tx> its intersection with the 118th parallel of west longitude ; thence north, along said line to the summit of the Blue mountains; thence along the summit of said mountains, between the waters of Burnt and Powder rivers, and the waters of John Day's river, to the place of beginning." (General Laws of 1862, page 112). Benton County. "Commencing in the middle of the Willamette river, at the southeast corner of Polk County, and running south along the main channel of said river to the middle fork thereof ; thence up said middle fork to its source ; thence due south to the 42d parallel of north latitude; thence west along said parallel to the Pacific ocean; thence north along the coast of said ocean to the southern boundary of Polk County." (General and Special Laws of 1843-9, P a £ e 5°)- Champooick District Or County. "Bounded on the north by a supposed line drawn from the mouth of the Anchiyoke [Pudding] River, running due east to the Rocky Mountains, west by the Willamette, or Multno- mah River, and a supposed line running due south from said river to the parallel of 42 °, north latitude; south by the boundary line of the United States and California, and east
