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74 Frederick V. Holman line and the east boundary line of Douglas county to the south- east corner of said Douglas county; thence to, and south, on the east boundary of Township No. 4, east of the Willamette Meridian to said forty-second parallel of North Latitude; thence due east along said parallel to the place of beginning." (General Laws of 1874, page 38). Lane County. "All that portion of Oregon Territory lying south of Linn county and South of so much of Benton county as is east of Umpqua County." (Local Laws of 1850-1, page 32). Lincoln County. "Beginning at the northwest corner of Siletz Indian reserva- tion ; thence east to the Polk county line ; thence south to the Benton county line; thence east six miles to the west bound- ary of range 7 west of Willamette meridian; thence south on said range line to the center of township 13 south; thence west on the section line to range line between ranges 8 and 9 west; thence south to the Lane county line; thence west along the said line of Lane county to the Pacific ocean; thence north along the Pacific ocean to the place of beginning." (General Laws of 1893, page 68). Linn County. The Act creating Linn county is entitled: ("AN ACT De- fining the Southern Boundary of Champoeg County, and to establish Linn County." It provides: "That the southern boundary of Champoeg county be located in the following manner: Commencing in the middle of the channel of the Willamette river, opposite the mouth of the Santiam river, thence up said river to the north fork; thence up said fork to the Cascade mountains; thence due east to the summit of the Rocky mountains" and "That all that portion of Oregon Territory lying south of