Public, or Clerk of a Court selected by the officer issuing it. Such interrogatories, direct and cross, as the parties may prepare may be annexed to the commission.

The following form may be used:

In the

County.

A B, Plaintiff,

vs.

C D, Defendant.

CD,

Court of the State of Oregon for

Deposition of E F, a witness on behalf of the

in

the above entitled action, taken before me, a Commissioner named in the attached commission, and a (Notary Public) in

and for

day of

in

18—, at my office, at the city of said county and State, who being first duly sworn in answer to the direct and cross interrogatories attached to said commission in their order, testified as follows:

1. To the first direct interrogatory he answers, etc.

When completed the deposition should be read to the witness, and then subscribed by him.

The following form of certificate should be added to the deposition :

STATE OF

I,

COUNTY OF

a (Notary Public) in and for said county and State, and Commissioner, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, do hereby certify that the deposition of said witness, E F, was taken before me, at my office in the city of in said county and State, on the

18-, between the hours of

day of

·M. of said day; that before proceeding to the examination, the witness was duly sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; that at the same time and place I propounded to said witness the interrogatories attached to said commission in their order, and reduced his answers thereto to writing, and that when completed, the deposition was carefully

read over by me to said witness, and then by him subscribed. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal, this day of

[SEAL.]

18-.

Notary Public, etc.,

and Commissioner.

Indorse upon the envelope the title of the Court and cause,

and the words "deposition of

and forward by mail

to the officer issuing the commission.

CHAPTER XVIII.

JUDICIAL RECORD.

The judicial record of a sister State is proved by the production of a copy thereof, certified by the Clerk or other person having the legal custody of the record, with the seal of the Court affixed thereto, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the chief Judge, or presiding Magistrate, that the certificate is in due form and made by the Clerk or other person having the legal custody of the original.

CHAPTER XIX.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Deeds may be acknowledged within this State before any Judge of the Supreme Court, County Judge, Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, or Clerk of a Court. No acknowledgment of any conveyance having been executed shall be taken by any officer, unless he shall know or have satisfactory evidence that the person making such acknowledgment is the individual described in and who executed such conveyance.

When a married woman, residing in this State, shall join with her husband in a deed of conveyance of real estate situ

ated within this State, she shall acknowledge that she executed such deed freely and voluntary. If any deed shall be executed in any other State, Territory, or District of the United States, such deed may be executed and acknowledged according to the laws of such State, Territory or District, or before any commissioner appointed by the Governor of this State for such purpose; and unless the acknowledgment be taken before such Commissioner, such deed shall have attached thereto a certificate of the Clerk or other proper certifying officer of a Court of Record of the county or district within which such acknowledgment was taken, under the seal of his office, that the person whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgment was, at the date thereof, such officer as he is therein represented to be, and that he believes the signature of such person subscribed thereto to be genuine, and that the deed is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of such State, Territory or District.

CHAPTER XX.

LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS.

Limited partnerships for the transaction of mercantile, mechanical and manufacturing business may be formed in this State. The persons forming such partnership make and severally subscribe and acknowledge a certificate in duplicate, which contains the name assumed by the partnership, the names and respective places of residence of all the general and special partners, the amount of capital which each special partner contributes, the general nature of the business to be transacted, and the time when the partnership is to commence and terminate; one copy of such certificate is filed with the Clerk of the county in which the principal place of business of the partnership is to be. A copy of the same is required to be published for four weeks in some weekly newspaper published in the county. The business must be conducted under a name in

which the names of the general partners only shall be inserted, without the addition of the word company, or any other general term.

Special partners are not personally liable for any debts of the partnership.

During the continuance of any such partnership no part of the capital stock can be withdrawn, nor any division of interests or profits made, so as to reduce such capital stock below the sum stated in the certificate.

CHAPTER XXI.

MARRIED WOMEN.

The Constitution of the State provides that the property and pecuniary rights of every married woman at the time of marriage, or afterward acquired by gift, devise, or inheritance, shall not be subject to the debts or contracts of the husband, and laws shall be passed providing for the registration of personal property; which has been done. The property, both real and personal, acquired by any married woman during coverture, is free from and not liable for the debts, liabilities, or contracts of her husband.

She can manage, sell, convey, or devise the same by will, to the same extent and in the same manner that her husband can property belonging to him.

A married woman is entitled to receive the wages of her personal labor, and may maintain an action therefor in her own name. She can also prosecute and defend all actions at law or in equity, for the preservation and protection of her rights and property, as if unmarried.

Contracts may be made and liabilities incurred by a married woman, and the same enforced by or against her, to the same extent and in the same manner as if she were unmarried.

CHAPTER XXII.

CORPORATIONS.

Corporations are only formed under general laws, and cannot be created by special laws.

The stockholders of all corporations and joint-stock companies are liable for the indebtedness of such corporations to the amount of their stock subscribed and unpaid, and no more.

No bank, banking company or moneyed institution can be created under the laws of this State, nor exist in the State with the privilege of making, issuing, or putting in circulation any bill, check, certificate, promissory note or other paper, or the paper of any bank, company or person, to circulate as money.

CHAPTER XXIII.

CHATTEL MORTGAGES.

Chattel mortgages are valid against third parties when the property is retained in the possession of the mortgagor, provided the mortgage or a copy thereof is filed in the office of the County Clerk. Such mortgage, however, ceases to be valid as against creditors and subsequent purchasers, or mortgagors in good faith, after the expiration of one year from the filing of the same, unless within thirty days preceding the expiration of the year an affidavit, setting forth the interest which the mortgagee has in the property by virtue of such mortgage, is made and annexed to the instrument or copy on file. The effect of such affidavit does not continue beyond one year, when a similar affidavit must be made.