COUNTIES, BOUNDARIES AND SEATS. AN ACT To redefine the southern boundaries of Platte and Dodge counties. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the south bank of the Platte river, west of the guide meridian, shall hereafter be the southern boundary of the counties of Platte and Dodge. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. § 3. All acts and parts of acts conflicting with this act are hereby repealed. Approved December 22d, 1859. AN ACT To organize and define the boundaries of Wilson county in Nebraska territory. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That all that territory described within the following limits, viz: commencing at a point fifteen miles in a westwardly direction from where the northwest corner of Morton county intersects with the Sweet Water river, thence north fifty miles, thence east thirty miles, crossing the Sweet Water river, thence south fifty miles, thence west thirty miles, crossing the Sweet Water river, to the place of beginning, are hereby recognized and known under the name and style of Wilson county. § 2. It shall be the duty of the governor of this territory to appoint and commission three commissioners, residents of said county, whose duty it shall be to call an election in said county on the first Tuesday in June, A. D. 1860, for the election of the several county officers, by giving ten days' notice in writing, posted up in three public places in each precinct. § 3. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to canvass the votes and issue certificates to the persons so elected, who shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. Said commissioners also to approve and keep the bonds of, and duly qualify the first officers elect. § 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 6th, 1860. AN ACT To organize and define the boundaries of Morton county, in Nebraska territory, and locate the county seat thereof. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That all that territory described within the following limits: Commencing at a point fifteen miles up the A-la-Prelle river, from the mouth of said river, emptying into the North Platte river, from the south; thence in a northerly direction down the A-laPrelle river to its mouth, across the North Platte, and to a point fifteen miles in a northerly direction from the North Platte; thence fifty miles in a westerly direction to the Sweet Water river, to a point fifteen miles from where the Sweet Water empties into the North Platte river; thence in a southerly direction down the Sweet Water, crossing the North Platte to a point fifteen miles from the North Platte in a southerly direction, and from thence fifty miles east to the place of beginning. § 2. The boundaries defined in section one, are hereby recognized and known under the name and style of Morton county. § 3. It shall be the duty of the governor of this territory, to appoint and commission three commissioners, residents of said county, whose duty it shall be to call an election in said county, on the first Tuesday in June, A. D. 1860, for the election of the several county officers, by giving ten days' notice in writing, posted up in three public places in each precinct. § 4. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to canvass the votes and issue certificates to the persons so elected, who shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. Said commissioners also to approve and keep the bonds of the first officers elected, and duly qualify them. § 5. The seat of justice of said county shall be located at Platte city. § 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 6th, 1860. AN ACT To define the boundaries of Shorter county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, as follows: All that portion of territory contained within the following named lines and boundaries is hereby ceded into a separate county, to be known as Shorter county: Beginning at the southwest corner of Kearney county, thence due west along the dividing line of Kansas and Nebraska one degree, thence due north to the south bank of the north branch of the Platte river, thence east along the said north branch of Platte river to the point of its junction with the south branch of said Platte river, thence east along the centre of the main channel of said Platte river to the northwest corner of Kearney county, thence south along west line of said Kearney county, to the place of beginning. § 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 7th, 1860. AN ACT To organize the county of Kearney, to define its boundaries, and to locate the county seat thereof. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That all that portion of the territory of Nebraska within the following limits, viz: Beginning at a point in the centre of the main channel of the Platte river, fifteen miles east of the flag-staff at Fort Kearney, running thence due south to the dividing line between the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, thence in a direction due west one degree, thence due north to the centre of the main channel of the Platte river, thence following the meanderings of said stream to the place of beginning; is hereby declared to be known and called by the name of Kearney county. § 2. The seat of justice of said Kearney county is hereby fixed and permanently located at Kearney city in said county, as surveyed, platted and lithographed by the Kearney city company in the spring of 1859. § 3. The governor of the territory is hereby authorized and required to appoint and commission the county officers of said county, who shall continue to act in their various offices until the next annual election in the territory of Nebraska, and until their successors are elected and qualified. 4. Until the district of country west of said county is organized. into counties, the same is hereby attached to said county of Kearney, for election, judicial and revenue purposes. |