AN ACT. To legalize the official acts of Abraham Towner a notary public in and for Cass county, Nebraska territory. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That all the official acts of Abraham Towner as notary public be and the same are hereby made valid in law and equity, and of the same force and effect as they would have been, if his official seal had contained the word "Nebraska" instead of the initials "N. T." § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 10th, 1860. AN ACT To vacate a part of the town plat of the town of Wyoming, in Otoe county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That so much of the town plat of the town of Wyoming as is situated upon the northeast quarter of section number twelve, in township number nine, north of range number thirteen east, be and the same is hereby vacated. § 2. That the title to streets, lanes and alleys upon said tract of land, shall revert back to and be vested in the owner of the lots upon said tract of land in the same manner as if the same had never been surveyed and platted as a town site. § 3. That hereafter no part of the tract of land described shall be considered as embraced within the corporate limits of the city of Wyoming. § 4. All acts and parts of acts repugnant to the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. § 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 12th, 1860. AN ACT To provide for the erection of a jail in Otoe county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the commissioners of the county of Otoe, are hereby authorized after the passage of this act, to levy a special tax upon the taxable property in the county, not exceeding one per cent on the valuation, and all money collected under this act shall be set apart and held as a special fund to be only as herein provided. § 2. Said board may advertise for and receive plans, specifications, and estimates, for constructing a jail, and shall adopt such plans and specifications as may be deemed best for the county, reference being had to the probable expense, and after adopting the plan and specifications, said board shall give notice by posting at least in three public places in the county, and by advertisement in the Nebraska City News for at least thirty days, that sealed proposals will be received at a place to be specified for building a jail according to the plan adopted. § 3. After thirty days' notice, and at the time and place to be specified in the notice, said board shall open all bids and proposals made, for building and completing the jail according to the plans and specifications, and within such reasonable time as may be fixed by said board, and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, who shall give sufficient security for the prompt and faithful performance of the contract; but such board shall not accept any bid or proposal which in their judgment is higher than a fair and just compensation for the performance of the contract. § 4. All payments for notices and advertisements made necessary by this act, and for constructing and finishing said jail, shall be made by warrants drawn on the special jail fund, and said warrants shall be paid in the order of their presentation to the county treasurer, but no payment shall be made out of said fund for salary allowance or compensation to any officer or any person as agent, overseer, architect, or superintendent, or for any purposes other than that specified in this act. 5. Warrants for seventy-five per cent of the estimated work done on said jail, may be drawn as the said building progresses, but twentyfive per cent of the whole amount to be paid, being reserved until the completion of the said jail, as additional security for the performance of the contract. § 6. This act shall cease to be of effect when said building shall be completed, finished and paid for, and should any surplus money then remain in said special fund, it shall be held in reserve for the construction of a court house in said county. § 7. The special tax authorised by this act, shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the ordinary territorial and county tax; the collector of the same shall receive two per cent on all moneys by him collected and paid to the county treasurer, under the provisions of this act. § 8. The taxes collected under the provisions of this act, shall be paid in legal currency of the United States. § 9. This act shall be submitted to a vote of the people of Otoe county, at the next general election; if a majority shall vote for said tax, then this law shall be in full force and effect; if a majority shall vote against it, then this law shall be null and void. § 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved January 12th, 1860. AN ACT To legalize the collection of taxes in Cedar county, for the year 1859. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the collection of school, road, county and territorial taxes assessed and levied in the county of Cedar, for the year 1859, is hereby made and declared lawful, the same as though the levying of said taxes, in said county in the year aforesaid, and all other acts necessary to make the collection of said taxes, by the treasurer of said county, lawful, had been done in exact accordance with the law in such cases made and provided. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 12th, 1860. AN ACT To dissolve the bonds of matrimony between R. E. Case, and Mary Case. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the bonds of matrimony between R. E. Case and Mary Case be, and the same are hereby dissolved. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 12th, 1860. AN ACT To dissolve the bonds of matrimony between Margaret J. Depuy and George Depuy. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the bonds of matrimony between Margaret J. Depuy and George Depuy be, and the same are hereby dissolved, and that the said Margaret J. Depuy shall by virtue of this act, be allowed to retain possession of her infant child, begotten in marriage with the said George Depuy. § 2. This act shall, in all respects, have the same force and effect upon and between the said parties as the decree of any competent tribunal in the premises would had the same been brought before it. § 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 12th, 1860. AN ACT To change the name of George Ann Florence Anderson, to Florence Forney. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska; That the name of George Ann Florence Anderson, be changed to Florence Forney. § 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 12th, 1860. AN ACT To authorize W. W. Wyman, to purchase a safe for the use of the territorial treasurer, and to provide for the manner of paying for the same. SEC 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the territorial auditor is hereby authorized and required to issue warrants upon the territorial treasurer in favor of W. W. Wyman, in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, to be used in purchasing a safe for the use of the territorial treasurer, said safe when purchased to be the property of the territory, and kept in the office of the territorial treasurer. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 12th, 1860. AN ACT To authorize the election of supervisors of roads in and for the county of Sarpy, Nebraska territory. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That hereafter on the first Monday of April of each year, the qualified voters of each road district in Sarpy county shall meet at the usual places of holding elections, and elect a road supervisor for their respective districts, whose duty shall be the same as those prescribed for supervisors, in an act entitled "An act for locating, opening, repairing and changing county roads," approved January 26th, 1856. § 2. The election for said officer shall be conducted in the manner prescribed for holding elections, chapter nine (9) of an act entitled "An act for revising, consolidating and repairing a general code for the territory of Nebraska," approved January 26th, 1855. § 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 12th, 1860. AN ACT To provide for the erection of a bridge across Black Bird creek. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the United States Indian agent for the Omaha Indians is hereby authorized and empowered to contract with some suitable person to construct a bridge across the north fork of Black Bird creek, on the Omaha Indian Reservation, at the Omaha Indian village, the said bridge to be erected and completed on or before the first day of June next. § 2. That the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the construction of said bridge. § 3. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. I have this day received the above act from His Excellency Samuel W. Black, with information that it has been in his possession more than three days (Sundays excepted), and not having received his approval, has become a law by virtue of the last clause of section six of the organic act. In testimony whereof witness my hand and the great seal of [L. S.] the Territory of Nebraska hereunto affixed. Done at Omaha city, this thirteenth day of January, A. D. 1860. J. STERLING MORTON, Secretary of Nebraska. (Signed.) AN ACT To confirm the title of William A. Collins, John Sweesy, Randall A. Brown and Henry H. Vischer to certain real estate in the city of Omaha, Nebraska territory. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That all actions at law and in chancery, brought for any cause whatever for the purpose of setting aside, canceling, or in any manner impairing the validity of certain several deeds of conveyances executed by Jesse Lowe, mayor of the city of Omaha, dated November 3d, 1857, and recorded in the register's office of the county of Douglas, territory of Nebraska, to William A. Collins and by said Jesse Lowe, mayor, as aforesaid, and also by George Armstrong, mayor of the city of Omaha, county of Douglas and territory of Nebraska, one of the successors of said Jesse Lowe, as mayor of said city of Omaha, to Randall A. Brown and John Sweesy, dated the twentyseventh day of October, 1858, and recorded in the register's office of the said county of Douglas, and also one other deed executed by George Armstrong, mayor of said city of Omaha, to Henry H. Vischer, dated October 2d, 1858, and recorded in book K of deeds, |