Repealing clause, for the encouragement of agricultural pursuits, then the benefit of this chapter shall not be available that year. SEC. 2. The original Section Eleven of said act is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 12, 1869. AN ACT Normal and other cers to se sections of in six said school. To amend Section Fourteen of An Act entitled "An Act to locate, establish and endow a State Normal School." Approved June 20th, 1867. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That Section No. 14, of An Act entitled "An Act to locate, establish and endow a State Normal School," Approved June 20th, 1867, be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows, that is to say: Section 14, For the purpose of endowing Governor said Normal School, the Governor, Secretary of State and Auditor, State offi- shall, within six months after the passsage of this act, select and lect twenty set apart for the endowment of said Normal School, twenty Sections land with- of land belonging to the State, which lands shall be selected from months for any lands not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That if said lands shall be selected from those selected by the State as saline lands, there shall not be selected for such endowment any section or part of section on which any salt spring may be located, or a section adjoining to the section on which said salt spring may be located. And the Governor, Secretary of State and Auditor of this State,. may, at their discretion, at any time after the passage of this act, after advertising three months, in at least four newspapers, published in the State, sell said lands to the highest bidder at public highestbid-sale; said land to be sold in quantities not exceeding one hundred less than and sixty acres to any one person as one bid; Provided, however, that no part of said land shall be sold for a less sum than five dollars per acre. Sell said lands to der not five dol lars per acre. Approved February 12, 1869. AN ACT To Amend Section 531 of Title 14, of the Code of Civil Procedure. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That Section 531 of Title 14, of the Code of Civil Procedure in the words and figures following: SEC. 531. Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to exempt any property in this Territory from execution or attachment Exempt for clerk's labors, or mechanics' wages," be and the same is hereby from sale amended so as to be in the words following, to-wit: property for labor wages. 67 ty exempt SEC. 531. Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to exempt any property in this State from execution or attachment for No properclerk's labors or "mechanics' "" wages by any Attorney at Law, for money or other valuable consideration, labor or for money due and owing from exreceived by said attorney for any person or persons. SEC. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 12, 1869. ecution for wages or attorney fees, AN ACT To Amend the Code of Civil Procedure. amended of of 21 years thereof 10 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That Section 6, Part two, of the Code of Civil Procedure, and which is in the following words, to-wit: "Section 6. An Act action for the recovery of the title or possession of lands, tenements, limitations or hereditaments, can only be bought within twenty-one years after instead the cause of such action shall have accrued,” be amended so as to read as follows, to-wit: Section 6. An action for the recovery the title or possession of lands, tenements or hereditaments, can only be bought within ten years after the cause of such action shall have accrued. This section shall be construed to apply also to mortgages. of shall apply years and to mort- clause. SEC. 2. Section 6 of the act to which this act is an amendment Repealing and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of July, A. D., 1869. Approved February 12, 1869. AN ACT To Authorize Non-resident Rail Road Companies to Build Roads in Nebraska. ramcnded 187200 fi Any rail- authorized to extend and build its road into the State of Nebraska. road com extend this State sas. Mis souri and Iowa, and possess, all their corporate powers. Must file pany may And such Rail Road Company shall have and possess all the powers, road into franchises and privileges, and be subject to the same liabilities of from Kan-Rail Road Companies organized and incorporated under the laws of this State; Provided, Such non-resident Company shall first file a true copy of its articles of incorporation with the Secretary of this State, and shall comply with the laws of Nebraska, as to filing and recording articles of incorporation, and in all things required by law, relating to railroads and otherwise in this State, and such nonresident Railroad Company shall keep an office in this State, in keep an of- some county in which its Railroad is, or is proposed to be, and shall be liable to civil process, to be sued and to sue, as provided by law. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 12, 1869. act of in corportion with Secretary of State and fice in this State. For tim bered lands dred dollars AN ACT To Encourage the Growth of Timber and Fruit Trees. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That there shall be exempt from taxation of the property one hun- of each tax payer, who shall, within the State of Nebraska, plant per acre ex- and suitably cultivate one or more acres of forest trees for timber, taxation. the sum of one hundred dollars annually for five years, for each acre so planted and cultivated: Provided, That the trees on said land shall not exceed twelve feet apart, and shall be kept in a healthy and growing condition. empt from Distance of trees. Amount of for culti SEC. 2. That there shall be exempt from taxation of the propexemption erty of each tax payer, who shall, within the State, plant, and vating fruit suitably cultivate one or more acres of fruit trees, the sum of fifty trees. dollars annually for five years, for each acre so planted and cultiDistance of vated: Provided, That the trees on said land shall not exceed trees. Duty of 'Assessor. thirty-three feet apart, and shall be kept in a healthy condition. SEC. 3. Persons claiming the benefit of such exemption shall at the time of making the annual assessment, upon showing to the satisfaction of the Assessor of the Precinct in which he resides, that he has complied with the provisions of Sections one or two of this Act, be entitled to have deducted from the valuation of his property, by said Assessor, the amount as hereintofore provided, and it is hereby made the duty of said Assessor, to make return to the Board of County Commissioners of his county, the name of each person claiming exemption, the quantity of lands planted to timber, or fruit trees, and the amount deducted from the valuation of his property. of errone ments. SEC. 4. If any person claiming exemption under the provisions Correction of this Act shall feel himself aggrieved by the decision of the ous assessAssessor in the rejection of his claim, then the said owner or applicant may apply to the Board of Commissioners of his county, at their meeting in April, to have the same corrected, in the same manner as other erroneous assessments. SEC. 5. That persons without real estate and living on home- Rights of steads, under the act of Congress, shall be allowed for each acre of persons on homesteads timber under this act, fifty dollars exempt from taxation annually for five years. its SEC. 6. This act to take effect and be in force from and after passage. Approved February 12, 1869. AN ACT To Provide for the Publication of the Decisions of the Supreme Court and for the porter. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebetska, That the Reporter appointed or hereafter to be appointed Duty of reby the Supreme Court, shall prepare the decisions of said court by giving the title of each cause, a syllabus of the point dec.ded, a brief statement of the facts bearing on the point decided (unless the same be sufficiently stated in the opinion) 'the name of the counsel and a reference to such of the authorities cited as have a special bearing on the case, and shall prepare a full and complete index and table of cases for each volume. pre- SEC. 2. Whenever, from time to time, the decisions thus When repared shall furnish sufficient matter for a volume of not less than be pubsix hundred pages, the Reporter is hereby authorized to contract with a competent publishing house for printing and publishing, in the usual style of such law publications, one thousand volumes, Number of and provide for their transportation to the State Library of this State. volumes. braian to reserve-to SEC. 3. The Librarian shall reserve three hundred volumes of Duty of Lieach report for the use of the State, and shall sell the balance as rei County Commissioners shall cause State are hereby empowered and required to cause the Assessors in every precinct in their respective counties to make a careful enumeassessors to ration of the total number of persons residing in the several precincts of said counties each year. make enumeration persons. of To make SEC. 2. The County Commissioners shall also require the Assessors in the several precincts in their respective counties to make full and complete return of all births and deaths occurring in births and the preceding year, within their respective precincts in said counties. return of deaths. And shall furnish forms, no tices and instructions. Blank forms. SEC. 3. The County Commissioners shall furnish the precinct Assessors with suitable forms and notices of the enumeration and registration provided for in sections 1 and 2 of this act, on or before the first Monday of February in each year and also such instructions as will insure a full and uniform enumeration and registration according to the requirements of this act. SEC. 4. The blank form for the enumeration of the number of inhabitants shall be as nearly as practicable in the following form: Enumeration of Inhabitants in Precinct of as taken for the year 18 in County, Nebraska, Under Under, Under Under Under From From | From From | From | From From Over one two three four five 5 to 10 10 to 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 ten Year. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years Years. Years. MFM FMFM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FMFM F Total. |