INCORPORATIONS. AN ACT To authorize J. S. Carr to erect and keep a mill dam across the south branch of Weeping Water in Cass county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That J. S. Carr, his associates, heirs or assigns, are hereby authorized to erect and constantly keep a mill dam across the south branch of Weeping Water in Cass county, on the south-west quarter of the south-east quarter of section No. thirty-five (35), in township No. ten (10), north range, No. twelve (12), east of the sixth principal meridian in Nebraska territory. § 2. The said J. S. Carr, his associates, heirs or assigns, shall have the exclusive right for ten years from and after the passage of this act, to keep a dam across said stream to the hight of ten feet above low water mark, so as to propel mills or any other machinery that the said J. S. Carr, his associates, heirs or assigns may choose to erect. § 3. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to build or erect any dam on said stream below the point designated in section one of this act, so as to interfere with the rights granted in this act: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to affect the rights of others. § 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its pass To incorporate Omaha lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That Byron Reed, Asa Hunt, and Dewitt C. Sut phen, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate under the name and style of Omaha lodge, No. 2, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and by said name and style said corporation may have perpetual succession, with full power to plead and be impleaded, to sue and be sued, acquire, hold and possess property, real, personal and mixed, and to use, manage and dispose of such property as they may deem to the interest of said corpo ration. § 2. The above named persons are hereby appointed trustees of said Omaha lodge No. 2, and shall continue in office until the regular election held in pursuance of the by-laws of said lodge. § 3. Said corporations shall have power to make all needful rules and regulations for the government of the same: Provided, they do not conflict with the laws of the United States and of this territory, and may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure. § 4. The surviving trustees of "the Odd Fellows Hall association of Omaha lodge No. 2, of Nebraska territory," incorporated by an act of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Nebraska, approved January 26th, 1856, to wit: Hadley D. Johnson and George Armstrong, are hereby authorized and empowered, in behalf of said Odd Fellows' Hall association of Omaha lodge No. 2, of Nebraska territory, to convey by deed to the corporation hereby created, any and all real estate which has heretofore been conveyed, either in fee simple absolute or in trust for specific purposes, to the said Hall association: Provided, that any conveyance as aforesaid of real estate now held by said Hall association in trust for any purpose, shall be by deed, reciting the same provisions and stipulations, in order that the said trust may not be in any manner impaired, but shall remain in full force and be faithfully discharged by the said "trustees of Omaha lodge No. 2." § 5. This act shall take effect, and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 4th, 1861. AN ACT To establish a ferry across the Platte and Elkhorn rivers in Sarpy county, Nebraska territory. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That G. H. Truman of Sarpy county, Nebraska territory, his associates and assigns be, and are hereby granted the exclusive privilege of establishing a ferry across the Elkhorn aud Platte rivers, at a point where the north line of township thirteen (13) north of range ten (10) east in Sarpy county, crosses said rivers and within four miles above and four miles below said point. The exclusive privilege herein granted to extend for the period of ten (10) years § 2. That it shall be the duty of the said G. H. Truman, his associates and assigns, within one year from the passage of this act, to provide, |