County seat. Name of i town, Shell Creek. eral election. The said Commissioners shall give bond, to be ap proved by the Governor, and qualify as now provided by law, and after such Commissioners shall qualify, it shall be their duty to appoint the other county officers provided for by law; and they shall also divide the county into convenient election precincts, and shall appoint election boards, and all other precinct officers. now provided for by law, all of whom shall hold their respective offices until the next general election. SEC. 7. The county seat of the said county of Colfax shall be located at Schuyler, and all of the public county business shall be transacted thereat, until otherwise provided for by law. SEC. 8. That the name of the town of "Shell Creek," in said county of Colfax, and situated on Section number fourteen, Township number seventeen, Range number three, east of the sixth Changed to principal meridian, be and the same is hereby changed to Schuyler, and the same shall hereafter be the permanent county seat of the said county of Colfax. Schuyler. SEC. 9. That all suits now pending in the District and Probate AN ACT To prevent the trespass of domestic animals upon cultivated lands within the limits of Saunders, Seward, Butler, Washington and Pawnee, Salt Creek, Stove Creek, Elmwood and South Bend Precincts, in Cass County. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That the owners of any cattle, horses, mules, asses, sheep, Remedy for damages. swine or other domestic animals within the above described limits, shall be responsible for all damages which any of said animals may commit upon the cultivated lands of another, whether such lands be fenced or not, and the person sustaining such damage may elect to proceed against the owner of said animals, by the ordinary civil action by statute provided, or may take up and impound said animals and have a lien on the same for the full amount of damage done or waste committed; Impound of stock, notice thereof, Provided that the said trespassing animals be taken up and impounded, the owner thereof if known, shall be notified of the fact in writing, within three days, which notice shall also contain the amount of damages claimed, and in case the owner of said animals be not known, they shall be treated in all respects as estrays under the general estray law of the State. 1 of damages SEC. 2. In case the said animals be taken up and the parties Assessment can not agree as to the amount of damages, each party may chose a person having the qualification of Electors, and in case either party refuse or neglect to chose a person as aforesaid, then the nearest Justice of the Peace shall appoint a person instead, and in case the two persons so chosen or appointed as aforesaid can not agree, they shall choose a third person, and the persons so chosen or appointed, shall proceed to assess the damages, receiving therefor one dollar each for their services, and the said Appraisers, or a majority of them, shall make an award in writing, which award shall be filed with the nearest Justice of the Peace. who shall thereupon enter the award on his docket, and render judgment and issue execution as in other cases; when the amount of damages exceed one hundred dollars, the award shall be filed with the Clerk of the District Court in the county where such action accrued; who shall have power to issue execution upon such award, as now provided by law for the issuing of executions upon judgments rendered in the District Court. judgment final. SEC. 3. Every judgment rendered upon such award shall con- When clude the rights of the parties thereto, unless the party feeling him- shall be self aggrieved, shall show to the Justice of the Peace or to the District Court, as the case may be, within ten days, that the said award was obtained by fraud, corruption or other undue means, and in that case the award shall be set aside, and the said court shall proceed to try and determine the case as if such award had never been made. What 'shall be consid SEC. 4. And be it further enacted that any other tract of land not exceeding eighty acres, which shall be enclosed with a growing red cultihedge in good condition or shall have planted upon it five acres of vated lands forest trees in good cultivation shall be deemed cultivated lands within the meaning of this act. Trespass mals liable SEC. 5. All animals which shall have committed trespess under the provisions of this act, shall be liable to sell on execution ing anifor the amount of damages sustained, anything to the contrary in to be sold the statute exempting property from forced sale on execution, not- ages. withstanding. for dam SEC. 6. All local and precinct herd laws within the district herein named, and all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed; nothing in this act shall be so construed as to apply to Wahoo precinct, in Saunders county. SEC. 7. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 15, 1869. Commis thorized to AN ACT To Authorize the County Commissioners of Otoe County to issue the bonds of said WHEREAS, The qualified electors of the County of Otoe and State of Nebraska, have heretofore, at an election held for that purpose, authorized the County Commissioners of said county to issue the bonds of said county in payment of stock to any railroad in Fremont County, Iowa, that would secure to Nebraska City an eastern railroad connection, to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars, and whereas but forty thousand dollars have been issued, SECTION 1. Therefore, Be it enacted by the Legislature of the sioners au- State of Nebraska, That said Commissioners be and they are hereby issue bonds authorized to issue one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the bonds aforesaid to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company or any other railroad company that will secure to Nebraska City a direct eastern railroad connection, as a donation to said railroad company, on such terms and conditions as may be imposed by said County Commissioners. declared Said bonds SEC. 2. Said bonds, when so issued, are hereby declared to be binding ob- binding obligations on said county, and to be governed by the terms ligations. and conditions of An Act entitled "An Act to enable counties, f cities and precincts to borrow money or to issue bonds to aid in the construction or completion of works of internal improvement in this State, and to legalize bonds already issued for such purpose, approved February, A. D., 1869. SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 15, 1869. 1 AN ACT Providing for the Sale of Certain Saline Lands of lands. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That the north half of the southwest quarter of section Description twenty-four, in Township eleven, north of Range seven, east of the sixth principal meridian, now known and owned by the State of Nebraska as Saline Lands, be transferred to John Dee for the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. to convey Dee. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Governor shall, Governor upon the payment to him of the sum of one dollar and twenty-five to John cents per acre for said land, execute, upon the part of the State of Nebraska, to the said John Dee, a good and sufficient deed thereof, conveying to said John Dee a full title in fee simple to said land. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said John Dee shall Conditions. have until the first day of October, 1869, to make said payment, the said money to be applied to the State building fund. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if said John Dee shall fail to make said payment on or before the first day of October, 1869, he shall be forever after debarred from making such entry. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after passage. its To provide for Bonding the Omaha City Scrip. and to provide for the payment thereof. submit the question to the legal voters. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, That the Mayor of the city of Omaha, in the county of Mayor may Douglas, is hereby authorized to call a special election to allow the legal voters resident in the city of Omaha, to vote for or against the City Council of the said city of Omaha, bonding the obligations issued and put in circulation by the said city, signed by the said Mayor and Recorder of said city, in the year 1857, and known as Omaha city scrip, and to provide as hereinafter specified for the payment of the same. persons SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Mayor of said city, within Notice to fifteen days after the passage of this act, to give notice to all per- holding sons holding any of the said city scrip, to present the same to the scrip. said Mayor within ninety days from the time of first giving such notice, for the purpose of enabling the said Mayor to ascertain the same or be barred. amount of said scrip yet outstanding and unpaid. The said notice shall be given by advertising the same in two daily newspapers published in said city, for thirty days, and if any holder of such scrip shall neglect to present the same to said Mayor, for the purpose Holders of aforesaid, such holder shall be forever barred of his or her right scrip shall present the to receive a bond or bonds therefor, and at the expiration of the forever said ninety days, it shall be the duty of the said Mayor to make out and deliver to the City Council a full and complete statement of the said scrip, showing the number, denomination, date, and name of holder, and when presented to said Mayor for bonding. And if the whole amount of the principal of such outstanding bonds shall scrip, presented for the purpose and within the time aforesaid shall not exceed the sum of thirty thousand dollars, the said Council may then, as hereinafter provided, issue bonds to the holders of such scrip for the principal and interest thereon, equal to one-half the principal of the same; Provided, that if the whole amount of the principal aforesaid shall exceed the said sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, then, and in that event, the whole of said sum shall be reduced to the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, and the loss shall be divided and sustained pro rata between the several holders of such scrip. On what condition be issued, Description SEC. 3. The said City Council may cause to be prepared in of bonds. due form and printed the necessary bonds, which shall be for the payment by the said city of Omaha, of the sum specified therein, to the payers or obligees named therein, or to their assignees, respectively, on or before the first day of January, 1879, and the said bonds shall express on their face that they are issued in pursuance of this act. The said bonds shall be in such denominations as the City Council shall direct. The said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, which shall be paid semiannually on the first day of January and July of each year. Such bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the City Clerk, and shall have the seal of the city attached thereto, and there shall be attached to said bonds and signed in like manner twenty coupons, for the payment of the said installments of interest above provided for, and said coupons, when due, shall be receivable in payment of all taxes now due or hereafter to become due the said city. Scrip shall SEC. 4. The persons presenting such scrip and receiving bonds be surren-therefor shall sign a receipt to the Mayor for such bonds |