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LIBERTY AND UNION, ONE AND INSEPARABLE NOW AND FORLVER."
BROWNYILLE, NEBEASKA, : THUBSDAY, MAY' .23, 1867,
VOL. XL.
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CHARLES G. HORSEY
LTTORiTET AT LAW
Jul Door fo Carson's Bank. .
KlS STREET
J.W.BLACEBURIT.II.D.
TENSION EXAjIIXLXu SUCGEO S,
Itnltn tif rr 'ff3ioml service to the citiztns ot
flrriCE 4T CITT DRUG STORE.
yipbtrll it hi liosidenre in Mr llsjori lloaf
livitet itrcct, bcfwfen 5th and 6ihr
' "JACOB MAROIIN'
mer:o H'A. 1ST T
STKET, BSOWSVILLE, SESRASKi
f
9
.CITY BREWERY.
SHRINER&BRIEGEL,
En jrt got Jheir Drerrrry nier full inrning;
wder, thj are tow mukin ng go-il i'ter as cu
te tnde in tho Uiiited Mates. "With iLeirlRcil
lliei for mkicg Hecr, tbey ere rep-ircd tu Jurnihb
rj quactivt on fho ix noiice.
Ail orders fillt-d as soon ns received
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
The . uudcrslgncd foving rcnlcJ
4tbe Drowaville
; Julits iliis vtod of informing ik pub-
uc llicl nt xidtnJs doing
CUSTOM WORK
!
for the ircommcdauon of fiirairrp and -oMier thf
tomin ea)n . The mi!l is noxr in eperation hq I
ho bkf e hest to g;u?. are roj rci Tally invited
to giTe me trial, as 1 am confident of giving gen-
. fltifiirti;n.
Tht fughtil cash price given for uhtat.
26if F. W. MORRIS.
GATES &BOUSFIELD,
BUI C K LAY EES
PL A S T4EDR E R S .
Brovnvi:ic, XcbrasLa,
Uka rnntracu tor Un. ki.tym, l'lA'terin.
: tnildinif Cietcrn?, and do acj tl ir in tlietr line
j in the tcont PtfitTuctory and KcrkaiiUibke inanLcr.
Auj.rOjUGP. x-47-ly
i teilt.ill.emclt,
Millinery & FGney. Goods
Htla Street one door west ol the Tost OHlce
nnouAvi le, xe:iirasua.
A tnnerinr atri.k Cull , n U'i.r
; jt received. Everything in tb Millinery line
WtfnWta0tly on hand. Drm-Making , Lonnet
" f-vtlneand Triramir t df:r. tr rr:'ir.
V;t.berK25 ItCi. v?-u--XSly
.Evan Worthing,
'Holcsilc a Kctalljealer b Choice
iquors, Wines, Ale, Bear,
PITTS RlFFAtO THRASHING
XACIIIXE, XCw lORIi sELr R i
MG RCAPLR. qUAItCRSIOW
'"TORUd.X,SCIL 1:112 tftTVA-
- Main Street, Brownville
2DWARD T7. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SOLICITOR INJJIIAICCERr,
NVILLE, NEBRASKA.
JOSEPH SIIUTZ
it;Vu't.refeired.,',Kl,rin corstant'jeep on
w Dcor vest of JG rents Shre, Lrov
ril'c, .Vdraxl:c.
Of ct v -oioix-ixifj
."iKoiuj;5 5rlt'e' knJ Jewelrj uU on tte tbori-
'n''::f'-'rt- "ET-i IV.i, j;s?. 13-SMy
5' rV :vr -;)
C. P. STEWET. 1.1. D.
or':prcr:
J-cnth - East corner of Main and Fir?t Ftrect?
i2RGv;VILI.E, r.ERRlSIIA.
;rnci Horns 7 to & a. M.r.nd 1 to 2 and t t-
Ti p. u.
Drownvii:e,N'cbrafk8,'.!ay 5?b, IS" 5 No 34, ly.
A. S. HCLLADAY, LI. D
GracZuatril In ISSS.'
Located in Iliuwnvillc ia .
mmm. mm
AS D
OBgTETRIC EA-IST
Dr. II. bes cn band complete etg cf Anputat
Trejihinic and Obstetrical instruments.
OScc: IloIIaday k Co's Bn:g Store
Tiro Dcors East of Post OJlce:
P. S. Special attentitin pjrrn to Obstetrics and
ibe diseases oC women aDd children. x-44-!y
CHARLES HELLMER, "
"iain St f 2 doors below EroT.vr.TiUe House,
TIOWKVIIjLE XT. T.
ITaaon hand a eopericr Etnrk of Coot and Sbres
r.d tbe best material and ability for doing
CUSTOM WORK
Repairing done icifh rvalues s and dispatch
r231y Terri: si Cnisli. fn.nn
FRANZ HELMER,
OPPOSITE DEUSER'S TIN-SHOP,
DROITXTZLLI TiEBRASIIA.
WAGONS, JVTJGGIE3, PI,0"W3,CULTI
VITORS, 6.e.,KepHit.e loii fi-ort notUe, at low rales,
nd -arrantefl to giv aii.sta;ti 'ii. x-13-fu nn .
AMERICAN HOUSE.
I God Feed and Livery StaI)Ic
In conncctio'n n iih tbe House.
L D. ROBKISQH. PROPRIETOB.
Front Street, between Main and Water,
cro v. iLir:, xrbrasiia.
May, SOth 1SCG. 10 3G ly
t .
T.W.Tipton O.ILIIewett J:S.Cburcb
TIPTOE ilEVETT & CHURCH
SUtornqis'at fiu),
BROWNVILLE, KEBRASKA.
March 1st. '56. Ij. "
A. ROBINSON,
BOOT MIS
' li ilil
ifaia Between 1ft & Od Ftrfet
Tke8 tliio uieibiiil i.l infotn.id tbo pul lic that
he ba? on hand a ?pl-.ndid HJ!?.;rtnant of tieat'a ajd
Ladie'a Mines' and Cblldrens'a
BOOTS AND SHOKS.
f3"Cottou v.ork clucc itli neutuet- nd UistatcliJ5
iiepaiiing done on short notice. 10-JU tiiun
TO THE FARMERS OF NF21AIIA CO.,
AM) YIlLMTi'
would respectfully say that I. hare
and ntn now receiving a larpe stock of
Winter end Eprir V7car.
I keep constantly en 1 Ld a full csfsortment cf
GEHT'S CLOTH 111 G
.Of ell Kindt.
Rcvcr CSolIi Ccats, ranis i. Tests.
French Cloth Clothing in Latest tiytcs.
Casshncre Gccds til ficEciipticns.
ALSO: . ;
urnismng Goods,
TO SUIT Till: TRADE.
All cf tvhich I propose to s?II as
Cheap or Cheaper
Tlian any cf Tny Competitors. ' All I
ask is for the .citizens of Nernaha
and adjoining counties
TO GIVE HE A CALL
. $nd fad cd for ihnnsclvcs
REMEMEE1 THE
lililiLbii brJlJlLjMlliUj
M.IiSr STREET,
S. SEE." IAN.
It. V. FrUXAS.
.0 , c CO.,
Livcrv, Feed.and Sale Stable.
' ml l 4 -I
isrown villi:
lUAIvA-
Deakrsin all khii s cf Fir-'1. Hc: I-oct,SoU
trd EjcUr.r.rci. St -ok Icarded by tb day cr
A L-.r-c COi.'UALL tttached to S'.tVur.-
' a: j
C!.W . COESEV. LUTIII3 IiC ATLEY. CnA3.C.D0aSHV
DOKSEY, HOADLET &C0.,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
and Dealers in Land tvarrants.rjid
ricultuzal Colic o L czir:.
Office, m Land Office Building, '
XSx-OTTcrxx-o-AlIo.rTo'ti.
P-uy and fell improved find unimrrcved Lands.
May Sell, and locate Land Warrants, and egri-
cjiinral crl''Q Scrip. '
;!t.V i! careful fdections .of govern mcnt Lcudf
for li:cti;n, Homes tesdi, and pre-e.ninor.3.
Attend to contested Homestead an j pre -emptioc
ci.-'cs , in tbe Land ii.;e.
Ieturs of isulry, rtcptly and cbeerfullj an
swered. .
Ccrresponden ce Sol iciiedjZ 2otf
imvm
Iioucs-S'lsri & Ornamental
Glazier, Gilder, Giaiaer,
PApER HANGER etc.
All work done in a workman
like manner, and on Etrickly
O -L 3 2zl
TERMS.
exi DOOBirrsTOf aaowsTiiis noss
ry -1
jSTEW fiem
. AND
R. T. RAINET S: V7. D. LEWIS
" succrssoits to raisey c co.
Respectfully inform the Citizens cf the
City end Covnty that they are in receipt oj
a large and complete assortment cf
Ladie's Dress Goods,
WHITE GOO lis,
OSSslHLir
Wilh an endless variety "of
NO T I O N 8,
Together with the Largest Stock of
Custom Made '
BOOTS' AND SHOES'
Ever brought to this City all of which
was purchased prior to the late advance
in gold, which enables us to offer supe-
nr enducements to those desircus cf pur
chasing. We also, keep onliand a frssb
Slock of ' .
Groceri.es
Anda good assortment of
QUEUE SWAB. E
. Kemenier tne Place, Main Street, On Door
above the Postoftoc, Urownville, Nebraska.
tMO-JIy in.cn
Philip Philips & Co.
TVboIcsale and retail dealers ia
FIANHS,
ORGAS,
, . AND MELODEONS.
WctcrB A-onts for Decker Brothers, Patent
plataji-no-rourte. - The?e Pianoa r the odIv
irUuuj,nts ia:vde in thia country or Europe, with
the fu'l iron franae, in which - - '
Hl the Strings rest vpon IVooJen Bsar-
ings
and in which norc of the Tuning rinj po t'nrongh
ihelren Plate. This arranjroiiot prod ucb3 a More"
Refined Tone, with combined Sweetness and great
Power, and more perfect quality thorgh the entire
"eslet and the capacity of Stiindinij Longor in tcne
mil retaining its fupcior qnantity cf tone, than
any oJher instrument.
Ccncrat Agents for L. D. A II. W. SnaitU'l
AMERICAN ORGANS.
r
f
Tbe American Oraas,aro the enly real reel Or
cns tow befo.-o tha public The only Oran bav-
Bcvcderatlng Ssur.d Box, or JVind Chest.
VTbic'i baa tbe jama iirportant part to perform as
the S )uniin P..ard bi'-a ia llie Piano-Forte, (to
f.ive l-cdj and resoiiioce of tone)and wit'acut which
.tte 9' tola tomo3 tierely a ildodeoa in s.a Oran
Tbe Anseriin Orpma n oly , Kave the wind
client or Foard bos, but here tbe lare prrfaa bl-UiTi-,
giving rxnrer and gTe6 iUadinesi of tone.
'Ibeje with tbeir enreuia Cve voicir.,; of t'aa rtedi
aiid pctfeetingof ' tu tone, ciak taea it:
mTuost Perfect Organ Known.
Tho inprovernents. witl: snperioriy of tone anl
TTork:aahip,lce th Azneriesn Organs in the
frostrnckaj tbe boit.icd they conciaand birnfr
r;ce thin ary other rt.w icstrament in the n:iktt
lh;e Crgsni reoeived the First Treiiian at tie
rat S-t. Louis Fair in Ccto!-er.
1 uiluhcra cf ir.o 'Sia?;af Pilmai for tatiaT
Pr-Vrt 1 Sin- f.r w f'irv.n)ir
i i .jiLiio L; 10., .
111
COTEBSOR'JS IILSSAGE. .
Gentlemen cj the S.nale end House of
Re present at ive s :
Fvt the second time have you been
called together by proclamation for spe-cif-c
purpose?, during he thort period
that has elapsed siuce your term com
menced by tbe provisions cf the Consti
tution. Bat you are not th: tirae a body
cf doubtful p wars and cf precarious ex
istence, dependent upun a future contin
ge ncy for a dcfiuiiiou of your statui.and
a recognition of your acts. On the 1st
day of March last, six day subsequent
to your la e adjournment, the President
of the United States, ty proclamation,
communicated the admission of cur new
State, and by breathing life into the Con
a'liuiiou submitted by the Territorial
Legislature, and ratified by the popular
vote, conferred upon you the legislative
authority of a soereign people.
The tramers of the Constitution evi
den ly did not expect so long a lapse of
time between the date of its ratification
by the people, and its acceptance by the
. torraal txJciission of Nebraska into the
Union by act cf Congress, would ensue,
as to preclude an early regular session
of the State Legislature. In cmsequence
of this delay, it became tha imperative
duty of the Executive to convene you for
a special session. .
As the pijBvisicn3 of the Constitution
make it necessary that the- subjects of
legislation to be considertd duriagr such
a sessioa, shall be stated in the- Gover
nor's proclamation, and repeated in his
message to both houses when assembled,
and as the exigences of the State require
that mis session shalltj as far as prac
ticable, take the plu.ee of a regular aes
on, 1 have etdtavored to cover, ia my
proclamation. all the ground necessary , to
enable you to set the machinery of State
m motion, 'and to render the cnange of
a Territorial to a State government as
free front iLConvemence as may be.
It is needless for me to enlarge upon
the duties that the peculiar situation of
ihe'Siate requires of you. " As, at the
time ot youi selection by the people it
was well understood that upon you would
devolve these grave respousioilities, I
doubt not that you will prove equal to
ihe task, and will justify the coufiwence
that has Leen reposed in your wisdom
aud paixoiisia
1 trust that no clashing of local inter
ests, no pertinaci'y ot adherence to mi
nor details and unimportant measures,
may be allowed to obstruct or.dehy, the
transaction of the large amount of busi
ness urgently required .to ensure the
uuembarrassed working of the Stai Gov
ernment, and the prosperity of your con
stituents. ":.''".''".
jNo state Las' ever entered the Union
under mure favorable auspices thaa ..our
-"11 r f . li
own. rraciicayy iree iroru Gent, our
credit is sound,aud our resources entirely
available for present and tuture needs.
Our facilities for communication witfx
tne East and the South have been greatly
increastd during the present year, aud
toe Rocky Mouutams and the shorss of
tlitj Pacific are rapidly drawing near to
us, as the construction train of the 'Union
Pacific" makes its daily progress west
ward. Tae tide of emigrations that at; the
close ot ihe rebellion commenced to pour
over cur .borders., has experienced no
abatement, but has continued, with ac
celerated speed, to people our fwrttle
prairies with hardy pioneers, and to con
tribute the necessary labor and capital
lor the development of our latent wealth. ,
The ample reports of the .condition of
our fmances and the general prosperity
of cur people, contained in the late mes
sage ot Acting Governor Paddock to the
Tentorial Legi-lature, renderta it un
necessary for me io enter into any. de-
ia.is at present, xiud Jl thai! confine .my:
sell , therefore, to tbe statement or ; such
subjects of legislation as you are fnecial-
ly called upon to consider. In . 'their
enumeration I shall foiL'w the order in
which they appear ia my proclamation,
rather thini attempt to indicate their rel
ative inipoe'ianceby any rule of precedence
1. The revision or amendment of the i
Election Law, the provision of penalties
for the violation thereof, .and the enact
ment of a law for the Registering of vo
ters. That a change is needed ia the elec
tion law, seems manifest frcm the num
ber of contested, cses that have annual
ly come up for decision in the Termor;
al Legislature. Serious chargea are be
ing continually ofthe election of parties'
Jioldirg the proper certificates. The
law rtpulating contests beitg necessarily
somewhat complex, and productive of
expense, it is found burdensome to com
ply with its details, and Letce 'must arise
abuses cf the popular franchise. wcud
seem the part cf wisdom to provide suc'i
sateuards at the ballot-box itself, as
would obviate the necessity of a frequent
resort to the tedious course, prescribed
in thi law regulating contents. A law
requiring the ballots q be curabered.was
formerly ia force, and doubtless served
as afccheck upon illegal voting. ;2?ut the
Legislature, deciding perhaps, that' its
violation of the secrecy cf ballet mors
thau counterbalanced its .advantage as a
wholesoma restrcint'upen fraud, at a late
session saw fit "to repeal it Et the
most effectual safeguard hzs, ia my opin
ion, teen found m the systesa requinrg
all electors to be registered, Especially
h this called for ia cities and 'large
towns, whzre the pilars throned with
men, f erscpally unknown to the judges
and no adequate means csci ULdr ibe
! present siem, t;$vi p te.u tLi legal
I uy cf r.arsy cf the laibts cr.ered. -
I therefore respectfully recoenmsed
the Legislature to provide for the. elec
tion or appointment cf Registers cf Elec
tion in each county and incorporated
city in the State, whose duty it shall ba
to keep books wherein the names ofaSl
the uualified voters shall be duly enrolled
clotbidg them with the necessary au.bor
ity totn'orcg such rules ad regulations
as may be prescribed for their introduc
tion, and to provide that all citizens cf
the State whose names have been thus
enrolled prior to certain specified times,
and none others, .shall be legally, en
titled to the franchis-2.
2. The revision or amendment cf the
Statute relating to ProsecuOngAnorndys.
In accordance with the present law.
each county, elects, at the same time
with ether county ofScers, a Prosecuting
Attorney, whose compensation, within
certain limits, is fixed by the court, and
allowed by the commissioners. In co
instance. is the compensation suilicient to I
make the office a remuuvrative one to a
lawyer of experience and ability. Nur
are the duties of this office sufficient to
employ but a small portion of the time of
the incumbent. In order to obviate these
difficulties, the proprietor oit amending
the law is worthy ot your consideration
By abolishing the ofijee of County Pros
ecuting Attorney, and creating that of
District Prosecutor, we should have but
three suih officers ia the State, vrho
would be fully occupied by their duties,
and iully remunerated for their iime and
semces, without at all increasing, the
expenses of the several counties. ' This
would doubtless secure the services cf
competent officers, and tend to the ma
terial increase of county school funds,and
render the conviction and punishment cf
criminals and occurrence less rare than
at present.
3. The revision cr amendment cf the
general incorporation law.
As the Constitution prohibits the pas
sage of special acts, confer
ring corporate powers, the interests of
the State imperatively demand a thorough
and. extensive general law under whicn
corporations may be formed. The sub
ject ihereiore requires your earnest ton
sideraiion, aud it is to be hoped that jou
well exercise your best judgment, in
framing such a law as will fully meet
the exigencies of the case, that there
may be no impediment left in the way
ot commercial enterprise, and if push
ing on to completion such internal im
provements as are required for the pros
perity of cur people, at the same time
caretuliy guardiug against monopolies
and o'xher abuses.
4. The revision or amendment of the
Statute regulating interest.
There seems to be a growing feeling
of autagonistn to the long cherished idea
of regulating by law the price or hire of
money. Lis held by many businessmen,
as well as by the majority,: perhaps, of
political economists, that, lite all other
commodities that make up the subject
matter of commercial transactions', mon
ey should bring whatever its value is ra
ted at in the market. . ' That the law of
demand and supply" should govern the
rate of interest, as well as the price ot
labor and merchandise, and that all at
tempts to legislate in a matter already
regulated by natural laws are necessari
ly futile. From time immemorial usury
laws have been successfully evaded by
the ingenuity of business men, and. the
question naturally arises as to their ex
pediency. Without expressing any opin
ion upon the matter, 1 simply-mention
it as a subject of legislation ihat it may
be open to your consideration.
5. The revision or amendment cf the
Revenue law.
" A bill, making some judicious changes
in this law, was passed just before the
adjournment cf the late Territorial Leg
i&lature, but through a formal error,fail
ed to obtain the signature of tha Execu
tive. J3elievu:g that the objects it was
intended to accomplish, were for the
public good I submit the subject for your
action. Your attention is also called to
the fact that, by recent deeesions, the
power cf States to tax the shares cf the
National Eanks.has been established, and
it would be proper to amend the 'lay so
as to include this species of property in
the tax list.
6. The amendment cf section thirty
eight of chapter forty-three, of the Re
vised Statute, regulating the appoint
ment of Commissioners of Deeds.
A clause cf this section copfines the
number of Commissioners of deeds ia
any city or county ol the United States
to one. It seems apparent that this
clause found its way into the Revision
through: au inadverdency. A law simi
lar in its provisions had .been formerly
ia for.ee, but previously to . the revision
had been amended, and in constq lence
of such amendment, appointments had
been bade isi many places, and commis
sions issued to several .persons ia .the
same city or county, who are still ia pos
session of such' commissions, and trans
acting business under them. Ia ether
respects ihe law as it cow stands is a
hardship, for but a single com nissfener
for this State ia many cf ihe large cities
would seem entirely inadequate to aa3
trer the ejects for which commissioners
are appointed. And there can hardly
be any objection to aa increase' of the
number, for' facilitating business, asd
ininisterinj to the ecavenifxee ci reai
deits cf the:3 localities. I reccmn.ed,
thersfcre, that the clause "cot exceeding
ens, ia any ess city cr county" strik
en o;2t,
7m Jb.o i3vl:."ca cr a-iuent c; lbs
C- o e ,a
nosv t:
it tht
z ;rcu3 endowment c:
Lands, ret apart fcr school pur p.; 523,
comes under our ccatcal, that a liberal
enlightened school system be inaugura
ted as soon as practicable. For th3 at
lainmsnt of this, we havs rnioy advan
tages n:t possessed at the ou'set by the
svs'.em ci
Free
Schools is no longer an experiment with
the American people. It3 ccveiprneat
has ben gradual but contiaj,.I, sines its
early adoption upon thi .At:anti: sh'.res,
and' now it is the chief gloix oi" Re
public. Perfected as it has been by ex
perience and study.it will not be difficult
a :
10 cull from the legislation
cr
:er
States the best material with which to
construct a board and ampls coie. suited
to the peculiarities cf our country and
population. Your most earnest attention
is therefore invoked, that no pains may
be spired to render Nebraska second to
no other State in the facilities offered to
ail ner children, irrespective cf sex or
condition, to acquire, not only the rudi
ments of education, but to erect upon a
board foundation, a superstructure of
solid attainments in art, literature and
science. Upon no nobler object. can the
public funds be more profitably b jctowed
and to no higher end can your most en
ergetic efforts be directed. Economy of
time, labor, or expenditure caa be exer
cised in any ether direction with le?s
danger to the public weal thaa ia this.--:
I doubt not that you will be fully equal
to the emergency, and that by your wise
measures we may take the front rank
among cur sister States ia our free
school system.
8. The revision or amendment c? the
Code cf Civil Procedure to abolish the
distinction between actions at law and
suits in Equity.
Our Code cf Civil Procedure is al
most id-entical ia its provisions to the
code of Ohio, and other Western Sutes.
Doing away with much of "the cumbrous
machinery,1 accumulated by centuries of
precedent, found ia the various courts cf
England, and si ill partially adheted to
iu several of the older State?,, it renders
much more simple the administration of
justice, and by noiishing many of the te
dious details that have proved .so har
rasing to the litigant iuth ia coihrnoa
law and chancery proceedings, affords,
deubtlessly, much greater facilities fcr
securing ia the most expeditious manner
a final adjudication of causes.
Bat though adhering very closely to
the letter of the Ohio statutes, we find
iu Section Two, Title Ohio.'Coda of
Civil Procedure," a meterial deviation
or omission. ' The Ohio co'dsj under tbe
Corresponding title,' rends thus: 4Tbe
distmcticn between actions at l;iw and
suits m equity, and the forms of all such
actians and suns heretofore existing, is
abolished." la cur coda the clause 'aad
suits ia equity " is omitted.
Therefore, ia accordance with the de
sire ot many members of the legal pro
fession iu the State, I commend to your
consideration thi proposed amendment,
inserting this clause ia the section quoted
, 9. The revision or amendment cf the
sections cf tba Revised Statutes, com
mencing at section five hundred and
twenty-one, page four hundred and eighty-four,
entitled "Homesteads and other
exemptions."
The phraseology cf the Exemption
Law is sj obscure that it is liable to mis
lead, and ailbrds too , much ground for
misunderstanding as to the amount of
property actually exempt from execution
and attachment. Section 021 exempts
personal property to the amount ol S-j'J'J
from forced sale on execution, belonging
to'-heads cf families" who have neith
er lands, town lots, cr houses subject to
exemption cr homestead uud ir the laws
ofthe State." And Section 530 enu
merates apparently in addition to -this
S'500 exemption certain classes of per
sonal prcperiy that "shall not bo liable
to attachment, execution' cr sale ca any
final profess issued from any court iu
this State against any person, being a
resident of this Stale or a Head cf a
Family." '
But it :caa hardly ba ths intention to
permit a debtor to avail hii:clf cf the
provisions of both sections, incongruous
as they apparently are. I "come; end,
therelure, that these sections ba so re
vised cr amended es to be rendered con
sistent and intelligible 10 the ma;:?s. .
10. The amendment cf Charters cf
cities, towns and other incorporations. .
11. The amendment. tif statutes rs
quirinj fee3 of juors and witnesses'.
As rlx-1 by the law now ca our stat
ute books, the per ditm c: jurors and
witnesses i3 far below tho pay cf un
skilled labor, and consequently it is in
fi.cung a serious bjrde'n to compel a maa
of limited means to attend our courts ia
either capacity. I. commend, therefore,
thai the tees be increased to correspond
with such increase ia the vales of labor
as may bare taken plies siaci the adop
tion cf the present rates.
12. The amendner-t cf Laws rsgulat
ing iloais ar.d tha election: cf Supervis
ors. 13. Th? crnerdaent cf.s?:tion Hftyone
page fifty-five, cf tho Re'viied Statutes-,
so that jts
previsions may
to the
Judges cf tho first and itecond Judicial
D;s:ricfec
As this section e,ott stands, the J-u 2?z
cf the Taird Judicial District c.y, :s cu
thcrized to appoint cne special terrn ia
any year in the counties within his 3.
-trie,:. ;'' '
. X L Ther:vtiio:i cr.ita -uc-li 0: ir.yi
Ceral cr spi oiai h-vncv in ft::?, ih-.t 1
It is cf vital importance to
may be deemed ncce-cary.
15. An enactment nut:
t:es to ve'e taxes fcr in'.:::
i ' ' '
1 4- O ii
In crier to avoid the n:;:;:hy cf i e
cial legislation, it u rtco.:;:nenJe J tr.it
a general lav; be pa?i J, g:v:rg to c ; ca
ties the privilege cf raic;:; ; funis 1 ta
autn.Icr the proeeuiioa c:
vjch as thf
rati-
- 1,
their electors shall vote :n favor
fcr "such par; oses. It b-;in;!!:e general
pohcy adept-, d ia moot Siv.-.s, to encour
age seeh pubi:o improvements 1 per
mittirg either counties cr i:iun.e;'al au
thormes to levy taxes tf this k::. :, by
consent ciT tax payers, it perhep s'.u; ly
remains for us to decide, whether a
special set shili be require! fcr each
county cr -city, cr tho more expeiit; .-us
method te adopted cf prcvid.ng for all
centingencieo by a general hv.'.
1G. Apprcpriaticns for Legislative and
ether expenses.
Under this heal I deem it proper to
call your atientiou to the subject cf tho
prosecution of the. claims ct' the b::ato
against the General Government fcr ex
penses incurred ia raising and er .siev
ing a mihtia fcrc-a for service, a izi
hostile Indians daring the year lbii
Aa apprcpnatioa was made by the Ter
ritorial Legislature for the prosecutici
Ci theso claims, which amount ia th?
aggregate to soma S10.C00. Of thee?
Governor Saunders succeeded in collec
ting a part, amounting to SJS.'JCO, leav
ing abilanco of about S12.UU still due'.
It is believed that by proper eh'ort ca
the part cf tho State authorities the)
whole amount,or the greater part threree
ct, will be eventually allowed by tho
the War Department. Thera are also
a few outstanding claim 3 cf ciiizcaa
againet thd State, tor services reuderel
aud supplies furnished, during the Ind
ian campaign, which should bo aciei
upon without further delay.
Your attention is also called; to th-3
ccnditiog cf the Capitol building. A
moderate sum, judiciously expended ia
its repair, will conduce to the safety cf
us occupants, and is apparently required
by the principles of true economy.
' 17. Enactments tor tho iuccurogemer.
cf immigration. ' , - - :
The last Territorial Legislature fa'.!
cd to continue by. apjropriations, th?
measures adopted by its predecessors
for drawing the attention cf lmmvjran'.s
to the advantages cllered by the agricul
tural and mineral resource; cf Nebraska
That joudicicus but liberal appropria
tions, guided throughproper channel,
would bring to cur p,; Ie, a tea-fold re
turn ia population and capital, mcut be
apparent to any one giving the matter
the least attention. Our neighboring
States have not neglected their ' interest
in this respect, and have sent their
agcnt3 ia every direction to 'divert a
share cf the westward tending hrciia
of emigration from over populous coun
tries to their own soil. I have been in
formed by one cf cur most reliille G er
man citizens, that at the beginning cf
the present year, r.o 'le3 thaa 70,C'J'J
sculshad engaged their passago to our
shores in advance, at the singlo port c!
Bremen, ia order 16 loso no time whea
the seasoa fcr travel should opea. Anl
it is profitable that the present year v.li
witness an influx cf immigrants to tho
United States rarely, if ever, equalled ia
cur past history. Had v;e no ether in
dications . than tho large ccnocripiicns
about to be mado fcr the increase of the;
European armies, the rumors tf impen
ding war upnon the continent, ad tho
crowing symptoms cf discontent in Ire
land, we could afely prtJict an increas
ed cceeision cf foreigner, seeking ia
our midst the immunities cf a free gov
ernment, and homeMeadi ready to yield .
them a competence with aa cutliy cf la
bor and capital comparatively triihag.
It behcova U3 then, thu we be not der
elict, ia competing for settlers, but that
every rnearcjbe used to pulli'h abrcal cur
natural advantages cf so:!, climate, and
ea-y comr?rhuieat!cn with commercial
centers. I therefore carcestlf com
mend thi3 subject to your ccnsiderat;',h.
" IS. -Tfc location and disposition cf
such lands as are cr may be hereafter do
nated to the State by tha General Gov
ernment fcr any purpose.
In aa act cf Ccngrecs, nrrrovel era
the 10ih day cf April, 15"1, ent;t!:i
'Aa net to enable the pecpie tf IJelrus
ka to form a Ccnstitutioa and State G'er
ernmerst, and for the td;r.ieio.a cf
State into the -Union on aa ctual footing
with the original States," is found tha
following provision :
"Sec. 7. And be it further enacted,
that sections numbered sixteen. n::l
thirty-six. in every township, end .:!::-a,
such secticr.3 have been cr are otherwise:
disposed, by any act cf Congress, cthsr
lands, equivalent thereto, ia legal sub
divisions cf not iee3 then cne quartar
section, end as contiguous z.3 may be, be
and ara hereby granted to said Stale for
th? support cf common schools."
-. The school landi hive ail been local:!
and reserved in r.ccordincei with tho
above prcvisica. except upon the terri
tory lately known' as tho Half Tee-id
Reserve," lying between the' Great a: i
Little Nen-.aha rivers in the count: :j cf
Richardsca and Nemaha. According to
the eitjozu.snr.en: c: .no
e
to suea tracts ci
tnena upon ino same rooting v.-,tn.
criginaliy forming a part c: th: p.. ilo
do
ma:a with respect to th?
r;t c
1 . -
c rw;i on I? sc.cocl p a r ; t c j .
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