Nebraska advertiser., 1862-01-23
"What Did the Legislature DOT"

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talent "a greater degree of sobriety AM
"good looks; ;" more sociability and gen
eral good feeling "when off duty" W,
are constrained to assert a solemn convic
ton that we witnessed at no previous ses
sion such an exhibition and exercise o
downright contraryness. But we are di
crossing.
The following is a list Of the genera
acts passed at the session which termina
ted onthe 10Th inst:
ORIGINATING IN THE N
An Act to amend an act entitled an act respecting
%juries, approved Nov. 2, 1855.
An Act authorizing suits to be brought by and
against administrators and executors.
An Act to repeal subdivision of section Is
Of the criminal code.
An Act to authorize aSherifs to serve and return
process issued by Probate Judges and Justices Of
the Peace. t2ai
An Act in relation to road tax in the counties
South Of the Platte River, except PaWnee, and in
Guiding Douglas county.
This act repeats the three dollar road
tax levied on each quarter section Of land.
Applicable to all the counties South Of
the Platte except Pawnee, and to Doug
las county North Of the Platte.
An Act to amend section 461 of the Code of civil
procedure.
An Act to authorize the election Of Church War
dens and Vestrymen in the Protestant Episcopal
Church. -7r
An Act to repeal the 5lss section of the School
Law.
An Act to amend the act for funding the indebt-
edness of the Territory.
The act passed last winter provided
that only such Territorial warrants as
were presented on or before the first day
of December, 1861. could be bonded
The act Of which the above is the title,
extends the time indefinitely.
An Act to amend chapter nine Of the Election
Law.
An Act supplementary to the Military Law.
This supplement prOvide s for the en-
rollment of all the able bodied men in the
Territory, inaicting pretty severe penal
ties for non compliance with its provisions.
1t is not, perhaps, Fhat the times and
circumstances demand ; but it is the best
that could be done at this session.
An Act to encourage the growth of sheep,
An Act to amend the Commissioners act.
An Act TO amend sections SO and 100 of the civil
code.
An Act to amend certain terms and sections Of the
code Of civil procedure.
An Act to appropriate $500 to re-survey the sa-
line lands Of Lancaster county.
An Act to further describe the duties Of county
treasurers. boyle
An Act respecting elections.
An Act providing for the election of judges Of ell
ectiOns and defining their duties.
An Act to provide fer the e~rectiOns Of mills and
mill-dams, and for other purposes.
ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE.
An Act in relation to time of commencing civil
actions.
An Act to encourage the cultivation Of grapes.
This act exempts from taxation and ex-
ecutiOn one hundred dollars for the first
cultivated acre of grapes, and fifty dollars
for each additional acre. a
An Act to change the time Of meeting Of the Ter
ritorial Legislature.
The time of meeting Of the Legislature
is changed from the first Monday in De-
cember Of each year, to the first Thursday
after the first Monday in January of each
year,
An Act to sttach certain unorganized portions Of
Nebraska to the drst Judicial district.
All that unorganized portion Of Ne
braska west Of organized counties is ad-
ded 10 the First Judicial District.
An Act in relation to roads-to regulate the dis
Posal Of the road fund, and to define the duties Of
supervisors.
An Act tOconfrm the elective franchise to citizens
residing temporarily on Indian reservations.
This, if we remember correctly, ap-
plies only to temporary residents on the
Omaha Ond Pawnee reservations.
An Act to amend an sot for the appointment Of
masters in chancery.
This gives the District Judge power to
appoint masters instead of the District
Courts, and also gives the Judge power
to remove for cause, and ill vacancies.
An Act to allow the funding Of the indebtedness
OF the Territory.
An Act to amend an act providing for the settle
ment Of the estates Of deeedents.
An Act to provide for the ordinary expenses OF
the Territory.
An act assigning distriOtjudges to their RESPECTIVE,
districts.
The Judges remain as heretofore
there being no act heretofore assigning
them.
An Act to provide for The copying Of the journal,
Of tho House and Council, AZ the annual session.
The Election Law viii be found il
to-day's paper. We will also publish
the Road Law and Mill Dam Law in
full. st
In addition to the above general acts
there were sixty-six local laws passed
principally for roads. mill-damss ferries
bridges, sc. Fifty-fEe of this number
originated in the House, and eleven in
the Council. There we're also eleven
joint resolutions passed, nine of (which
originated in the Council and two in the
House. 81
Aletter from Capt. Matthews, as wei
as much other matter is crowded out hi.