Nebraska advertiser., 1867-05-23


the Legislature 10 provide for the cleo.
lion or appointment of Registers Of Eiec-
ton in each county and Incorporated
city in the State, whose duty il shall be
10 keep books wherein the names ofall
the uualifed voters shall be duly enrolled
clothing them with the necessary au.hor.
ity 10 enforce such rules aud regulations
as may be prescribed for their inIroduc-
lion, and 70 provide that all citizens Of
the Stale whose names have been thus
enrolled prior 10 certain specified times
and npne others. shall be legally en-
titled 70 the franchise.
2. The revision or amendment Of the
Statute Felaung 10 Prosecuting Attorneys
In accordance with the present law
each county elects, at the same time
with other county officers. a Prosecuting
Attorney. whose compensation, within
certain limits, is fixed BY the court, and
allowed By the commissioners. In nc
instance is the compensation sufficient tc
make the Office a remunvralIve one to a
lawyer Of experience and ability. MOI
are the duties Of this Office sufficient tC
employ bul small portion oflhe time ol
the incumbent In order to obviate these
difficulties, the proprietor OF, amending
the law is worthy of your consideration
BY abolishing the Office Of County Pros.
eculing Attorney, and creating that oi
District Prosecutor, we should have but
three suth officers in the State. whC
would be fully occupied by their duties
and fully remunerated for their lime and
services, without at all increasing, the
expenses Of the several counties. This
would doubtless secure the services of
competent officers, and tend to the ma.
lerlal increase of county school funds, and
render the conviction and punishment Of
criminals and occurrence less rare than
al present
3. The revision or amendment Of the
general incorporation law.
AS the Constitution prohibits the pas.
sage Of special acts. confer
ring corporate powers, the interests of
tile State inperatively demand a thorough
and extensive general law under which
corporations may be formed. The SUBJ
ject therefore requires your earnest con
slderalion. aud It is to be hoped that you
well exercise yOar best judgment, in
framing such a Law as will fully meel
the exIgencies of the case, that there
may be no impeachment left in the way
OF commercial enterprise, and if push
ing on TO completicn such internal Im-
provements as are required for the pros
perIty Of our people, at the same time
carefully guarding against monopohes
and other abuses.
4. The revision or amendment Of the
Statute regulating interest.
There seems to be a growing feeling
of autagonlsm to the long cherished idea
Of regulating by law the price or hire Of
money. lis held by many business men,
as we'll as BY the majority, perhaps, Of
political economists. thai, ike all other
commodities that make up the subject
matter OF commercial TRANSACTIONS, non-
ey should bring whatever its value is ra-
led al 10 the market. That the law oi
sdemand and supply" should govern the
rate Of interest, as well as The price oi
labor and merchandise, and that all at.
lempis to legislate IN matter already
regulated by natural laws are necessarI-
y futile. From lime ImmemorIal usuFy
laws have been successfully evaded By
the ingenuity of business men, and the
question naturally arises as 10 their ex-
pediency. Without expressing any opin-
ion upon the matter, ! SIMPLY mention
il as a subject of leglslauon that it may
be open to your consideration.
5. The revision or amendment Of the
Revenue law.
A bill, ll,making some judicious changes
in this Law. was passed just before the
adjournment OF The late Territorial Leg
islature, but through formal error, fail
ed tooblain the signature Of the Execu-
tive. Believing that the objects u was
intended to accomplish, were for the
public good submit the subject for your
action. Your attention is also called to
The fact that, by recent decisions, the
power Of States to tax the shares Of The
National Banks, has been established, and
il would be proper TO amend the law 50
as to include this species Of property in
The tax list.
6. The amendment Of section thirty
eight Of chapter fcrly,Ihree. of the Re-
vised Statute, regulating the appoint
ment Of Commissioners Of Deeds.
A clause Of This section confines the
number Of Commissioners Of deeds ia
any city or county Of The United States
TO one. Il seems apparent that this
clause found It's way into the Revision
through 40 inadverdency. a law simi-
lar in IFS provisions bad been formerly
ia force, bar previously to the revision
had been amended. and in conseq qlence
Of such amendment, appointments had
been bade 10 many places, and commis-
sions issued TO several persons in the
same city or county, who are still 10 pcs
session Of such commissions, and trans
acting business under them. Ia other
respects the law as il now stands is a
hardship, for but q single commissioner
for thls State 10 many Of the large cities
would seem entirely inadequate TO ans
uer the oejecis for which commissioners
are appointed. And there can hardly
be any objection 10 an Increase Of The
number, for facilitating business, and
minislering 70 the convenience Of resi-.
debts cf these localities. ] recommend,
therefore, that the clause '.not exceeding
one, in any one city or county" Be slrick-
en- out.
q. The revision or Amendments q shs
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