The state herald., 1889-07-19
MEsRAsKA's LEGAL HISTORY.

Complete Laws Of the Territory and State IN
Three Large N.idincs.
For thirty.hvc years has Ncbr,lska's Terri.
torial md state legislatures been cnacting,
amtndng and repeating laws Affecting the
personal and property rights Of the citizens
OF the state. and II is safe to say that until
recently not more than half dozen lawyers
of tile state possessed copies Of one tthth Of
these numerous cnnctnients, and not one
Possessed full and complete copies for the
tcuson that in the earlier period but few
copies were printed, and many inaccuracies
occurred, aud from the further fact that the
session laws Of lsI3 We're never published at
all.
The State journal Co, OF Lane bin, reaiik iking
the necessity bi an accurate and fuil com-
riintion Of tho laws OF the Territory and
State Of Nebraska, began several years ago
the work Of preparing such u publication
Experts were employed, and four years were
given TO copying and comparing every en-
nctincnt, including general, lo'v,l md pri-
rate laws, joint aud hoiitnrrcnt resolutions,
and memorials 10 Congress which were then
arranged In sections aud published In three
large volumes. comprising n grand total OF
pages. The proofs were compared, not With
the printed copies, bnt with the original
| rolls, corrected, and then again revised,
| thus assuring nearly rbsoiutc correctness
| hundreds Of errors occurred In the originaI
biennial Publications.. aud these arc nll not
ef' IN ih'g publication.
/ Tho work Is brought down 10 and inelud
me the session OF 1851.
4 most complete index accompanies tacl,
volume citing the pages In this work where
the subject can bc found, and tho page and
volume of the original printed laws, and ut
| the end OF the Third volume Is u general In.
hey Of the entire work. giving page and vol.
ninc of the session laws. the volumes Of the
general and compiled statutes Another
most valuable feature will b. found ut ti,t
cnh of this volume. II consists of an index
OF the laws cited aud construed by the Judge
OF the supreme Court which nrc embodied
sn the supreme tb,irt reports down 10 and In,
cluuing volume 81. The citations nrc index.
cd and cross indcxcd by subject, alphabet. |
cally arranged. and Is the only Index to the
laws passed upon by the supreme court
Wien M, work wrs Nrst published, the
price was put nt s:.o for the three volumes, u |
low price when the cost OF production aud |
Importance OF the work nrc considered. |
Tie edition wa. soon exhausted. hut the |
work found Its way only into the law Offices |
OF the more prosperous attorneys, the price
ucharrinu hundreds Of young praetionors |
from purchasing. though they fully realized |
the Importance and value of the work In |
their practice To meet these demands the |
state journal TO. has Just published another |
edition OF the work. and TO sivc all u chnnce |
!" Obtain it,tt cn-l price from nbw Unit, |
the hrs' 'lny'of July has been reduced 10 |
FIFTEEN DOLLARS. and after that dn,c the |
full price OF so viii bc demanded.
THIS work has hccn endorsed by the Judges |
OF the supreme and District Courts of the |
state and by NIL the leading attorney, rll |
OF whom were among tho first purchasers. |
orders cnn now he promptly nllcd. Al or. |
dem nj 'hc reduced ntc iagst h. necompan |
led by ne cash. mud the uhrk viii bo sent by |
'xpres-, t'io charges 10 bc paid 10y the rur |
chaser. STATE JouRSAL ConrAsS
Lincoln. Nsbrnskn. |