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NE Code § 23-279 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-279 - County supervisors; oaths; chairman may administer.

23-279.  County supervisors; oaths; chairman may administer.The chairman of the board of supervisors shall have power to administer an oath to any person concerning any matter submitted to the board, or connected with their powers and duties.Source   Laws 1879, § 70, p. 373;   R.S.1913, § 1071;   C.S.1922, § 973;   C.S.1929, § 26-287;   R.S.1943, § 23-279.
NE Code § 23-281 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-281 - Town; change of name; procedure.

23-281.  Town; change of name; procedure.Whenever the county board shall create a new town or change the name of an existing town, the proceedings in giving a name to such new town or changing the name of an existing town, shall be as follows: The proposed name to be given to such new town, or existing town, shall be filed in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts, there to be retained for at least one year; and the auditor, at any time after the filing of such proposed name, shall, upon application of the board, grant his certificate stating that such proposed name, from information appearing in his office, has not been adopted by any city, town, village or municipal corporation in this state. This certificate must be obtained by the board before any action whatever shall be taken by the board toward making such change of name; and all proceedings instituted in any court or other place, under a name changed, without complying with the provisions of this section, shall be held to be void and of no effect. If such name has been adopted elsewhere in this state, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall so notify the board, whereupon another name shall be filed in his office, which shall there remain in a like manner as hereinbefore provided, and the certificate shall be issued by the auditor immediately after such filing, stating that such name has not been elsewhere adopted; whereupon the board may proceed to make such change of name, and not before. All proceedings pending, and all rights and privileges acquired in the name of such town, by such town, or by any person residing therein, shall be secured to such town or person, and such proceedings continued to final consummation in such name, the same as though the same had not been changed.Source   Laws 1879, § 72, p. 373;   R.S.1913, § 1073;   C.S.1922, § 975;   C.S.1929, § 26-289;   R.S.1943, § 23-281.
NE Code § 23-292 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-292 - Township organization; how discontinued.

23-292.  Township organization; how discontinued.Any county which has township organization shall discontinue the same whenever the majority of the registered voters of the county voting on the question of such discontinuance so decide in the manner provided in sections 23-293 to 23-295.Source   Laws 1885, c. 43, § 1, p. 235;   R.S.1913, § 1056;   C.S.1922, § 958;   C.S.1929, § 26-272;   R.S.1943, § 23-292;  Laws 2008, LB269, § 5.
NE Code § 23-293 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-293 - Township organization; discontinuance; procedure.

23-293.  Township organization; discontinuance; procedure.(1) In counties under township organization, a registered voter may file a petition or petitions for submission of the question of the discontinuance of township organization to the registered voters of the county. The petition or petitions shall be signed by registered voters equal in number to five percent of the voters registered in the county at the preceding statewide general election. The petition or petitions shall be filed in the office of the election commissioner or county clerk by September 1 of the year of the general election at which the petitioners wish to have the question submitted for a vote. If such petition or petitions are filed in conformance with this subsection, the question shall be submitted to the registered voters at the next general election held after the filing of the petition or petitions.(2) In counties under township organization, the county board may, by a resolution supported by a majority of the county board, submit the question of discontinuance of township organization to the registered voters of the county. If such resolution is filed in the office of the election commissioner or county clerk by September 1 of the year of the general election at which the board wishes to have the question submitted for a vote, the question shall be submitted to the registered voters at the next general election held after the filing of the resolution.(3) A petition or county board resolution for discontinuance of township organization shall specify whether the county board of commissioners to be formed pursuant to section 23-151 will have five or seven members and that reorganization as a county board of commissioners will be effective at the expiration of the supervisors' terms of office in January of the third calendar year following the election to discontinue township organization.Source   Laws 1885, c. 43, § 2, p. 236;   Laws 1895, c. 29, § 1, p. 154;   R.S.1913, § 1057;   C.S.1922, § 959;   C.S.1929, § 26-273;   R.S.1943, § 23-293;   Laws 1973, LB 75, § 18;   Laws 1985, LB 422, § 1;  Laws 2008, LB269, § 6;  Laws 2019, LB411, § 26.
NE Code § 23-294 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-294 - Township organization; discontinuance; election; ballot; form.

23-294.  Township organization; discontinuance; election; ballot; form.(1) If the petition or county board resolution to discontinue township organization specifies a five-member county board of commissioners pursuant to section 23-293, the questions on the ballot shall be respectively: For discontinuance of township organization and creation of a five-member county board of commissioners; or Against changing to a commissioner form of county government.(2) If the petition or county board resolution to discontinue township organization specifies a seven-member county board of commissioners pursuant to section 23-293, the questions on the ballot shall be respectively: For discontinuance of township organization and creation of a seven-member county board of commissioners; or Against changing to a commissioner form of county government.(3) Elections shall be conducted regarding discontinuance of township organization as provided in the Election Act.Source   Laws 1885, c. 43, § 3, p. 236;   R.S.1913, § 1058;   C.S.1922, § 960;   C.S.1929, § 26-274;   R.S.1943, § 23-294;  Laws 2008, LB269, § 7;  Laws 2009, LB434, § 2. Cross References  Election Act, see section 32-101.
NE Code § 23-295 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-295 - Township organization; discontinuance; when effective.

23-295.  Township organization; discontinuance; when effective.If a majority of the votes cast on the question are for the discontinuance of township organization, then such organization shall cease to exist effective at the expiration of the supervisors' terms of office in January of the third calendar year following such election.Source   Laws 1885, c. 43, § 4, p. 236;   R.S.1913, § 1059;   C.S.1922, § 961;   C.S.1929, § 26-275;   R.S.1943, § 23-295;  Laws 2008, LB269, § 8;  Laws 2009, LB434, § 3.
NE Code § 23-296 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-296 - Township organization; cessation; establishment of commissioner system.

23-296.  Township organization; cessation; establishment of commissioner system.When township organization ceases in any county as provided by sections 23-292 to 23-295, a commissioner system shall be established. The county board of commissioners shall have five or seven members as specified in the petition or county board resolution pursuant to section 23-293.Source   Laws 1885, c. 43, § 5, p. 236;   R.S.1913, § 1060;   C.S.1922, § 962;   C.S.1929, § 26-276;   R.S.1943, § 23-296;   Laws 1945, c. 42, § 2, p. 203;  Laws 2008, LB269, § 9.
NE Code § 23-297 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-297 - Commissioner system creation; districts; elected members; how treated.

23-297.  Commissioner system creation; districts; elected members; how treated.(1) If the voters vote for creation of a seven-member county board of commissioners, the commissioner districts shall be the same districts as the former supervisor districts unless changed at a later date as provided by section 23-149 and the supervisors whose terms have not expired on the effective date of the reorganization prescribed in section 23-293 shall continue in office as commissioners for the remainder of their unexpired terms.(2)(a) If the voters vote for creation of a five-member county board of commissioners, the county clerk, county treasurer, and county attorney shall meet on the first Saturday after the first Tuesday of January following such election and redistrict the county into five commissioner districts with substantially equal population. Such redistricting shall be completed within thirty days after such initial meeting and shall specify where necessary the newly established districts which the members will serve for the balance of the unexpired terms as designated in subdivision (b) of this subsection. The newly established districts will not be effective until the effective date of the reorganization prescribed in section 23-293 except for purposes of being nominated and elected for office from such districts.(b)(i) If three members of the county board of supervisors were elected for four-year terms at the election to create a five-member county board of commissioners, each such supervisor shall serve two of such years as a supervisor and two of such years as a commissioner representing the newly established districts as designated under subdivision (a) of this subsection and two commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms from the newly established districts at the next general election.(ii) If four members of the county board of supervisors were elected for four-year terms at the election to create a five-member county board of commissioners, the three of such supervisors receiving the most votes at such election shall serve two of such years as a supervisor and two of such years as a commissioner representing the newly established districts as designated under subdivision (a) of this subsection, the fourth of such supervisors shall serve a term of two years as a supervisor, and two commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms from the newly established districts at the next general election.Source   Laws 1885, c. 43, § 6, p. 237;   R.S.1913, § 1061;   C.S.1922, § 963;   C.S.1929, § 26-277;   R.S.1943, § 23-297;   Laws 1945, c. 42, § 3, p. 203;   Laws 1979, LB 331, § 7;  Laws 2008, LB269, § 10. Annotations Appointments will not be enjoined on account of irregularities in election, as quo warranto is the proper remedy. Fort v. Thompson, 49 Neb. 772, 69 N.W. 110 (1896).
NE Code § 23-298 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-298 - Township organization; cessation; commissioners; succeed supervisors.

23-298.  Township organization; cessation; commissioners; succeed supervisors.The board of county commissioners, as herein provided, shall be the legal successor of the board of supervisors in said county. Such board shall thereafter be governed by the laws that shall govern counties not under township organization, and in the same manner that said county would have been governed had not such organization been adopted.Source   Laws 1885, c. 43, § 7, p. 237;   R.S.1913, § 1062;   C.S.1922, § 964;   C.S.1929, § 26-278;   R.S.1943, § 23-298;   Laws 1945, c. 42, § 4, p. 204.
NE Code § 23-299 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-299 - Township organization; cessation; town records; indebtedness and unexpended balances; how discharged.

23-299.  Township organization; cessation; town records; indebtedness and unexpended balances; how discharged.When township organization is discontinued in any county, the town clerk in each town in such county, as soon as the county board of commissioners is qualified pursuant to section 23-297, shall deposit with the county clerk of the county all town records, papers, and documents pertaining to the affairs of such town and certify to the county clerk the amount of indebtedness of such town outstanding at the time of such discontinuance. The county board shall have full and complete power to settle all the unfinished business of the town as fully as might have been done by the town itself and to dispose of any and all property belonging to such town, the proceeds of which, after paying all indebtedness, shall be disposed of by the county board for the benefit of the taxable inhabitants thereof by such board crediting all unexpended balances of the town to the district road fund and in no other manner. The county board, at such time as provided by law, shall levy a tax upon the taxable property of such town to pay any unliquidated indebtedness it may have outstanding.Source   Laws 1885, c. 43, § 8, p. 237;   R.S.1913, § 1063;   C.S.1922, § 965;   C.S.1929, § 26-279;   R.S.1943, § 23-299;   Laws 1945, c. 42, § 5, p. 204;  Laws 2008, LB269, § 11.
NE Code § 23-301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-301 - County resurvey; petition; contents; election.

23-301.  County resurvey; petition; contents; election.Upon petition filed with the county clerk of any county, signed by twenty percent of the qualified voters of said county as shown by the last preceding election and praying the county board to submit the proposition of ordering a resurvey, in whole or in part, of said county for the purpose of reestablishing the original corners of the United States survey, it shall be the duty of the county board to submit to the voters of the county at the next general election, or a special election, the question whether such resurvey shall be ordered; Provided, upon a like petition signed by twenty percent of the voters of any township or townships in said county, according to the government survey thereof, praying for the submission of a like proposition to the voters of said township or townships, it shall be the duty of the county board in like manner to submit the question at the next general election, or a special election, whether a resurvey shall be ordered in said township or townships. In every case the petition shall set forth in brief form the extent of the resurvey desired and whether it shall be of the township and county lines, or of the county, township and sectional lines, and an estimate as near as may be by the county surveyor of the probable expense of said resurvey. This statement and estimate shall be placed upon the official ballot with the following words thereafter: For resurvey proposition, and Against resurvey proposition.Source   Laws 1909, c. 36, § 1, p. 219;   Laws 1913, c. 153, § 1, p. 392;   R.S.1913, § 1108;   C.S.1922, § 1042;   C.S.1929, § 26-736;   R.S.1943, § 23-301.
NE Code § 23-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-302 - County resurvey; election; canvass of votes.

23-302.  County resurvey; election; canvass of votes.The vote on the proposition shall be canvassed in the same manner as the vote on county officers. If a majority of the votes upon said proposition shall be in favor of the same, the county board shall within thirty days notify the Board of Educational Lands and Funds who shall require such resurvey to be made under its instructions by such competent deputy state surveyor as it shall appoint, assisted by the county surveyor of the county wherein the work is to be done, and according to the laws governing surveys by the State Surveyor and deputy state surveyors. Such surveys shall be made in accordance with the laws of the United States and the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, governing the restoration of lost and obliterated corners and the specifications and instructions of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds. The field notes and plats of said resurvey shall be made in the manner and form prescribed by the Bureau of Land Management for the return of field notes and maps of United States surveys, and shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county where the work is done and duplicate copies filed in the office of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds at Lincoln, Nebraska, before being paid for; Provided, when any integral part of said resurvey is completed upon filing proof of its completion together with plats and field notes for the same approved as provided by law, the county board may allow payment for the part so completed.Source   Laws 1909, c. 36, § 2, p. 220;   R.S.1913, § 1109;   Laws 1921, c. 84, § 1, p. 301;   C.S.1922, § 1043;   C.S.1929, § 26-737;   R.S.1943, § 23-302;   Laws 1982, LB 127, § 1.
NE Code § 23-303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-303 - County resurvey; cost; tax; bonds; submission to voters.

23-303.  County resurvey; cost; tax; bonds; submission to voters.In case the question of said resurvey has been submitted to the voters of the entire county, the cost of said resurvey may be paid out of the county general fund in case there is money there available for that purpose. If not, the cost may be provided for by an issue of bonds or special tax levy, in which case the proposition for bonds or special tax levy shall be submitted to the voters as a part of the resurvey proposition; Provided, when a proposition for resurvey has already been submitted to the voters of a county, and a majority have voted in favor of such proposition, it shall be legal for the county board to proceed to make contract for such resurvey in accordance with the provisions of sections 23-301 to 23-303 providing for such contract; provided further, in case the question has been submitted to the voters of any one or more governmental townships of any county under the provisions of section 23-301, and a majority have voted in favor of such proposition, the cost of said resurvey may be paid out of the general fund and said fund may be reimbursed the amount of such expenditure by the assessment of a special tax by the county board of such county equally apportioning the cost of such resurvey upon the area of all real estate in such governmental township or townships according to the acreage in each tract as shown by the original United States survey thereof, and including in addition thereto any accreted lands to such original United States survey as may be shown by the resurvey herein provided.Source   Laws 1909, c. 36, § 3, p. 221;   Laws 1913, c. 153, § 1, p. 392;   R.S.1913, § 1110;   C.S.1922, § 1044;   C.S.1929, § 26-738;   R.S.1943, § 23-303.
NE Code § 23-304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-304 - Irregular tracts of land; survey.

23-304.  Irregular tracts of land; survey.It shall be the duty of the county board of each organized county in the State of Nebraska to cause to be surveyed, by a competent surveyor, all irregular subdivided tracts or lots of land, other than regular government subdivisions, and cause the same to be platted on a scale of not less than ten inches to the mile; Provided, however, where any county has in its possession the correct field notes of any such tract or lot of land, a new survey shall not be necessary, but such tracts may be mapped from such field notes.Source   Laws 1879, § 142, p. 390;   R.S.1913, § 1084;   C.S.1922, § 1009;   C.S.1929, § 26-701;   R.S.1943, § 23-304. Annotations Designation of an irregular tract as a certain numbered tax lot meets all requirements for describing irregular tracts, where plat is prepared and filed hereunder showing descriptions corresponding to the tax lot. City of Scottsbluff v. Kennedy, 141 Neb. 728, 4 N.W.2d 878 (1942).
NE Code § 23-305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-305 - Irregular tracts of land; survey; maps.

23-305.  Irregular tracts of land; survey; maps.The board shall cause duplicate maps to be made, on which said tracts or lots of land shall be accurately described by lines and numbered from one up to the highest number of such tracts in each section, which numbers together with the number of the section, town and range, shall be distinctly marked. One of said maps shall be conspicuously hung in the office of the county clerk and the other in the office of the county treasurer.Source   Laws 1879, § 143, p. 390;   R.S.1913, § 1085;   C.S.1922, § 1010;   C.S.1929, § 26-702;   R.S.1943, § 23-305.
NE Code § 23-306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-306 - Irregular tracts of land; survey; field notes; record.

23-306.  Irregular tracts of land; survey; field notes; record.The board shall also cause to be entered in duplicate, in suitable books to be provided for that purpose, the field notes of all such tracts of land within their respective counties, wherein shall be described each tract according to survey, and each tract shall be therein numbered to correspond with its number on the maps. One of such books of field notes shall be filed in the office of the county clerk, and the other in the office of the county treasurer.Source   Laws 1879, § 144, p. 390;   R.S.1913, § 1086;   C.S.1922, § 1011;   C.S.1929, § 26-703;   R.S.1943, § 23-306.
NE Code § 23-307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-307 - Irregular tracts of land; legal description.

23-307.  Irregular tracts of land; legal description.When the maps and books of field notes shall be filed as hereinbefore provided, the description of any tract or lot of land described in said maps, by number, section, town and range, shall be a sufficient and legal description thereof for revenue and all other purposes.Source   Laws 1879, § 145, p. 391;   R.S.1913, § 1087;   C.S.1922, § 1012;   C.S.1929, § 26-704;   R.S.1943, § 23-307. Annotations To prove title to lots numbered for taxation purposes because they are irregular, an owner must present evidence of the survey maps and books of field notes. Vogel v. Bartels, 1 Neb. App. 1113, 510 N.W.2d 529 (1993).
NE Code § 23-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-308 - Watercourses; diversion of channel; dams and dikes; when authorized.

23-308.  Watercourses; diversion of channel; dams and dikes; when authorized.Whenever any portion of a county exceeding three hundred and twenty acres in amount is put in peril of destruction by reason of the probable diversion of the channel of any river or watercourse, and whenever a petition stating such fact, signed by twenty freeholders in the precinct, is filed with the county board of such county, it shall be the duty of the county board to view said premises within the succeeding thirty days, and if upon actual view it shall appear that a portion of the county exceeding three hundred and twenty acres is in actual peril of destruction, it may cause to be built any dam, embankment or dike, or aid to such an extent as it may deem proper in the building of any dam, embankment or dike that it may deem necessary for the protection of said land. The amount expended toward such improvements shall be paid out of the general fund of the county.Source   Laws 1885, c. 38, § 1, p. 213;   R.S.1913, § 1103;   C.S.1922, § 1025;   C.S.1929, § 26-719;   R.S.1943, § 23-308. Cross References  For safety regulations relating to dams and reservoirs, see the Safety of Dams and Reservoirs Act, section 46-1601.Annotations Where middle of stream is boundary, the line follows any gradual change in course of stream unless change is sudden. Nebraska v. Iowa, 145 U.S. 519 (1892).