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SEC. 15. [Sale of lots in Lincoln.]-It is hereby made the duty of the board of public lands and buildings to cause all unsold lots and lands belonging to the state of Nebraska and lying and being in the city of Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and state of Nebraska, to be sold at public sale to the highest bidder as hereinafter provided. [1887, chap. 85.]

SEC. 16. [Appraisement-Notice of sale.]-Said board shall immediately upon the taking effect of this act, cause said lots and lands to be appraised by five disinterested appraisers, and after said appraisal shall have been completed said board shall cause notice of such sale to be published for thirty days in six leading newspapers, one of which shall be published in Omaha, one in Lincoln, one in Hastings, Nebraska; one in Cleveland, Ohio; one in Chicago, and one in New York, giving the terms of said sale, which shall be one third cash, one-third in one year therefrom, and one-third in two-years, with interest at seven per cent; Provided, That all lots sold for one hundred ($100) dollars, or less, shall be for cash; Provided, further, That said lots shall be appraised and sold separately. [Id.]

SEC. 17. [Sale.]-The said board shall procure a competent auctioneer to conduct said sale, and said board shall have full power to carry into effect the provisions of tnis act; Provided, however, That no sale shall be made at less than the appraised value. [Id.]

SEC. 18. [Same-Proceeds.]-The proceeds of said sale shall be placed to the credit of the capitol building fund, to be used for making change from stone to iron for construction for dome of capitol building; for making change from limestone to polished granite columns for porticos; for interior decorations for court room, library, offices, corridors, rotunda and vestibule, and in completing and furnishing capitol building and in laying out and improving capitol grounds; Provided, Said proceeds shall not be used for laying out and improving the grounds until the capitol building shall be enclosed. [Id.]

SEC. 19. [Appropriation.]—The amount derived from the sale of said lots and lands is hereby appropriated out of the capitol building fund to aid in the completion and furnishing of said capitol building and laying out and improving the grounds around said building, as provided for in section 4 of this act. [Id.]

CHAPTER 82 a.-SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

SECTION 1. [Establishment.]-That there shall be established and mainained by the state of Nebraska, an institution, to be known as the Nebraska Soldier's and Sailor's Home, the object of which shall be to provide homes and subsistence to honorably discharged ex-soldiers and sailors and marines, and also hospital nurses who served in the United States army or navy, or hospitals during the war of the rebellion, and who entered the army or navy, or entered such hospitals from this state, or who shall at the time of the application for admission to such home, have been an actual bona fide resident of this state for two years, next preceding such application; and who shall have a wife or children dependent upon him or her for support, and who have become disabled by reason of such service, old age, or other cause, from earning a livelihood, and who would be dependent on public or private charities; and also wives of such soldiers and sailors, and their children under the age of 15 years, and the widows and children under the age of 15 years, of soldiers, sailors, and marines, who died while in the service of the United States, or who were honorably discharged from such service, and who have since died, and also the children under the age of 15 years, of any such hospital nurse; Provided, That such widow or children shall

SECS. 15-19. "An act to provide for the selling of all unsold lots and lands belonging to the state of Nebraska, lying and being in the city of Lincoln, and to provide for the appropriation of the funds arising from said sale." Laws 1887, Chap. 85. Took effect Mar. 31, 1887.

SECS. 1-9. "An act to establish and maintain the Nebraska Soldier's and Sailor's Home." Laws 1887, chap. 82. Took effect Mar, 4, 1887.

have been bona fide residents of this state for two years preceding admission to such home, and are unable to earn a livelihood, and are dependent upon public or private charities. [1887, chap. 82.]

SEO. 2. [Buildings.]-The board of public lands and buildings shall, as soon as practicable, after this act shall take effect, take the necessary steps for the erection and furnishing of a suitable central building for such institution, capable of accommodating not less than 25 nor more than 50 persons, in addition to the necessary officers and employes. They shall advertise for plans and specifications for such building, and upon the adoption of the same, shall at once advertise for sealed proposals for the erection and completion of said building in accordance with such plans and specifications; and shall let the contract to the lowest bidder therefor, who shall be required to enter into a written contract for the erection and completion of said building in accordance with the bid and the plans and specifications adopted by the board. He shall also give a bond for the faithful performance of his contract, in such sum as the board shall deem ample. [Id.]

SEC. 8. [Location.]-Such soldier's and sailor's home shall be located not less than three miles nor more than six miles from the corporate limits of the city of Grand Island; Provided, There shall be donated and conveyed to the state of Nebraska in fee simple, not less than 640 acres of land suitable as a site for said institution; to be approved and accepted by the board of public lands and buildings. If such lands shall not be donated and conveyed within 30 days after this act shall take effect, then the board of public lands and buildings, shall locate and establish the same at some other suitable point, where such donation shall be made, having regard to the welfare of the institution and the health of its inmates. [Id.]

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SEC. 4. [Grounds.]-The board of public lands and buildings, shall from time to time, as they may deem necessary or advisable, cause such land as shall not be necessary in connection with such central building, to be surveyed and platted into suitable tracts of two and one-half (24) acres or more, with regularly laid out streets and alleys, and shall cause neat and comfortable cottages and out-buildings to be erected thereon as the same may be found necessary, and shall assign tracts of land and cottages, to such of the inmates as may be able to partially support themselves by manual labor. Such land [shall] be cultivated under such rules as may be adopted for the government of such home. The board of public lands and buildings is authorized to furnish such means as they may deem necessary and advisable, to persons to whom lands and cottages may have been assigned, for the purpose of enabling such persons to cultivate such land to the end that they may become, as near as possible, self-sustaining. Contracts for furnishing supplies for such institution and the inmates thereof, shall be let to the lowest and best bidder once each year at such time as the board may deem best; and after giving not less than two weeks' notice thereof, in such manner as the board may direct. The board is authorized to furnish such support and care to inmates of said institution, as may be deemed necessary to render such persons comfortable, taking into consideration their ability to support themselves. contracts for the erection of any buildings shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, and the board shall have the power to reject any and all bids either for the erection of buildings or the furnishing of supplies for said soldier's and sailor's home. [Id.]

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SEC. 5. [Visiting board.]-The governor shall appoint five persons, three of whom shall be honorably discharged volunteer soldiers of the United States, and two of whom shall be members of the Women's Relief Corps of this state, as a visiting and examining board, and who shall hold their offices for two years from the time of their appointment, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. They shall each give a bond in the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dol

lars for the faithful discharge of his or her duties, and shall take and subscribe an oath to support the constitution of the United States and of this state, and to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his or her office without fear or favor. The members of such board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed and paid all their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. [Id.]

SEC. 6. [Same-Report.]-Said visiting and examining board shall visit said home at least once every six months, and carefully examine and inquire into the conduct and management of the same, and the treatment of the inmates thereof, and shall make a report in writing to the board of public lands and buildings, with such suggestions and recommendations as they may deem proper. [Id.]

SEC. 7. [Commandant.]—The governor shall, with the advice and consent of the visiting and examining board, appoint a commandant of said home, who shall be an ex-Union soldier of the war of the rebellion. Said commandant shall possess such powers, perform such duties and receive such salary, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) per annum as may be prescribed by the rules for the government of said home. He shall also be furnished with a suitable house. for himself and family on said grounds, but shall receive no other pay or perquisite than the salary herein provided for. He may be removed or suspended at any time by the governor with the consent of said visiting and examining board or a majority thereof. [Id.]

SEC. 8. [Rules and regulations.]-The board of public lands and buildings and the visiting and examining board herein provided for, shall, acting together, adopt rules and regulations for the government and management of said home so as to promote the best interests of the state, and the welfare of the inmates of said home. They shall prescribe rules of admission to said home, in accordance with the provisions and objects of this act. [Id.]

SEC. 9. [Appropriation.]-For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act and for the maintenance of said home for the years 1887 and 1888, there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ($80,000) thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

ROSTER.

SEC. 10. [Roster of soldiers and sailors.]-The assessor of each precinct, township or ward shall make and deliver to the county clerk of their respective counties, at the time of making their annual assessment in the year 1887, and every two years thereafter, a corrected list of all persons who served in the United States army, navy and marine corps during the war of 1812, the Mexican war, and the war of the rebellion, designating the rank, company, regiment, battery or vessel in which they served, and their present residence and postoffice address, which several lists shall be returned with the assessor's books to the county clerk, who shall, on or before the first day of June, 1887, certify to the secretary of state a true copy of said lists, alphabetically arranged by regiments and states, the secretary of state to furnish each county clerk with sufficient blanks for this purpose. [1887, chap. 81.]

SEC. 11. [Publication.]-The secretary of state, on receipt of said lists from the county clerks, shall proceed to consolidate said lists alphabetically by regiments and states, and publish two thousand copies in book form as a roster of the ex-soldiers, sailors and marines now residents of Nebraska, three copies of

SECS. 10-12. "An act to provide for the publication of the names of all ex-soldiers, sailors and marines residing in Nebraska." Laws 1887, Chap. 81. Took effect Mar. 4, 1887.

which shall be furnished each post of the Grand Army of the Republic in the state of Nebraska, one hundred copies to the state library for exchange with other libraries, fifty copies to the commissioner of pensions, the remaining books to be retained by the secretary of state for distribution. [Id.]

SEO. 12. [Payment.]-All expenses attending the publication of the foregoing roster shall be paid from the fund for printing laws, journals, and such other printing as is required under contract. [Id.]

BURIAL OF HONORABLY DISCHARGED SOLDIERS.

SEC. 18. [Duty of county board.]-It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners, or board of supervisors in counties under township organization, of this state, to designate some suitable person in each precinct, or township, whose duty it shall be to cause to be decently interred, the body of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine who served in the army or navy of the United States during the late war, who may hereafter die without leaving sufficient means to defray funeral expenses. Such burial shall not be made in any cemetery or burial ground used exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead; Provided, The expenses of such burial shall not exceed the sum of thirty-five dollars; And provided further, That in case that surviving relatives of the deceased shall desire to conduct the funeral, and are unable to pay the charges therefor, they shall be permitted so to do, and the expenses shall be paid as herein provided. [1885 § 1, chap. 39.]

SEC. 14. [Tombstones.]-The grave of any such deceased soldier, sailor or marine shall be marked by a head-stone, containing the name of the deceased, and the organization to which he belonged or in which he served; Provided, It shall be the duty of the county commissioners, or supervisors in counties under township organization, upon the death and burial of any such soldier, sailor or marine residing within such county at the time of his death, to make application to the proper authorities under the general government for a suitable head-stone as provided by act of congress, and cause the same to be placed at the head of such deceased soldier's grave. [Id. § 2.]

SEC. 15. [Expenses paid by county.]-The expenses of such burial shall be paid by the county in which such soldier, sailor or marine shall have died. And the board of county commissioners, or supervisors, of such county are hereby authorized and directed to audit the account and pay the said expenses in similar manner as other accounts against such county are audited and paid. [Id. § 8.]

SEC. 16. [Quota of arms and equipments.]—WHEREAS, by act of congress, the state of Nebraska is entitled to receive from the government arms and equipments for the use of the state militia, and that there is now the sum of six thousand six hundred dollars to the credit of this state on account of said act. Therefore, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That it is the sense of this legislature, that in the drawing of Nebraska's quota of said arms and equipments, that as a portion thereof two hundred hospital tents for the use of the militia of this state be drawn by the governor, and that the governor may allow the use of such tents at encampments of such militia and at reunions of old soldiers in this state. [1885, chap. 126.]

SECS. 13-15. "An act to provide for the burial of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who may hereafter die without leaving means sufficient to defray funeral expenses, and to provide head-stones to mark their graves."

S c. 16. "Joint resolution relative to drawing Nebraska's quota of arms and equipments from the government of the United States."

CHAPTER 83.-STATE AND STATE OFFICERS.

ARTICLE I.-GOVERNOR.

SECTION 1. [Powers.]-The governor is hereby constituted the legal custodian of all the property of the state, not specially entrusted to other officers by law, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to take summary possession of such property of the state, without any process of law, and to adopt such measures as he may deem proper to preserve it from injury or deterioration. [1867 § 1, 100.]

SEC. 2. [Report of executive officers.]-It shall be the duty of the several officers of the executive department to make a written report to the governor of the state of the public business entrusted to their charge, whenever required by him so to do. [Id. § 2.]

SEC. 3. [Commissions.]-All commissions to civil officers in this state, shall be issued and signed by the governor, and countersigned by the secretary of state, and a record thereof kept in the office of the secretary of state. [Id. § 3.]

SEC. 4. [Thanksgiving day.]-The governor shall by proclamation, set apart one day in each year as a day of solemn and public thanksgiving to Almighty God, for his blessings to us as a state and a nation, and no business shall be transacted on that day at any departments of state. [Id. § 6.]

SEC. 5. [Private secretary.]--The governor shall appoint a private secretary to serve during the continuance of his term of office, who shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, payable in the same manner as the salaries of state officers. [Id. § 7. Amended 1879, 103.]

SEC. 6. [Insurance on public buildings.]--That the governor be and is hereby authorized and empowered to insure the public buildings and other property belonging to the state, liable to destruction or injury by fire, with some good and responsible insurance company or companies, for the benefit of and in the name of the state. [1869 § 1, 87.]

SEC. 7. [Same.]--That the governor shall deposit the insurance policies, taken out in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing section, with the treasurer of the state, and shall certify to the auditor the amount of the premiums and the date they become due, and the auditor shall draw his warrant upon the treasurer for the respective amounts of said premiums from time to time as they shall be due, in favor of the proper officer or agent of said insurance company or companies. [Id. § 2.]

SEC. 8. [Janitor.]-The governor is hereby authorized and empowered to employ some suitable person as janitor of the capitol building, who shall receive a salary of six hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly, in like manner as the salaries of state officers, and whose duty shall be to take care of and keep in good order the said capitol building, and the grounds belonging thereto. [Id. §3.]

ARTICLE II.-SECRETARY OF STATE.

SECTION 1. [Custodian of public records.]-All public acts, laws, and resolutions passed by the legislature of the state shall be carefully deposited in the office of the secretary of state, and the secretary of state is charged with the safe keeping of said office and all laws, acts, resolutions, bonds, papers, and records, which now are or shall hereafter be deposited therein. He shall not permit any original rolls, papers, or public documents filed in his office, to be taken out of it unless called for by a resolution of either or both houses of the legislature, or for the examination by the executive. [1877 § 3, 195.]

SEC. 2. [Legislative documents.]-The secretary of the senate and the SECS. 1-5. "An act prescribing and defining the powers and duties of the governor of the state," [Laws 1867, 100,] except Secs. 4 and 5. which were superseded by Secs. 10, 11, and 13, Art. V. Const. The act took effect June 24, 1867. SECS. 6-8. "An act to provide for the care of the capitol building and other state property." Laws 1969, 87. G. S. 1047. Took effect Feb. 15, 1869.

ART. II. "An act to define the duties of secretary of state." Laws 1877, 195. Took effect June 1, 1877. Becs. 1-2 of original act repealed 1881, 102, ante p. 95.

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