chapters, with appropriate heads and titles, and with reference to decisions of the supreme court.

Failure to insert in compilation does not invalidate act. 27, 764 (43 N. W., 1140). 2103. The said statutes shall be compiled and published by Guy A. Brown, of Lancaster county, upon the condition that all expenses connected with the preparation and publication thereof shall be borne by him, and the sale price of each copy, when published, shall not exceed five dollars; Provided further, That the said Guy A. Brown shall furnish to the state of Nebraska all copies of said statutes which may be required by the state, at a price not to exceed two dollars and fifty cents per copy; Provided further, That said statutes shall be equal in quality paper and binding to the General Statutes of 1873, be set with type of the same size and contain at least one-third more matter on a page, and be thoroughly indexed. Said statutes to be published on or before July 1, 1881.

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2104. The said compiler shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars with at least three sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, and to carry into effect the provisions of this act, which bond shall be approved by the secretary of state and filed in his office, and thereupon the said secretary of state shall permit the said compiler, when the same are not in use by him, to take the original rolls of said laws for the purpose of making accurate copies thereof for said statutes, the same to be returned upon publication of said statutes, and whenever required by the secretary of state.

2105. The said statutes when published shall be accompanied by a certificate of the compiler that the same are true and accurate copies of the said original rolls, and thereupon the said statutes, and subsequent editions founded thereon, shall be competent evidence of the several acts and resolutions therein contained, in all the courts of this state, without further proof or authentication; Provided, That the compiler shall furnish copies of any subsequent editions required by the state at the same price as the original edition, to wit, two dollars and fifty cents per copy.

Amended 1885, p. 372.

Sec. 2106. "An act making appropriations for the current expenses of the state government for the years ending March 31, 1892, and March 31, 1893, and to pay miscellaneous items of indebtedness owing by the state of Nebraska." 1891, p. 438. In force April 6.

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2106. For six thousand (6,000) copies of Nebraska statutes of 1891, to be compiled by J. E. Cobbey, the compilation, material, and workmanship to be acceptable to the secretary of state, to be distributed to members of the legistature, state officers, officers of the state institutions, county officers including justices of the peace, commissioners, and supervisors, twelve thousand ($12,000) dollars.

CHAPTER 27.-LEGISLATURE.

Secs. 2107 to 2116 formed secs. 3 to 12, ch. 31, R. S. 1866, p. 249.

2107. The clerks of each house shall file the certificates presented by members, each for his own house, and make a roll of the members who thus appear to be elected, and the persons thus appearing to be elected members shall proceed to elect such other officers as may be required for the time being.

2108. When the houses are temporarily organized they shall elect a committee of five on the part of the house and three on the part of the senate, by ballot, which committee shall examine and report upon the credentials of those claiming to be elected members of their respective houses, and when such report is made, those reported as elected shall proceed to the permanent organization of their respective houses, and each house shall be the sole judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members.

2109. Any member may administer oaths in the house of which he is a member and while acting on a committee may administer oaths on the business of such committee.

2110. No member of the legislative assembly shall be questioned in any other place for any speech or words spoken in debate in either house.

2111. Each house of the legislative assembly has power and authority to punish as a contempt by fine or imprisonment, or either of them, the offense of knowingly arresting a member in violation of his privilege; of assaulting or threatening to assault a member, or threatening to do him any harm, in person or property, for anything said or done in either house, as a member thereof; of attempting, by menace or other corrupt means, to control or influence a member in giving his vote, or to prevent his giving it; of disorderly or contemptuous conduct, tending to disturb its proceedings; of refusing to attend, or to be sworn, or to be examined as a witness before either house or a committee, when duly summoned ; of assaulting or preventing any person going to either house, or its committee, by order thereof, knowing the same; of rescuing or attempting to rescue any person arrested by order of either house, knowing such arrest; and of knowingly injuring any officer of either house in the discharge of his duties as such.

2112. Imprisonment for contempt of either house shall not be for more than six hours, and shall be in the jail of the county in which the legislative assembly may then be setting, or if there be no jail, then in one of the nearest county jails. 2113. Should a fine be imposed for any offense mentioned in section seven, it shall not exceed fifty dollars.

2114. Fines and imprisonment shall be only by virtue of an order of the proper house, entered on its journals, stating the grounds therefor. Imprisonment shall be effected by a warrant, under the hand of the presiding officer, for the time being, of the house ordering it, countersigned by the clerk of the house, running in the name of the state and directed to the sheriff of the proper county; and under such warrant, the officer of the house, sheriff, and jailer will be authorized to arrest and detain the person.

2115. Fines shall be collected by virtue of a similar warrant, directed to any proper officer of the county in which the offender has property, and executed in the same manner as executions for fines issued by courts of justice, and the proceeds shall be paid into the state treasury.

2116. Punishment for contempt, as in this chapter provided, is no bar to any other proceedings, civil or criminal, for the same offense.

Secs. 2117 to 2120. "An act fixing the number of officers and employees of the senate and house of representatives, to define their duties and establish their pay." 1867, p. 85. In force June 1.

2117. That the officers and employees of the senate shall consist of a president, secretary, assistant secretary, sergeant-at-arms, door-keeper, enrolling clerk, engrossing clerk, chaplain, and such other officers and employees, not to exceed sixtysix in number, as may be deemed necessary for the proper transaction of business; such other officers or employees to be elected by the senate.

Amended 1885, p. 274; 1889, p. 571. The constitution and statute fix the number of officers an demployees of the legislature and provide what shall be their duties and compensation. 14, 442 (16 N. W., 481).

2118. The officers and employees of the house of representatives shall consist of a speaker, chief clerk, assistant clerk, sergeant-at-arms, door-keeper, enrolling clerk, engrossing clerk, chaplain, and such other officers and employees, not exceeding seventy-five in number, as may be deemed necessary for the proper transaction of business. Such other officers or employees to be elected by the house. Amended 1885, p. 274; 1889, p. 571.

2119. [Officers-Pay.]-There shall be paid to each of the several officers and employees named in this act, for the official services rendered by them under the provisions of this act, the following sums, and no more: The president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives shall each be entitled to receive the sum of three dollars per day; the secretary and chief clerk, the sum of four dollars per day; the assistant clerks, the sum of four dollars per day; the sergeantat-arms, the sum of three dollars per day; the door-keeper, the sum of three dollars per day; the chaplains, the sum of three dollars per day; and the pages, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per day; enrolling and engrossing clerks, three dollars per day.

2120. [Duties.]-It shall be the duty of the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives to preside over their respective houses, to keep and maintain order during the sessions thereof, and to do and perform the duties devolving on them by general parliamentary usage, and the rules adopted by the two houses. It shall be the duty of the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the secretary of the senate, to attend the sessions of the respective houses, to call the rolls, read the journals, bills, memorials, resolutions, petitions, and all other papers or documents necessary to be read in either house, to keep a correct journal of the proceedings in each house, and to do and perform such other duties as may be imposed upon them by the two houses, or either of them. The assistant clerk and assistant secretary shall be under the control and direction of the chief clerk and secretary respectively, and shall assist them in the proper discharge of their duties, and shall do and perform such other services as may be directed by the two houses or either of them. It shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms to enforce the attendance of absent members, when directed properly so to do; to arrest all members or other persons, when lawfully authorized so to do; to keep and preserve order during the session of each house; to convey to the postoffice the mail matter sent by the respective members, and to receive from the said office the mail matter for the said members, and to deliver the same to them on each morning of the session; to obey and enforce the orders of the presiding officers, and to do and perform such other duties as may be enjoined on them by law and the respective houses. It shall be the duty of the door-keepers to prepare and keep in order the senate chamber and hall of the house, including cleaning and warming the same; to attend to and

keep closed the door and bar of the respective houses, unless otherwise directed by the presiding officers thereof; and to do and perform such other duties as may be enjoined on them by either house. It shall be the duty of the engrossing clerk to correctly engross such bills as may be required to be engrossed by the committee on engrossed and enrolled bills, and to perform such other duties as may be required by either house. It shall be the duty of the enrolling clerk to correctly and neatly enroll all such bills as may be placed in his hands therefor, and to perform such other duties as may be enjoined on him by either house. It shall be the duty of the chaplains to open the sessions of each house with prayer, and to perform such other duties as may be imposed on them. And it shall be the duty of the pages to act under and as directed by the presiding officers of the respective houses. It shall also be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms to procure a national flag, and to place the same on the top of the capitol building, there to be kept during the time each or either of the two houses shall be in session, and after the adjournment of the two houses the said flag shall be taken down and kept down until the opening of the session of one of the two houses.

Secs. 2121 to 2128 formed ch. 30, R. S. 1866, p. 247, entitled "Journals and Laws.” 2121. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to distribute the laws and journals of the state, as hereinafter prescribed.

2122. The county clerk of each organized county shall make a requisition upon the secretary of state for sixty copies (or as many less than that amount as he shall find necessary for the county) of the laws and fourteen copies of the journals of each branch of the legislative assembly, for the use of the county of which he is clerk; and he shall name the conveyance and means of transportation, and shall also specify to whom they shall be directed, and to whose care, and upon the receipt of such requisition the secretary shall at once forward the required number of laws and journals as specified in the requisition of such county clerk, and the county clerk shall receipt for the same to the secretary, which receipt shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.

2123. The county clerk shall distribute one copy of the laws to each of the officers of the county, as follows: The probate or county judge; each member of the board of county commisioners; the sheriff; the county treasurer; the county surveyor; the prosecuting attorney; each notary public; each justice of the peace; each constable; each road supervisor; and each precinct assessor in said county. He shall also reserve one for himself, and give two copies each of the laws and journals to every councilman and representative who was a member of the legislative assembly by which the laws were enacted.

2124. Each officer shall deliver up to his successor in office all statutes which shall have come into his possession under the provisions of this chapter, as soon after his successor shall have qualified as such successor, or the county clerk may require.

2125. After the above distribution the copies remaining in the hands of the county clerk shall be sold at public auction (ten days' notice having been given in three public places in each county) to the highest bidder, no person, however, to purchase more than two copies; and the proceeds of such sale shall go, first, to defray the cost of transportation from the secretary of state to the county clerk, and the remainder, if any shall exist, shall be paid over to the state librarian, and to be by him held subject to the order of the legislative assembly.

2126. After having so distributed the laws and journals of each legislative assembly, the secretary is authorized to sell copies of the laws at a price at least equal to cost, and the amount so received shall be applied to the library fund of the

state. The secretary of state shall deliver all copies of the laws and journals yet in his possession to the state librarian, who shall officially receipt therefor.

2127. The librarian shall, upon the order of either of the judges of the supreme court, issue one copy each to the district attorney, United States marshal, each register and receiver of all United States land offices in the state, each United States commissioner residing in the state, and such other officers as the judges in their discretion may direct; Provided, always, That the librarian shall permit no person to take away a copy or copies of the laws and journals without taking a receipt therefor.

2128. The members of each succeeding legislative assembly shall be furnished by the state librarian, at the commencement of each session for which they are elected, with one copy each of the laws and journals of the preceding session.