each respectively to be decided by lot, so that one of said trustees shall be elected annually by the qualified voters aforesaid at each annual election for city officers of said city thereafter occurring. Said trustees shall be a body corporate, with power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and acquire, and hold, or convey property, real or personal, for all purposes consistent with the provisions of this act. 3862. That within sixty days from the passage of this act, said trustees shall select, subject to the approval of the governor, a site for said cemetery, not more than three miles distant from the state capitol building, which said site, when so selected as aforesaid, shall be conveyed by the governor to said trustees, to be held, used, and controlled by them for the benefit of the state, and for the uses and purposes herein set forth.

3863. Said trustees shall cause the said lands to be laid off and platted by a competent surveyor, to be then selected, and shall set apart, in suitable subdivisions, not less than fifty acres of said cemetery, to be devoted as burial places for the inmates of the various benevolent or other public institutions of the state, which are or may hereafter be located at Lincoln. The residue of said cemetery, not exceeding thirty acres, shall be set apart as a burial ground for the uses and purposes of the citizens of Lincoln, and shall be subdivided and platted by said trustees, and sold in lots of suitable size, and upon such terms and at such prices as said trustees may prescribe, to citizens of Lincoln, the proceeds of such lots to be devoted, under the direction of said trustees, to the improvement and ornamentation of the grounds, and for such other purposes, consistent with the provisions of this act, as they may determine.

3864. That eighty acres of land belonging to the state, in addition to the cemetery site, herein provided for, to be selected by the governor, shall be sold at public or private sale, as the governor may determine, the proceeds of said sale to be by the governor paid over to said trustees, to be by them expended in suitably enclosing and ornamenting with forest trees, evergreens, and shrubbery the cemetery grounds aforesaid.

3865. The said trustees shall have power to employ a sexton to take charge of said cemetery, and keep the same in good order and repair, and superintend the setting out of trees, and the care of the same, and perform such other duties as said trustees shall prescribe, and they shall pay to said sexton such salary, out of the proceeds of the sale of the lots or lands herein provided for, as they shall deem just and reasonable.

3866. Said trustees shall have power to prescribe all needful rules and regulations for the government of said cemetery grounds, and for the burial of the dead from the various public institutions of the state, in the subdivision set apart by them for that purpose, and to do and perform such other duties, consistent with the objects herein contemplated, as they shall deem necessary for the good government of the same.

Secs. 3867 to 3870. "An act granting the consent of the state of Nebraska to the purchase or condemnation by the United States of a block of ground in Omaha for the purpose of the erection of a postoffice, or postoffice and court house, at Omaha, and ceding jurisdiction thereof to the United States." 1889, p. 494. In force March 21.

3867. That the consent of the state of Nebraska is hereby given to the purchase or condemuation by the United States of such land in the city of Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska, not exceeding one block in extent, as may hereafter be selected by the United States, as a site for a postoffice, or postoffice and court house.

3868. The jurisdiction of the state of Nebraska, in and over the land mentioned in the preeeding section when purchased or condemned by the Uuited States,

shall be and the same is hereby ceded to the United States; Provided, That the jurisdiction hereby ceded shall continue no longer than the said United States shall own or occupy the said land.

3869. The said consent is given and the said jurisdiction ceded upon the express condition that the state of Nebraska shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the said land, so far as that all civil process in all cases, and such criminal or other process as may issue under the laws or authority of the state of Nebraska against any person or persons charged with crimes or misdemeanors committed within said state, may be executed therein in the same way and manner as if such consent had not been given, or jurisdiction ceded, except so far as such process may affect the real and personal property of the United States.

3870. The jurisdiction hereby ceded shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired the title to the said lands by purchase, grant, or condemnation, and so long as the said land shall remain the property of the United States, when acquired as aforesaid, and no longer, the same shall be and continue exonerated from all taxes, assessments, and other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of the state.

Secs. 3871 to 3874. "An act granting the consent of the state of Nebraska to the purchase or condemnation by the United States, of a block of ground in any city of the state of Nebraska for the purpose of the erection of a postoffice, or postoffice and court house, and ceding jurisdiction thereof to the United States." 1889, p. 498. In force June 30.

3871. That the consent of the state of Nebraska is hereby given to the purchase or condemnation by the United States of such land in any city in the state of Nebraska, not exceeding one block in extent, as may hereafter be selected by the United States, as a site for a postoffice, or postoffice and court house.

3872. The jurisdiction of the state of Nebraska in and over the land mentioned in the preceding section, when purchased or condemned by the United States, shall be and the same hereby is ceded to the United States; Provided, That the jurisdiction hereby ceded shall continue no longer than the said United States shall own or occupy the said land.

3873. The said consent is given and the said jurisdiction ceded upon the express condition that the state of Nebraska shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the said land, so far as that all civil process in all cases, and such criminal or other process as may issue under the laws or authority of the state of Nebraska against any person or persons charged with crimes or misdemeanors committed within said state, may be executed therein in the same way and manner as if such consent had not been given, or jurisdiction ceded, except so far as such process may affect the real and personal property of the United States.

3874. The jurisdiction hereby ceded shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired the title to the said lands by purchase, grant, or condemnation, and so long as the said land shall remain the property of the United States when acquired as aforesaid, and no longer, the same shall be and continue exonerated from all taxes, assessments, and other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this state.

Secs. 3875 and 3876. "An act ceding jurisdiction of the state of Nebraska to the United States over the military reservation known as Fort Sidney.' 1889, p. 501. In force March 30.

3875. That the jurisdiction of the state of Nebraska in and over the military reservation known as Fort Sidney be and the same is hereby ceded to the United States; Provided, That the jurisdiction hereby ceded shall continue no longer than the United States shall own and occupy said military reservation; Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the en

forcement on said military reservation of the laws of this state relating to the regulation, license, and sale of intoxicating liquors by the state of Nebraska.

3876. The said jurisdiction is ceded upon the express condition that the state of Nebraska shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the said military reservation so far as that all civil process in all cases, and such criminal or other process, may issue under the laws or authority of the state of Nebraska against any person or persons charged with crime or misdemeanors committed within said state may be executed therein in the same way and manner as if such jurisdiction had not been ceded, except so far as such process may affect the real and personal property of the United States; Provided, That nothing in the foregoing act shall be construed so as to prevent the opening and keeping in repair public roads and highways across and over said reservation.

Secs. 3877 to 3879. "An act ceding jurisdiction to the United States over the military reservations known as Fort Niobrara and Fort Robinson." 1887, p. 628. In force March 29.

3877. That the jurisdiction of the state of Nebraska in and over the reservations known as Fort Niobrara and Fort Robinson be and the same are hereby ceded to the United States; Provided, That the jurisdiction hereby ceded to the United States shall continue no longer than the United States shall own or occupy said military reservations; *Provided further, That nothing in this act shall exempt any property within the limits of said military reservations belonging to any civilian therein from assessment, levy, and collection of tax which would otherwise be subject to taxation within Nebraska, except the personal property of the officers and enlisted men in the service of the United States who may be stationed on said military reservations, the said personal property being owned by said officers and enlisted men for their comfort and convenience. Nor shall any of the provisions of this act in any way interfere with any proper officer of the state of Nebraska in entering upon said reservations for the purpose of assessment or collecting any taxes due said state. Nor shall any of the provisions of this act prevent the enforcement on said military reservations of chapter fifty (50) of the Compiled Statutes relating to the license and sale of intoxicating liquors [ch. 30, secs. 2173 to 2207].

All after* added 1889, p. 499.

3878. That section 10, article 13, chapter 83, as now existing, is hereby repealed and this section substituted in its stead; Provided, That all suits pending and all rights acquired under section hereby repealed shall be saved the same as though said section had continued in force.

This section added 1889, p. 500.

3879. The said jurisdiction is ceded upon the express condition that the state of Nebraska shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the said military reservations, so far as that all civil process in all cases, and such criminal or other process, may issue under the laws or authority of the state of Nebraska against any person or persons charged with crimes or misdemeanors committed within said state may be executed therein in the same way and manner as if such jurisdiction had not been ceded, except so far as such process may affect the real and personal property of the United States; Provided, that nothing in the foregoing act shall be construed so as to prevent the opening and keeping in repair public roads and highways across and over said reservation.

Secs. 3880 to 3884. "An act granting the consent of the state of Nebraska to the purchase of lands by the United States within its boundaries for the erection thereon of buildings for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts, postoffices, land offices, mints, or other government buildings, and ceding jurisdiction over said lands to the United States, and to provide for the punishment of willful, reckless, or voluntary injury to or mutilation of such grounds, buildings, or appurtenances." 1883, p. 335. In force February 22.

3880. That the consent of the state of Nebraska is hereby granted to the

United States of America to purchase such grounds as may be deemed necessary, in the city of Nebraska City, Nebraska, or any other city or incorporated town in the state of Nebraska, for the erection thereon of buildings for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts, postoffice, land office, mints, or any other government office, and also for the purchase by the United States of such other lands within the state of Nebraska as the agents or authorities of the United States may from time to time to select for the erection thereon of forts, magazines, arsenals, and other needful buildings.

3881. The jurisdiction of the state of Nebraska in and over the lands mentioned in the preceding section shall be and the same is hereby ceded to the United States; Provided, That the jurisdiction hereby ceded shall continue no longer than the United States shall own or occupy said lands.

3882. The said consent is hereby given, and the said jurisdiction ceded upon the express condition that the state of Nebraska shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the united States in and over the said lands, so far as that all civil process in all cases, and such criminal or other process as may issue under the laws or authority of the state of Nebraska, against any person or persons charged with crime or misdemeanors committed within said state, may be executed therein, in the same way and manner as if such consent had not been given or jurisdiction ceded, except so far as such process may affect the real and personal property of the United States.

3883. The jurisdiction hereby ceded shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired the title to said lands by purchase or grant; and so long as the said lands shall remain the property of the United States, when acquired as aforesaid, and no longer, the same shall be and continue exonerated and exempt from all taxes, assessments, and other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of the laws of this state.

3884. It is further enacted that any malicious, willful, reckless, or voluntary injury to or mutilation of the grounds, buildings, or appurtenances shall subject the offender to a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, to which may be added for an aggravated offense imprisonment not exceeding six months in the county jail, to be prosecuted as other criminal cases are prosecuted before any court of competent jurisdiction.

Secs. 3885 to 3888. "An act granting the consent of the state of Nebraska to the purchase or condemnation by the United States of a tract of land in Sarpy, Washington, or Douglas counties, for a military post and reservation, and ceding jurisdiction thereof to the United States." 1889, p. 496. In force March 30.

3885. That the consent of the state of Nebraska is hereby given to the purchase or condemnation by the United States, of such land in Sarpy, Washington, or Douglas county Nebraska, not exceding one thousand acres in extent, as may hereafter be selected by the United States, as a site for a military post and reservation.

3886. The jurisdiction of the state of Nebraska in and over the land mentioned in the preceding section, when purchased or condemned by the United States shall be, and the same hereby is ceded to the United States; Provided, That the jurisdiction hereby ceded shall continue no longer than the said United States shall own or occupy the said land.

3887. The said consent is given and the said jurisdiction ceded upon the express condition that the state of Nebraska shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the said land, so far as that all civil process in all cases, and such criminal or other process as may issue under the laws or authority of the

state of Nebraska against any person or persons charged with crimes or misdemeanors committed within said state, may be executed therein in the same way and manner as if such consent had not been given, or jurisdiction ceded, except so far as such process may affect the real and personal property of the United States.

3888. The jurisdiction hereby ceded shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired the title to the said lands by purchase, grant, or condemnation, and so long as the said land shall remain the property of the United States when acquired as aforesaid and no longer, the same shall be and continue exonerated from all taxes, assessments, and other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of the state.

Secs. 3889 to 3893.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

"An act to provide for the location of the seat of government of the state of Nebraska and for the erection of public buildings thereat." 1867, p. 52. In force June 14*.

3889. That the governor, secretary of state, and the auditor be and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of locating the seat of government and the public buildings of the state of Nebraska.

3890. On or before the fifteenth day of July, A. D. 1867, the commissioners, or a majority of them, shall upon actual view select from the lands belonging to the state, within the following limits, to-wit: The county of Seward, the south half of the counties of Saunders and Butler, and that portion of the county of Lancaster lying north of the south line of township nine, a suitable site of not less than six hundred and forty-acres, lying in one body for a town, due regard being had to its accessibility from all portions of the state, and its general fitness for a capital. They shall then appoint a suitable person as surveyor, and such other assistants as may be necessary, who shall take and subscribe an oath similar to the one taken by the commissioners. They shall immediately survey, lay off, and stake out the said tract of land into lots, blocks, streets, and alleys, and public squares, or reservations for public buildings, which said town, when so laid out and surveyed, shall be named and known as Lincoln, and the same is hereby declared to be the permanent seat of government of the state of Nebraska, at which all of the public offices of the state shall be kept, and at which all the sessions of the legislature shall hereafter be held.

As to dedication to “State Historical Association,” see 14, 337 (15 N. W., 717).

3891. The state university and state agricultural college shall be united as one educational institution, and shall be located upon a reservation selected by said commissioners in said "Lincoln," and the necessary buildings shall be erected thereon as soon as funds can be secured by the sale of lands donated to the state for that purpose, or from other sources.

3892. The penitentiary of the state shall be located upon a reservation selected by the said commissioners in the said "Lincoln," or upon lands belonging to the state, and adjacent to said town of "Lincoln," and the necessary building shall be erected as soon as funds can be secured.

3893. As soon as the capitol building provided for in this act is erected and completed, it shall be the duty of the governor to issue his proclamation announcing said fact, and thereupon it shall be the duty of all the state officers whose offices are properly kept at the capitol, to remove, within three months, their several offices, together with the public property, arcives, records, books, and papers to said "Lincoln," and all sessions of the legislature shall thereafter be convened at the same place.

Secs. 2, 4-10, and 14 of original act, being temporary in their application, are here omitted, as are also certain acts providing for erection of buildings, sale of state lots, correction of orignal plat, etc.