of the Revised Statutes of 1913, being Section 79 of Chapter 31 of said Revised Statutes, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

3215 Sec. 79. Twelfth Team and vehicle insurance. Against loss or legal liability for loss resulting from accident or injury, fatal or non-fatal, because of damage to property or person caused by the use of teams or vehicles, whether by fire, accident or collision, or by explosion of any engine, tank, boiler, pipe or tire of any vehicle, and including insurance against theft of the whole or any part of any vehicle. The term vehicle, as herein used, includes in addition to its ordinary meaning, elevators, automobiles, traction engines, motorcycles, and bicycles, but does not include ships, vessels, boats, nor railroad rolling stock; Provided, that when such legal liability includes injury to person the company, except mutuals, and assessment associations, entering into said contract shall be capitalized at not less than $100,000.00.

Sec. 2. Repeal. That the said original Subdivision 12 of Section 3215 of the Revised Statutes of 1913, being Section 79 of Chapter 31 of said Revised Statutes as heretofore existing, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act, be, and the same hereby are repealed.

Approved, April 19, 1917.

CHAPTER 78.

(House Roll No. 449.)

[Introduced by Mr. Good.]

AN ACT to amend Section 3276, Revised Statutes for 1913, and to repeal said original section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Amendment. That Section 3276, Revised Statutes for 1913, is hereby amended to read as follows:

3276 Sec. 140. Insurance companies requirements for admission of foreign company. No foreign or alien company shall be admitted to do business in this State until, in addition to all

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other requirements, it has made at least one annual report to the Insurance Department of the State or Country in which its home office is located.

Sec. 2. Repeal. That said original Section 3276, Revised Statutes for 1913, is hereby repealed.

Approved, April 25, 1917.

CHAPTER 79.

(Senate File No. 65.)

[Introduced by Mr. Bennett.]

AN ACT relating to fraternal beneficiary associations and to amend Section 3298, Revised Statutes for 1913, and repealing said original section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Fraternal insurance children insurance. That any fraternal beneficiary association organized under the laws. of this state or doing business in this state, may issue certificates for the payment of sick, death or annuity benefits upon the lives of children between the ages of one and eighteen years who have been examined and approved in accordance with the laws of such association, provided that the application for such a benefit certificate shall be made by a parent or guardian of such child or some person upon whom such child is dependent for support. When such child shall arrive at the age permitting a personal application for insurance under the laws of such association, the certificate issued under this provision may be exchanged for any other form of certificate issued by the association, such exchange to be in accordance with the constitution, laws and regulations of such association. The free designation of a beneficiary in such exchange being left to such child.

Sec. 2. When permitted. That such association shall not issue any such benefit certificate until after it shall have simultaneously put in force at least five hundred such certificates on each of which, at least, one assessment has been paid; nor where

the number of lives represented by such certificate falls below five hundred.

Sec. 3. Basis of rates. That the net beneficiary assessment collected upon such certificate shall be based upon the Standard Industrial Table of Mortality now adopted by the state of New York and interest at the rate of three and one-half per centum per annum, or upon a higher standard. The funds so collected shall be kept as separate and distinct funds and shall not be liable nor used for the payment of debts and obligations of the association other than the benefits herein authorized.

Sec. 4.

Benefit allowed. That death benefits shall be made. to increase with advancing age but shall not exceed the sum specified in the following table, the ages therein specified being the ages at the time of death:

Between the ages of two and three years, thirty-four dollars; Between the ages of three and four years, forty dollars; Between the ages of four and five years, forty-eight dollars; Between the ages of five and six years, fifty-eight dollars; Between the ages of six and seven years, one hundred and forty dollars;

Between the ages of seven and eight years, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars;

Between the ages of eight and nine years, two hundred dollars; Between the ages of nine and ten years, two hundred and forty dollars;

Between the ages of ten and eleven years, three hundred dollars; Between the ages of eleven and twelve years, three hundred and eighty dollars;

Between the ages of twelve and thirteen years, four hundred and sixty dollars;

Between the ages of thirteen and sixteen years, five hundred and twenty dollars;

Between the ages of sixteen and seventeen years, six hundred and twelve dollars;

Between the ages of seventeen and eighteen years, seven hundred dollars;

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Sec. 5. Amendment.-That Section 3298, Revised Statutes for 1913, is hereby amended to read as follows:

3298 Sec. 162. Membership-age limit. No fraternal society created or organized under the provisions of this chapter shall issue beneficiary certificate of membership to any person over the age of fifty-two years. Payment of death benefits shall only be made to the families, heirs, blood relations, affianced husband or affianced wife of or the persons dependent upon the member.

Sec. 6. Repeal. That said original Section 3298, Revised Statutes for 1913, is hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. Emergency.-Whereas, an emergency exists, this act shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

Approved, April 11, 1917.

CHAPTER 80.

(House Roll No. 420.)

[Introduced by Mr. Stearns.]

AN ACT to amend sections 3457, 3472 and 3478 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for the year 1913, relating to irrigation districts, and to repeal said sections 3457, 3472 and 3478, and to declare an emergency.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Amendment. That Sections 3457, 3472 and 3478, Revised Statutes for 1913, are hereby amended to read as follows:

3457 Sec. 89. Irrigation districts-organization-electors. -Whenever a majority of the electors owing lands or holding leasehold estates, or who are entrymen of government lands, in the manner and to the extent hereinafter provided in any district susceptible to one mode of irrigation from a common source and by the same system of works, desire to provide for the irrigation of the same, they may propose the organization of an irrigation district under the provisions of this chapter, and

when so organized, each district shall have the power conferred or that may hereafter be conferred by laws upon such irrigation district: Provided, where ditches or canals have been constructed before the passage of this chapter of sufficient capacity to water the land thereunder for which the water taken in such ditches is appropriated, such ditches and franchises and the land subject to be watered thereby, shall be exempt from operation of this law, except such district shall be formed to make purchase of such ditches, canals and franchises: Provided, this law shall not be construed to, in any way, affect the rights of ditches already constructed: Provided, further, the term elector as used in this chapter shall include any resident of the State of Nebraska, owning not less than ten acres of land, or who is an entryman of government land, within any district or proposed district, or any resident of the State of Nebraska holding a leasehold estate in not less than forty acres of state land within said district for a period of not less than five years from the date at which said elector seeks to exercise the elective franchise Provided, however, when the elector is the owner of land in more than one division of the irrigation district and resides without the district, he shall be considered an elector in that division of the district in which the majority of his land is situated.

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3472 Sec. 104. District assessment. The assessor must, between the first Monday in April and the first Monday in May in each year, assess all the real property in the district to the persons who own, claim, have the possession or control thereof, at its full cash value, less value of all improvements thereon. shall also assess all leasehold estates in all lands belonging to the State of Nebraska, which are leased to any person, association or corporation, to the person holding such lease, at the full cash value of such leasehold estate, less value of all improvements thereon. He must prepare an assessment book with appropriate headings, in which must be listed all such property within the district, in which must be specified in separate columns under the appropriate head:

First-The name of the person to whom the property is assessed. If the name is not known to the assessor, the property must be assessed to "unknown owners."

Second-Land by township, range, section, or fractional section, and when such land is not a congressional division or sub