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1918; nor to exceed the sum of $200,000 in any one year after said last mentioned calendar year. They shall also have power by ordinance to issue bonds for the construction of public comfort stations in a sum not exceeding fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars in any one year, under the limitations and conditions herein provided for issuing "Sewer Bonds."

4388 Park bonds-amount. For the purpose of improving lands, lots or ground purchased, appropriated or acquired for parks, parkways, boulevards or play grounds, and for improving parts of streets or public highways upon which such lands, grounds or parks abut and for such purposes only, the mayor and city council may issue bonds to an amount not to exceed one million dollars, said bonds to be designated and known as "Park Bonds," and to be issued and used in accordance with the provisions governing the issuance of sewer bonds, and other public improvement bonds by this article contemplated; Provided, no such bonds, except one hundred thousand dollars park bonds for any one year, shall be issued until the question of the issuing of the same has been submitted to the electors of the city at a general or special election therein, and authorized by a three-fifths vote of the electors voting on such question at such election; and provided, further, not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in amount of such bonds shall be issued or used in any one year. When improvements

are made upon or in streets or sidewalks adjacent to and abutting upon parks, parkways, boulevards or playgrounds or similar grounds in charge and control of the board of park commissioners, the cost or expense of which would otherwise be chargeable to the city, such cost shall be paid from the park fund herein provided. and said commissioners are hereby directed to pay costs of such improvements.

Sec. 6. Repeal. That Sections 4104, 4106, of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913 and Sections 4285, 4286, 4287, 4307, 4313, 4368, 4384, 4385, 4388 and 4387 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska 1913, as amended by Chapter 75 of the Session Laws of Nebraska for 1915 relating to Municipal Corporations be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved, April 24, 1917.

CHAPTER 88.

(Senate File No. 223.)

[Introduced by Mr. Tanner.]

AN ACT to amend Section 4135 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, of the year 1913, which said section pertains to salaries and bonds of officers in cities of the metropolitan class, and to repeal said section as heretofore existing.

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

Section 1. Amendment. That Section 4135 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, of the year 1913, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

4135 Sec. 33. Omaha-salaries and bonds of officers.-The several officers herein named shall receive the following compensation and they shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in the amounts herein specified, and all such bonds shall inure to the benefit of and shall stand as security for the benefit of any person wrongfully injured by the official act of any such officer or policy, and may be sued upon by such person so injured by a breach of the conditions of such bonds, to-wit:

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Sec. 2. Repeal.-That Section 4135 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, of the year 1913, as heretofore existing be and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved, April 11, 1917.

CHAPTER 89.

(Senate File No. 81.)

[Introduced by Mr. Moriarity.]

AN ACT to amend Section 45, Article 3, Chapter 46, Section 4147 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Nebraska for the year 1913, and to repeal said original section.

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

Section 1. Compensation of county treasurer for collection of funds.-That Section 45, Article 3, Chapter 46, the same being Section 4147 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Nebraska for the year 1913, be amended to read as follows:

4147 Sec. 45. The County in which such city is located shall receive as full compensation for collection and disbursement of all funds of the city, an amount equal to one per cent on all funds. Such collection fee shall be paid to the County out of the general funds of the city and shall be payable monthly. The county treasurer as ex-officio city treasurer shall receive as additional salary the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly from the general funds of the city; provided, no compensation shall be allowed on the proceeds of the sale of any bonds issued and sold by the city. Provided further, that the county shall receive as full compensation for the collection and disbursement of all funds of the Board of Education, an amount equal to one per cent on all funds and miscellaneous moneys collected. Such fee shall be paid monthly out of the general fund of the Board of Education. Provided, that the county shall receive as full compensation for the collection and disbursement of the funds of the Metropolitan Water District, an amount equal to one per cent of all funds collected by the county treasurer.

Sec. 2. Repeal.-That Section 45, Article 3, Chapter 46, the same being Section 4147 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Nebraska for the year 1913, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved, April 25, 1917.

CHAPTER 90.

(Senate File No. 205.)

[Introduced by Messrs. Bennett, Moriarity, Tanner.]

AN ACT to amend Section 2 of Chapter 143 of the Laws of 1913, being Section 4244 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, and to repeal said Section as it now exists, and all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this act.

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

Section 1. Amendment. That Section 2 of Chapter 143 of the Laws of Nebraska for 1913, being Section 4244 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, be amended to read as follows:

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4244 Sec. 142. Water districts district powers. metropolitan water district shall be a body corporate and possess all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes, and in its name may sue and be sued, purchase, hold and sell personal property and real estate; and shall have the sole management and control of its assets, including all water rents, revenues and income that now are, or may be authorized by law; and the sole management and control of all waterworks property, real and personal, now or hereafter owned by said metropolitan city, or any municipality constituting a part of said district, or which may become a part of said common waterworks system, within or without said district, shall vest in said metropolitan water district; and said metropolitan water district may exercise any and all the powers that are now or may be granted to cities and villages by the general statutes of this state for the construction or extension of waterworks.

All claims against said metropolitan water district arising out of contracts, must be presented in writing with a full ac

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count of the items verified by the oath of claimant, his agent or attorney, that the same is correct, reasonable and just, and no such claim shall be audited or allowed, nor suit maintained on such claim, unless it has been presented to the Board of the Metropolitan Water District, to be audited as herein provided. All unliquidated claims, including actions for injuries or damages to the persons or property hereafter sustained, must be filed, duly verified by the party, his agent or attorney, within twenty days from the date of the injury or damage complained of. Such statement must contain the full name, the time, the place, the nature of the defect, the cause of the injury and the amount of damage claimed, and a failure to file shall bar any action against the Metropolitan Water District upon such claim: Provided in all claims for injury to the person or persons claiming to have been injured, said person or persons shall at any time after giving notice of such injury, be subject to a personal examination by the city physician of the metropolitan city, within said water district, for the purpose of determining the character, cause and extent of the injury complained of; and a failure to submit to such examination shall prohibit the maintaining of any action against said metropolitan water district or recovery of any damage therefor. Said district may also produce and sell ice.

Sec. 2. Repeal. That Section 2 of Chapter 143 of the laws of Nebraska for 1913 being Section 4244 be and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved, April 21, 1917.

CHAPTER 91.

(Senate File No. 123.)

[Introduced by Mr. Tanner.]

AN ACT to amend Section 4268, Revised Statutes for 1913, as amended by Chapter 78, Session Laws of 1915, relating to pensions of police officers and to repeal said original section and chapter.

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

Section 1. That Section 4268, Revised Statutes for 1913, as

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