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such bonds the fact that they have been regularly and legally issued, and that such bonds have been registered in his office in accordance with the provisions of this act, the data filed in his office being the basis of such certificate.

Approved April 4, 1887.

CHAPTER 9.

Compromise
of indebtedness
authorized.

How done

Section.

BONDS-MUNICIPAL.

1. Compromise of indebtedness.
2. How made.

3. Bonds, how issued.

Section.

4. Same rate of interest.
5. Record of transactions.

AN ACT to authorize counties, precincts, townships, or towns, cities, villages, and school districts to compromise their indebtedness and issue new bonds therefor.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska:

SECTION 1. That any county, precinct, township, or town, city, village, or school district is hereby authorized and empowered to compromise its indebtedness in the manner hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. Whenever the county commissioners of any county, the city council of any city, the board of trustees of any village, or the school board of any school district, shall be satisfied by petitions or otherwise, that any such county, precinct, township, or town, city, village, or school district, is

unable to pay in full its indebtedness, and twothirds (3) of the resident taxpayers of such county, precinct, township, or town, city, village, cr school district, shall by petition ask that such county, precinct, township, town, city, or village, or school district, to compromise such indebtedness, they are hereby empowered to enter into negotiation with the holder or holders of any such indebtedness, of whatever form, scaling, discounting or compromising the same.

issued.

SEC. 3. Whenever satisfactory arrangements are Bonds, how made with the holder or holders or any of them, of any such indebtedness, and upon a surrender of the same for cancellation or satisfaction, the county commissioners, for and on behalf of any such county, precincts, townships, or towns, or the city council of any such city, or the board of trustees of any such village or school board of any such school district shall, upon petition of two-thirds (i) of the resident taxpayers of such county, precinct, township, or town, city, village, or school district, shall have authority, and they are hereby empowered to issue the bonds of such county, precinct, township, or town, city, village, or school district to the holder or holders of the indebtededness so surrendered, cancelled, or satisfied for the amount agreed upon, not exceeding the original indebtedness.

interest.

SEC. 4. Before issuing bonds under the provis- Same, rate of ions of this act, the board issuing the same shall by resolution enter upon its records recite the number and denomination of the bonds to be issued,

Record of transaction.

Repealing clause.

the rate of interest, and to whom and when payable. Such bonds shall be payable in not more than twenty. (20) years from the date of their issue, or at any time before maturity, at the option of such municipality. They shall bear interest at a rafe not exceeding seven (7) per cent, nor the rate borne by the bond surrendered, with interest coupons attached, payable annually or semi-annually, and said Board may levy a tax on all the taxable property in such county, precinct, township, or town, city, village, or school district in addition to other taxes, to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as the same shall mature, and such tax, levy for interest may be paid in cash or in such

coupons.

SEC. 5. Every Board issuing bonds under the provisions of this act shall keep a complete record of all the transactions connected therewith.

SEC. 6. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved March 30, 1887.

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9. Precinct and ward lines, 10. Elections.

11. General city elections. 12 Councilmen, qualifications and bond.

13. Councilmen-at-large.

14. Canvass of election returns.
15. Duties and powers of mayor
and councilmen.
16. Same, elections.

17. Power to create an office.
18. Requirement of bond.
19. Report of officer.

20. May punish for disorderly conduct.

21. Same, vagrants, tramps. 22. May suppress tippling shops. 23. Regulations of police.

24. Horse-racing.

25. Protection of strangers.

26. Concealed weapons.

27. Unsound meats, putrid car

casses.

28. Streets continuous.

29. Same, drainage, grading. 30. Sanitary regulations. 31. Board of Health,quarantine. 32. Cruelty to children and ani

mals,

Section.

33. Dogs.

34. Impounding domestic animals.

35. Inspection of steam boilers and plumbing.

36. Fire limits.

37. Construction of buildings and fire escapes.

38. Traffic through streets.

39. Same, amusements in streets 40. Care of sidewalks.

41. Sale of articles in streets. 42. Combustible and explosive articles.

43. Public auctions.

44. Cemeteries and bills of mortality.

45. Steam, cable, and horse

cars.

46. Accidents on railway tracks.
47. Lighting of railways.
48. Railroad viaducts.
49. Lighting of toll bridges.
50. Lighting of streets; tele-
phone service.

51. Appropriation of money.
52. Fire department.
53. Night watch.

54. Protection of birds and trees. 55. Hospitals; houses of correc

tion.

56. Numbering houses, naming streets.

57. Signs, awnings.

58. Weights and measures. 59. Public libraries and reading

rooms.

60. Sewerage districts, 61. Water-works

Section.

62. Market houses. 63. Census.

64. Appropriation of private property.

65. Power to license certain classes of business.

66. Issue of bonds; rate of interest.

67. Sinking fund to redeem bonds.

68. Commissioners of adjust

ment.

69. Streets and sidewalks. 70. Railway companies shall pave right of way.

71. Refusal to pave.

72. Water, gas, and sewer connections before paving. 73. Special taxes for public improvements.

74. Lots held jointly by differ

ent parties.

75. Improvement in street intersections.

76. Special taxes, when levied. 77. Officers' warrant.

78. Method of levying special sewerage tax.

79. Objects of tax; maximum amounts.

80. Provisions for sinking fund. 81. Water tax.

82. Taxes paid in cash.

83. Sale of real estatefor taxes. 84. Ordinances to secure collection of taxes.

85. Board of equalization. 86. Taxes, when delinquent, 87. City clerk shall make tax list.

88. Form of tax list.

89. Power conveyed by such warrant.

90. Powers of city treasurer. 91. City treasurer shall make out delinquent tax list. 92. Municipal taxes, a perpetual lien.

Section.

93 Irregularities shall not affect sale.

94. Re-levy in case of error. 95. Examination of city treasurer's books.

96. Warrants.

97. City treasurer, duties of. 98. Monthly report of treasurer. 99. Funds of city, how kept. 100. Treasurer's annual report. 101. Funds shall not be diverted. 102. Same.

103. Bond of treasurer.

104. Board of Public Works. 105. City engineer.

106. Street Commissioner. 107. Board for inspection of buildings.

108 Park Commissioners. 109. Boiler inspector. 110. Comptroller, duties of. 111. City attorney, duties of. 112. Assistant city attorney. 113. All improvements shall be done by contract.

114. Acceptance of public works. 115. Street sprinkling.

116. Establishment of grade. 117. Damages of grade. 118. Appropriation of private property.

119. Damages, how paid. 120. Right of appeal. 121. Precedence of such appeal upon their docket.

122. Form of enacting clause. 123. Rules and regulations of council.

124. Proof of authenticity of ordinances.

125. Appropriations, how made. 126. Same, veto by mayor. 127. Approval of ordinances by mayor.

128. President and acting President of council.

129. Election of city clerk, 130. Attendance of witnesses.

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