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APPROVED.

This bill having remained with the governor five (5) days after the same was presented to him, and he having failed to file it in the office of the secretary of state, with his objections, within five (5) days after the adjournment of the legislature, it has thereby become a law pursuant to section 15, article 5, of the constitution.

Witness my hand this fifth day of April, A.D.

1887.

(Signed)

G. L. LAWS,
Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 6.

AN ACT to apportion the state into judicial districts, and for the appointment and election of officers thereof.

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

SECTION 1. The state of Nebraska shall be di- Apportion

vided into twelve judicial districts, as follows:

First District. Richardson, Nemaha, Johnson,

Pawnee, and Gage counties.

Second District.

counties.

Lancaster, Otoe, and Cass

Third District. Douglas, Sarpy, Washington,

and Burt counties.

Fourth District. Saunders, Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Platte, Merrick, and Nance counties.

ment of districts.

Fifth District. Saline, Jefferson, Fillmore, Thayer, Nuckolls, and Clay counties.

Sixth District. Seward, York, Hamilton, and Polk counties.

Seventh District. Cuming Stanton, Wayne, Dixon, Dakota, Madison, Antelope, Pierce, Cedar, and Knox counties. Winnebego and Omaha reservations and the unorganized territory north of Knox county.

Eighth District.

Adams, Webster, Kearney Franklin, Harlan, and Phelps counties.

Ninth District. Boone, Hall, Wheeler, Greeley, Garfield, Loup, Valley, Howard, and Blaine counties, and the unorganized territory west of Blaine county.

Tenth District. Buffalo, Dawson, Custer, Lincoln, Logan, Sherman, Keith, and Cheyenne counties, and the unorganized territory west of Logan county.

Eleventh District. Gosper, Furnas, Frontier, Red Willow, Hayes, Hitchcock, Chase, and Dundy counties.

Twelfth District. Holt, Brown, Keya Paha, Cherry, Sheridan, Dawes, Sioux, and Box Butte counties, and the unorganized territory north of Holt and Keya Paha counties; Provided, That No. of judges in the third district there shall be four judges of the district court; that in each of the following districts, to-wit: first, fourth, seventh, and ninth districts, there shall be two judges of the district court, and in each of the other of, said districts there shall be one judge of the district court. All

powers.

judges shall be elected for the term of, and hold Election of. their office for four years from and after the first day of January next succeeding their election. The said judges shall be elected at the general election to be held in November, A.D. 1887, and every four years thereafter. Such judges shall Duties and have equal power, and shall each perform such duties as are now provided by law, or such as may hereafter be imposed upon them by law, and it shall be the duty of such judges to so divide and arrange the business of said court between them, that the trial of causes may be speedy. In each district having more than one judge of the district court, there shall be drawn in the manner now provided by law, a panel of forty-eight jurors to serve Jury panel. as jurors in such court; Provided, That in any county in such districts where such number of jurors may not be required, the judges may, by appropriate rule, provide for the drawing of a less number; And provided further, When there shall be more than two judges of the district court in any one district, they may provide by appropriate rule for the drawing of a greater number of jurors.

SEC. 2. The judges now in office shall hold their position and perform the duties of their office in the districts hereby created, in which they may reside, until the expiration of the term for which they were elected.

SEC. 3. The governor shall appoint judges to Vacancies. fill all vacancies created by this act, including the additional judges, as provided in section one of this

Repealing clause.

Emergency clause.

act, who shall hold their office until the next general election, when such vacancies shall be filled by election in same manner as such officer is elected in other districts.

SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. Whereas, an emergency exists, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 31, 1887.

CHAPTER 7.

Section amended.

Distribution of moneys in the hands of assignees.

AN ACT to amend section 24, chapter 6, Compiled Statutes of Nebraska, entitled "Assignments," and to repeal said original section.

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

SECTION 1. That section 24, chapter 6, Compiled Statutes of Nebraska, be amended to read as follows:

SEC. 24.

Moneys coming into the hands of the assignee shall be distributed in the following man

ner:

First, To the payment of the fees and allowances of the assignee, county judge, clerk, sheriff and officers.

Second, To the payment of any public tax or assessment charged against the assignor or assignors, or his or their property,

Third, To the payment of preferred claims in full.

Fourth, The balance shall be divided among the creditors so that the amount paid to each shall bear the same relation to the whole sum to be so divided that the amount of such creditor's claim shall bear to the aggregate amount of all the claims proven. SEC. 2. That section 24, chapter 6, Compiled Repealing Statutes of Nebraska, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved April 4, 1887.

clause.

CHAPTER 8.

AN ACT to amend section 12, chapter 9, of the Compiled Statutes of 1885, entitled "Bonds Municipal."

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Ne

braska:

¿ 12, ch. 9,

SECTION 1. That section 12, of chapter 9, of Amendment of the Compiled Statutes of 1885, be amended to read comp. Stat. of as follows:

1885.

of county bonds.

SEC. 12. Whenever the holder of county bonds Registration shall present the same to the auditor of state for registration, the auditor, upon being satisfied that such bonds have been issued according to law, shall register the same in his office in a book to be kept for that purpose in the same manner that such bonds are registered by the officers issuing the same, and shall, under his seal of office, certify upon

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