Appraisal of lots.

Advertisement of sale.

Bids.

Deeds.

Money to be

not appropriated or set apart for public use, to be appraised and offered for sale in the manner hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. The governor, auditor, and secretary of state, shall first separately appraise the said lots at their cash value, not regarding any buildings or improvements which may be upon any such lots, and the agreement of either two of such officers as to the value of any such lot shall be sufficient.

SEC. 3. After such appraisement, the said officers or any two of them, shall advertise the sale of said lots in some daily newspaper published at Lincoln, for four weeks previous to the day of sale, and on the day of sale at the hour designated, the said officers, or any two of them, shall commence the sale of such lots at public vendue and sell the same for cash in hand, and such sale may be continued from day to day, or adjourned to a day certain, or discontinued, and re-advertised, as the said officers or either two of them may determine.

SEC. 4. No bid shall be received at such sale for any of said lots at a sum less than the appraisement; each lot shall be offered separately, and any such lot which shall not be paid for on the day of sale, shall be on the next day re-offered;

SEC. 5. The governor shall execute conveyancy in the name of the state to the purchasers of such lots, and all lots bid off and paid for by any one purchaser may be included in the same conveyance. All conveyances shall be countersigned by the secretary of state.

SEC. 6. All moneys arising from such sale of lots, shell paid into state be immediately paid into the state treasury.

treasury.

Compensation of officers.

SEC. 7. Each of the above named officers shall be entitled to receive four dollars for each day's service necessarily employed in making such appraisment, sale, and conveyances, and their accounts therefor and their necessary disbursements in making such advertisement, sale, and

conveyances, shall be audited by the auditor, and a sum sufficient to pay the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 8. Any person or persons who has erected Occupants of any premises may dwelling-house or tenement on any of said lots at any time appraised prior to the passage of this act, shall have the privilege of purchasing said lots at the appraised value thereof, at any time before the sale provided for in this act.

purchase lots at

value,

SEC. 9. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the Acts repealed. provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 10.

This act shall take effect and be in force from To take effect.

and after its passage.

Approved, February 25, 1875.

AN ACT

To provide for the further distribution of the statutes.

Whereas, There is now on hand in the archives of the Preamble. secretary of state's office over three thousand copies of the revised statutes of Nebraska; and,

Whereas, The present law gives only one copy of said statutes to each board of county commisioners, to be held by the chairman thereof; therefore,

Be it enacted by the Legislature of [the State of] Nebraska : SECTION 1. That each county commissioner shall entitled to receive one copy of the revised statutes, same to be delivered to his successor in office when

term shall have expired.

be

Copies of sta

the

tutes to be dis

tributed among county com.

his missioners.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 25, 1875.

To take effect.

AN ACT

Legalizing certain action of the city council of the city of Omaha.

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

SECTION 1. That all the proceedings of the city council of the city of Omaha, in this state, in vacating Market street in said city, and in disposing of, and conveying the same to sundry persons, be, and the same are hereby ratified, legalized and confirmed in all respects whatever.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 22, 1875.

Acts concern. ing schools in

repealed.

AN ACT

To repeal an act entitled "An act regulating the public schools of Nebraska City, and to provide means for their support,” approv ed, January 15, 1872; and also to repeal an act entitled "An act to amend an act," entitled "An act for regulating the public schools of Nebraska City, and to provide means for their support," approved, February 18 1873.

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

SECTION 1. That an act entitled "An act regulating Nebraska City the public schools of Nebraska City, and to provide means for their support," approved, January 15, 1872; and also an act to amend an act, entitled "An act for regulating the public schools of Nebraska City, and to provide means for their support," approved, February 18, 1873, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from To take effect.

and after its passage.

Approved, February 25, 1875.

AN ACT

To amend an act declaring section lines roads in certain counties in the State of Nebraska, so far as the same applies to the county of Seward.

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

Act declaring section lines

as to Seward

SECTION 1. That an act entitled "An act declaring roads in certain counties in the State of Nebraska," approved roads repealed February 24, A. D. 1873, be, and the same is hereby re- county. pealed so far as the same applies to the county of Seward. Gen Stat., 959. SEC. 2. That in the county of Seward section lines shall

lines in Seward

county roads.

be, and remain public roads and highways as provided by Certain section the act to which this is amendatory, on all such section county to be lines where no damages have been claimed under the provision of said act, and the county commissioners shal] declare the same open public roads.

lines to be pub

SEC. 3. That any section line in said county where other section damages has been claimed under the act to which this is lic roads, when. amendatory, may become a public road as contemplated by said act, provided all claims for damages on such section lines shall be withdrawn on or before the first day of July, A. D. 1875; such withdrawal to be in writing signed by the owner of the land taken, his agent or attorney and filed with the county clerk.

SEC. 4. When the county commissioners are satisfied that all claims for damages on any one mile or more continous section line or lines as contemplated in the preced

Same.

No other section lines to be public road.

Vacation of section line

roads.

/cts repealed.

To take effect.

ing section have been withdrawn as therein provided, they shall declare the same an open public road.

SEC. 5. No other section lines in said county shall be public roads, by virtue of this act, or the act to which this is amendatory: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to allow any claim for damages by reason of the location of any road, by this act, or to which this act is amendatory.

SEC. 6. When any portion of any section line in said county, that may become a road by virtue of this act, or the act to which this is amendatory, shall be impracticable, it shall be lawful for the county commissioners of said county to vacate such portion of said section line road upon the petition of not less than five resident householders of the road district in which said road, so sought to be created, is situated.

SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 9, 1875.

Certain lots in Beatrice to be sold.

AN ACT

To amend an act entitled "An act to quiet title to certain portions of the city of Beatrice.

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

SECTION 1. That section twelve of an act entitled "An act to quiet title to certain portions of the city of Beatrice," be so amended as to read as follows: "That any person or persons claiming a conveyance under the