5109 SEC. 17. [Conditions.] The said consent is given and the said jurisdiction ceded upon the express condition that the State of Nebraska shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the said land, so far as that all civil process in all cases, and such criminal or other process as may issue under the laws or authority of the state of Nebraska against any person or persons charged with crimes or misdemeanors committed within said state, may be executed there n in the same way and manner as if such consent had not been given, or jurisdiction ceded, except so far as such process may affect the real and personal property of the United States. [Id., § 3.]

5110 SEC., 18. [Title-Exemption.] The jurisdiction hereby ceded shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired the title to the said lands by purchase, grant, or condemnation, and so long as the said land shall remain the property of the United States when acquired as aforesaid, and no longer, the same shall be and continue exonerated from all taxes, assessments, and other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this state. [Id., § 4.]

5111 SEC. 19. [Post office and court house in Omaha.] That the consent of the state of Nebraska is hereby given to the purchase or condemnation by the United States of such land in the city of Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska, not exceeding one block in extent, as may hereafter be selected by the United States, as a site for a postoffice, or postoffice and court house. [1889, chap. 63.]

5112 SEC. 20. [Jurisdiction ceded.] The jurisdiction of the state of Nebraska in and over the land mentioned in the preceding section, when purchased or condemned by the United States, shall be and the same is hereby ceded to the United States; Provided, That the jurisdiction hereby ceded shall continue no longer than the said United States shall own or occupy the said land. [Id., § 2.]

5113 SEC. 21. [Conditions.] The said consent is given and the said jurisdiction ceded upon the express condition that the State of Nebraska shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the said land, so far as that all civil process in all cases, and such criminal or other process as may issue under the laws or authority of the state of Nebraska against any person or persons charged with crimes or misdemeanors committed within said state, may be executed therein in the same way and manner as if such consent had not been given, or jurisdiction ceded, except so far as such process may affect the real and personal property of the United States. [Id., § 3.]

5114 SEC. 22. [Title-Exemption.] The jurisdiction hereby ceded shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired the title to the said lands by purchase, grant, or condemnation, and so long as the said land shall remain the property of the United States when acquired as aforesaid, and no longer, the same shall be and continue exonorated from all taxes, assessments, and other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of the state. [Id., § 4.]

5115 SEC. 23. [Military reservation.] That the consent of the state of Nebraska is hereby given to the purchase or condemnation by the United States of such land in Sarpy, Washington, or Douglas county, Nebraska, not exceeding one thousand acres in extent, as may hereafter be selected by the United States, as a site for a military post and reservation. [1889, chap. 64.]

5116 SEC. 24. [Jurisdiction ceded.] The jurisdiction of the state of

SECS. 19-22. "An act granting the consent of the state of Nebraska to the purchase or condemnation by the United States of a block of ground in Omaha for the purpose of the erection of a postoffice or rostoffice and court house at Omaha, and ceding jurisdiction thereof to the United States." Passed and took effect March 21, 1889. Laws, 1889, chap. 63.

SECS. 23-26. "An act granting the consent of the state of Nebraska to the purchase or condemnation by the United States of a tract of land in Sarpy, Washington, or Douglas counties, for a military post and reservation. and ceding jurisdiction thereof to the United States." Laws, 1889, chap. 64. Took effect March 30, 1889.

Nebraska in and over the land mentioned in the preceding section, when purchased or condemned by the United States, shall be and the same hereby is ceded to the United States; Provided, That the jurisdiction hereby ceded shall continue no longer than the said United States shall own or occupy the said land. [Id., § 2.]

5117 SEC. 25. [Conditions.] The said consent is given and the said jurisdiction ceded upon the express condition that the state of Nebraska shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the said land, so far as that all civil process in all cases, and such criminal or other process as may issue under the laws or authority of the state of Nebraska against any person or persons charged with crimes or misdemeanors committed within said state, may be executed therein in the same way and manner as if such consent had not been given, or jurisdiction ceded, except so far as such process may affect the real and personal property of the United States. [Id., § 3.]

5118 SEC. 26. [Title-Exemption.] The jurisdiction hereby ceded shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired the title to the said lands by purchase, grant, or condemnation, and so long as the said land shall remain the property of the United States when acquired as aforesaid and no longer, the same shall be and continue exonerated from all taxes, assessments, and other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this state. [Id., § 4.]

ARTICLE XIV.-POPULAR NAME-FLORAL EMBLEM.

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5119 SECTION 1. WHEREAS, The state of Nebraska has heretofore, in a popular sense, been designated by names not in harmony with its history, industry, ambition; and WHEREAS, The state of Nebraska is pre-eminently a tree planting state; and WHEREAS, Numerous, worthy, and honorable state organizations have by resolution designated Nebraska as the "Tree Planters state;" Therefore, Be it Resolved by the Legislature of the state of Nebraska:

That Nebraska shall hereafter in a popular sense be known and referred to as the "Tree Planters State." [Laws, 1895, chap. 119.]

5120 SEC. 2. WHEREAS, the adoption of a state floral emblem by the authority of the legislature would foster a feeling of pride in our state, and stimulate an interest in the history and traditions of the commonwealth, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that, the Senate concurring, we, the Legislature of Nebraska hereby declare the flower commonly known as the "Golden Rod" (Solidago Serotina) to be the floral emblem of the state. [Laws, 1895, chap. 120.]

SEC. 1. A joint resolution to designate Nebraska in a popular sense "The Tree Planters State." Approved April 4, 1895. Laws, 1895, chap. 119. SEC. 2. A concurrent resolution "To designate a floral emblem for the State of Nebraska." Approved April 4, 1895. Laws, 1895, chap. 120.

CHAPTER 84.-STATE CEMETERY.

5121 SECTION 1. [Lands set apart.] That eighty acres of the lands belonging to the state of Nebraska to be selected as hereinafter provided, be and the same are hereby set apart for the uses and purposes of a state cemetery at or near Lincoln, the capital of the state. [1869, 250. G. S., 1026.]

5122 SEC. 2. [Trustees-Elections.] That at the election for city officers of said city of Lincoln, occurring next after the passage of this act, the qualified voters of said city shall elect three trustees, to be known as trustees of the state cemetery," one of whom shall hold his office for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, the term of service of each respectively to be decided by lot, so that one of said trustees shall be elected annually by the qualified voters aforesaid, at each annual election for city officers of said city thereafter occurring. Said trustees shall be a body corporate, with power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and acquire, and hold, or convey property, real and personal, for all purposes consistent with the provisions of this act.

5123 SEC. 3. [Site-Selection.] That within sixty days from the passage of this act, said trustees shall select, subject to the approval of the governor, a site for said cemetery, not more than three miles distant from the state capitol building, which said site, when so selected as aforesaid, shall be conveyed by the governor to said trustees, to be held, used and controlled by them for the benefit of the state, and for the uses and purposes herein set forth.

5124 SEC. 4. [Survey-Divisions-Sale of lots.] Said trustees shall cause the said lands to be laid off and platted by a competent surveyor, to be by them selected, and shall set apart, in suitable subdivisions, not less than fifty acres of said cemetery, to be devoted as burial places for the inmates of the various benevolent or other public institutions of the state, which are, or may hereafter be located at Lincoln. The residue of said cemetery, not exceeding thirty acres shall be set apart as a burial ground for the uses and purposes of the citizens of Lincoln, and shall be subdivided and platted by said trustees, and sold, in lots of suitable size, and upon such terms and at such prices as said trustees may prescribe, to citizens of Lincoln, the proceeds of such lots so be devoted, under the direction of said trustees, to the improvement and ornamentation of the grounds, and for such other purposes, consistent with the provisions of this act, as they may determine.

5125 SEC. 5. [Land sold-Proceeds.] That eighty acres of land belonging to the state, in addition to the cemetery site, hereinafter provided for, to be selected by the governor, shall be sold at public or private sale, as the governor may determine, the proceeds of said sale to be by the governor paid over to said trustees, to be by them expended in suitably enclosing and ornamenting with forest trees, evergreens, and shrubery, the cemetery grounds aforesaid.

5126 SEC. 6. [Sexton.] The said trustees shall have power to employ a sexton to take charge of said cemetery, and keep the same in good order and repair, and superintend the setting out of trees, and the care of the same, and perform such other duties as said trustees shall prescribe, and they shall pay to said sexton such salary, out of the proceeds of the sale of lots or lands herein provided for, as they shall deem just and reasonable.

5127 SEC. 7. [Trustees-Powers.] Said trustees shall have power to prescribe all needful rules and regulations for the government of said cemetery grounds,

CHAP. 84. "An act to provide a state cemetery at Lincoln." Laws, 1869, p. 250.

and for the burial of the dead from the various public institutions of the state, in the subdivisions set apart by them for that purpose, and to do and perform such other duties, consistent with the objects herein contemplated, as they shall deem necessary for the good government of the same.

5128 SEC. 8. [Soldiers', etc., burial place.] That a piece or parcel of land not exceeding in extent one acre not otherwise used or appropriated, in such place and in such form as shall be selected and agreed upon between the trustees of Wyuka cemetery and a committee to be selected by the Grand Army of the Republic of Lincoln, Nebraska, is hereby appropriated and dedicated, to the use and for the purpose of a soldiers' burial ground, said grounds to be selected in the above described, out of the south half of the east half (3) of the southeast quarter (4) of section nineteen (19), township No. ten (10), range seven (7), east of the sixth P. M., otherwise known as Wyuka cemetery; and said plot of ground shall be used for the burial of all such honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, marines, and army nurses as they or their friends shall desire to bury therein, together with such members of their immediate families, as said committee from the Grand Army of the Republic shall direct. [1893, chap. 34, § 1.]

5129 SEC. 9. [Same-Control.] Said soldiers' burial ground shall be under the joint control of the board of trustees of Wyuka cemetery and such committee as shall be designated by the Grand Army of the Republic of Lincoln, Nebraska, and shall be at all times subject to all rules and regulation of Wyuka cemetery. [Id., $ 2.

SECS. 8, 9. "An act appropriating and setting aside certain lands in Wyuka cemetery as a burial place for de ceased union soldiers of the war of the rebellion." Laws, 1893, chap. 84. Passed and took effect March 15, 183.

CHAPTER 84a.-STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

5130 SECTION 1. [Organization.] That the "Nebraska State Historical Society," an organization now in existence-Robt. W. Furnas, president; James M. Woolworth and Elmer S. Dundy, vice presidents; Samuel Aughey, secretary, and W. W. Wilson, treasurer, their associates and successors-be, and the same is hereby recognized as a state institution. [1883, chap. XCV.]

5131 SEC. 2. [Reports.] That it shall be the duty of the president and secretary of said institution to make annually reports to the governor, as required by other state institutions. Said report to embrace the transactions and expenditures of the organization, together with all historical addresses, which have been or may hereafter be read before the society or furnished it as historical matter, or data of the state or adjacent western regions of country.

5132 SEC. 3. [Same.] That said reports, addresses, and papers shall be published at the expense of the state, and distributed as other similar official reports, a reasonable number to be decided by the state and society, to be furnished said society for its use and distribution.

CHAP. 81α "An act to aid and encourage the 'Nebraska State Historical Society.'" Laws, 1883, chap. XCV. Bee also secs. 14 and 15, chap. 85.