this act, or disregarded any rule, regulation, or order of the live stock agents, or any member thereof; nor shall any animal be paid for by the state which came into the possession of the claimant with the claimant's knowledge that such animal was diseased, or was suspected of being diseased, or having been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease; nor shall any animal belonging to the United States be paid for by the state; Provided further, That in no case shall compensation be allowed to the owner of any animal or animals, when by reasonable diligence, he, his proper agent, or employe, could have protected said animal or animals from being exposed, or to any owner who in person, or by agent, conceals the existence of any contagious or infectious disease among his stock; And provided, further, That no remuneration shall be paid by the state for animals slaughtered for contagious or infectious disease, in any case where the owner or his representative is not the first to notify the proper authorities of the existence of such a disease or a suspicion of the same, among his stock; that no remuneration shall be pd for horses or mules found diseased or suspected of glanders, when such horse or mule have been imported into the state and have not been in the state over six months.

SEC. 13. [Duty of owner of animals.]-It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animals, who discovers, suspects, or has reason to believe that any of his domestic animals, or domestic animals in his charge, are affected with any contagious or infectious disease, to immediately report such fact, belief, or suspicion to the live stock agents, or any member thereof and to the sheriff and county clerk of the county in which such domestic animal is found, and it shall be the duty of any person who discovers the existence of any contagious or infectious disease among the domestic animals of another, to report the same at once to the sheriff. and county clerk of the county in which such domestic animal is found.

SEC. 14. [Duty of sheriff.]-The sheriff to whom the existence of any infectious or contagious disease of domestic animals is reported, shall forthwith proceed to the place where such domestic animal is, and examine the same, and forthwith report the result of such examination to the live stock agents or any member thereof, and shall prescribe such temporary quarantine regulation as will prevent the spreading of the contagion or infection, until the live stock agents can provide and order suitable quarantine rules and regulations. Said sheriff shall receive for such services mileage fees as in other cases, and in each case of quarantine ordered, a further fee of two dollars ($2.00), all of which fees shall be paid by the county where such services were rendered.

SEC. 15. [Importation of diseased animals.]-Any person who shall knowingly bring into this state any domestic animal which is affected with any contagious or infectious disease shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00), nor more than four thousand dollars ($4000.00).

SEC. 16. [Obstructing officers in discharge of their duties.] -Any person who owns or is in possession of live stock which is, or which is suspected reported to be, affected with any infectious or contagious disease, who shall refuse to allow the veterinarian, or other authorized officer or officers, in any examination of, or in an attempt to examine such stock, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars 100.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

SEC. 17. [Running at large, etc.]-Any person who shall have in his possession any domestic animal affected with any contagious or infectious disease, knowing such animal to be so affected, or after having received notice that such animal Is so affected, who shall permit such animal to run at large, or who shall keep such animal where other domestic animals, not affected by or previously exposed to such disease, ay be exposed to its contagion or infection, or who shall sell, ship, drive, trade, or give away such diseased animal or animals which have been exposed to such infection or

contagion, or who shall move or drive away any domestic animal in violation of any direction, rule, regulation, or order establishing and regulating quarantine, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined, in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each of such diseased or exposed domestic animals which he shall permit to run at large, or keep, or sell, drive, trade, or give away, in violation of the provisions of this act; Provided, That any owner of any domestic animal which has been affected with or exposed to any contagious or infectious disease, may dispose of the same after having obtained from the veterinarian a bill of health for such animal.

SEC. 18. [Certificate for stock killed.]-When any live stock shall be appraised and killed by order of the live stock agents they shall issue to the owner of the live stock so killed a certificate showing the number and kind and general description of animals killed, and the amount to which holder is entitled, and report the same to the auditor of state, and upon presentation of such certificate to the auditor, he shall draw his warrant on the treasurer for the amount therein stated, payable out of any money appropriated for the live stock indemnity fund..

SEC. 19. [Live stock diseased-Transportation prohibited.]— Whenever the governor of the state shall have good reason to believe that any dangerous, contagious, or infectious disease has become epizootic in certain localities in other states or territories or counties, or that there are conditions which render such domestic animals from such infected districts liable to convey such disease, he shall by proclamation prohibit the transportation of any live stock of the kind diseased into the state, except under such rules and regulations as may from time to time be prescribed by the live stock agents; and all such animals arriving in this state shall be examined without delay by the veterinary surgeon, or the live stock agents.

SEC. 20. [Duties of owners of stock yards.]-The owners of any public stock yards doing business in this state, when requested by the live stock agents, shall appoint, and keep constantly in their employ, at their expense, a competent inspector of live stock, whose duty it shall be to daily inspect, with care, all animals brought into the stock yards, in whose employ any such inspector may be, under such rules and regulations as may from time to time be prescribed by the live stock agents; and upon the discharge by such inspector, in such yards, of any animals affected with any malignant, contagious, or infectious disease, he shall direct the manner in which any such diseased animals shall be disposed of, so as to prevent the spread of any such contagious or infectious disease, and for this purpose may cause any such diseased animals to be killed, and the carcasses to be disposed of at the expense of the owner thereof; but in no event shall any such diseased stock be permitted to be driven or shipped out of any such stock yards, except to some rendering establishment, or other suitable place for killing or disposing of such diseased animal, as hereinbefore provided for, and then under such regulations and restrictions as may be necessary to prevent the spread of the disease, on account of which any such animals have been condemned; Provided, That the owner of any animal or animals, ordered to be destroyed by any inspector, shall have the right to appeal from any decision of such inspector to the veterinarian or live stock agents, and during the pendency of such appeal the condemned animals shall be kept in strict quarantine, unless the veterinarian shall decide such stock is not so diseased, then said expenses shall be paid by the owner of such stock yards; And provided further, That no compensation shall be made by the state to the owners of diseased live stock found in public stock yards, and destroyed as herein provided. The inspector of live stock in any public stock yards in this state shall, on demand of the owner of any live stock passing through any such stock yards, furnish to said owner a bill of health, for any live stock by him inspected, as hereinbefore required, and found to be healthy.

SEC. 21. [Power of agents.]-The live stock agents, or veterinarian, shall have the power to call upon any sheriff, under sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable, to execute their orders; and such officers shall obey the orders of said agents, o. veterinarian.

and the officers performing such duties as provided for by this act shall receive compensation therefor, prescribed by law for like services, to be paid as other expenses of said commission, as hereinbefore provided; and any officer may arrest without a warrant, and take before any magistrate of the county, any person found violating the provisions of this act, and such officers shall immediately notify the county attorney of such arrest, and he shall prosecute the person so offending according to law.

SEC. 22. [Penalty.]-Except as otherwise provided in this act, any person who shall violate, disregard, or evade, or attempt to violate, disregard, or evade any of the provisions of this act, or who shall violate, disregard, or evade any of the rules, regulations, orders, or directions of the live stock agents, establishing and governing quarantine, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred ($100), nor more than five thousand ($5,000) dollars.

SEC. 23. [Taxes.]-There shall be levied and assessed upon the assessed value of all taxable property in the state in each year, one-fourth (4) of one (1) mill, on each and every dollar thereof, to be known as the live stock indemnity fund tax. Said tax to be assessed and collected in the same manner, and at the same time as is now or may be prescribed by law for the assessment and collection of state revenue..

SEC. 24. [Same.]-It shall be the duty of the county treasurers of the several counties to preserve the fund thus provided for as a separate fund, and to transmit the same as now required by law to the state treasurer, who shall keep the same in a fund to be known as the live stock indemnity fund.

SEC. 25. [Oaths and affirmations.]-For the purpose of this act each oneof the live stock agents and the veterinarian is hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths and affirmations.

SEC. 26. [Co-operation with general government.]-That the live stock agents be authorized and directed to co-operate with the commissioner of agriculture of the United States, or any officer or authority of the general government in the suppression and extirpation of any and all contagious diseases among domestic animals, and in the enforcement and execution of any and all acts of congress to prevent the importation or exportation of diseased cattle, and the spread of infectious or contagious diseases among domestic animals.

SEC. 27. [Limitation.]—The liability of the state for carrying out the provisions of this act in any two years is limited by, and shall in no case exceed the amount especially appropriated for that purpose and that period.

CHAPTER 5.-APPORTIONMENT.

SECTION 1. [Number.]-That the senate shall consist of thirty-three members, and the house of representatives shall consist of one hundred members. [1887, chap. 5.] SEC. 2. [Districts.]-That the state of Nebraska shall be formed into senatorial and representative districts, and senators and representatives shall be apportioned as follows:

SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.

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District No. 1 shall consist of the counties of Richardson and Pawnee, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 2 shall consist of the counties of Nemaha and Johnson, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 3 shall consist of the county of Otoe, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 4. shall consist of the county of Cass, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 5 shall consist of the counties of Saunders and Sarpy, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 6 shall consist of the county of Douglas, and be entitled to three senators. District No. 7 shall consist of the counties of Cuming and Burt, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 8 shall consist of the counties of Dixon, Dakota, Knox, Cedar, and Thurston, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 9 shall consist of the counties of Antelope, Boone, and Greeley, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 10 shall consist of the county of Washington and Dodge, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 11 shall consist of the counties of Wayne, Stanton, Madison, and Pierce, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 12 shall consist of the counties of Platte and Colfax, and be entitled to one senator. trict No. 13 shall consist of the counties of Holt, Garfield, Wheeler, and the unorganized territory north of Holt and Keya Paha, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 14 shall consist of the counties of Brown, Keya Paha, Cherry, Sheridan, Dawes, Box Butte, and Sioux, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 15 shall consist of the counties of Custer, Valley, Loup, and Blaine, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 16 shall consist of the counties of Buffalo and Sherman, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 17 shall consist of the counties of Hall and Howard, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 18 shall consist of the counties of Polk, Merrick, and Nance, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 19 shall consist of the counties of Butler and Seward, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 20 shall consist of the county of Lancaster and be entitled to two senators. District No. 21 shall consist of the county of Gage, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 22 shall consist of the county of Saline, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 23 shall consist of the counties of Jefferson and Thayer, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 24 shall consist of the counties of York and Fillmore, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 25 shall consist of the counties of Clay and Hamilton, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 26 shall consist of the counties of Nuckolls, Webster, and Franklin, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 27 shall consist of the county of Adams, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 28 shall consist of the counties of Kearney, Phelps, and Harlan, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 29 shall consist of the counties of Furnas, Red Willow, Hitchcock, Dundy, Gosper, Frontier, Chase, and Hayes, and be entitled to one senator. District No. 30 shall consist of the counties of Dawson, Lincoln, Keith, Cheyenne, Logan, and the unorganized territory west of Blaine and Logan, and be entitled to one senator.

SECS. 1-3. "An act to district the state into senatorial and representative districts, and for the apportionment of senators and representatives, and to ix the number of the same and to repeal sections 1 and 2 of chapter 5 of the compiled statutes of Nebraska." Took effect July 1, 1887. [Laws 1887, chap. 5.] By this act Sarpy county is omitted. It retains its representation, however, under preceding act [Comp. Stat., 1881], and is entitled to one representative. State v. Van Duyn, 24 Neb., 586.

REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.

District No. 1 shall consist of the county of Richardson, and be entitled to three representatives. District No. 2 shall consist of the county of Pawnee, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 3 shall consist of the county of Nemaha, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 4 shall consist of the county of Johnson, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 5 shall consist of the counties of Nemaha and Johnson, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 6 shall con

sist of the county of Otoe, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 7 shall. consist of the county of Cass, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 8 shall consist of the counties of Cass and Otoe, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 9 shall consist of the county of Sarpy, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 10 shall consist of the county of Douglas, and be entitled to nine representatives. District No. 11 shall consist of the county of Washington, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 12 shall consist of the county of Burt, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 13 shall consist of the counties of Burt and Wash-ington, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 14 shall consist of the county of Dodge, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 15 shall consist of the county of Cuming, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 16 shall consist of the counties of Cuming, Dakota, and Thurston, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 17 shall consist of the counties of Wayne and Stanton, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 18 shall consist of the county of Dixon, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 19 shall consist of the counties of Cedar and. Pierce, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 20 shall consist of the county of Knox, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 21 shall consist of the county of Antelope, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 22 shall consist of the county of Boone, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 23 shall consist of the county of Madison, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 24 shall consist of the county of Platte, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 25 shall consist of the counties of Platte and Nance, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 26 shall consist of the county of Colfax, and be entitled to onerepresentative. District No. 27 shall consist of the county of Saunders, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 28 shall consist of the county of Butler, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 29 shall consist of the county of Seward, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 30 shall consist of the county of Lancaster, and be entitled to five representatives. District No. 31 shall consist of the county of Saline, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 32 shall consist of the county of Gage, and be entitled to three representatives. District No. 33 shall consist of the counties of Gage, and Saline and be entitled to one representative. District. No. 34 shall consist of the county of Jefferson, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 35 shall consist of the county of Thayer, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 36 shall consist of the counties of Thayer and Jefferson, and be en-titled to one representative. District No. 37 shall consist of the county of Fillmore, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 38 shall consist of the county of York, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 39 shall consist of the county of Polk, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 40 shall consist of the county of Merrick, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 41 shall consist of the county of Hamilton, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 42 shall consist of the county of Clay, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 43 shall. consist of the county of Nuckolls, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 44 shall consist of the county of Webster, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 45 shall consist of the county of Adams, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 46 shall consist of the counties of Webster and Adams, and be entitled to one representative. District No. 47 shall consist of the county of Hall, and be entitled to two representatives. District No. 48 shall consist of the county of Howard, and be