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SEC. 2. Any person who is in default as collector and cus- todian of public money or property, shall not be eligible to any office of trust or profit under the constitution or laws of this State; nor shall any person convicted of telony be eligible to office unless he shall have been restored to civil rights.
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SEC. 3. Drunkenness shall be cause of impeachment and remoyal from office.
ARTICLE [XVII.]-AMENDMENTS.
SECTION 1. Either branch of the legislature may propose amendments to this constitution, and if the same be agreed to by three-fifths of the members elected to each house, such proposed amendments shall be entered on the journals, with the yeas and nays, and published at least once each week in at least one newspaper in each county, where a newspaper is published, for three months immediately preceding the next election of senators and representatives, at which election the same shall be submitted to the electors for approval or rejection, and if a majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendments, the same shall become a part of this constitution. When more than one amendment is submitted at the same election, they shall be so submit- ted as to enable the electors to vote on each amendment separately.
SEC. 2. When three-fifths of the members elected to each branch of the legislature deem it necessary to call a conven-
CON- tion to revise, amend, or change this constitution,
VEN- they shall recommend to the electors to vote at
CONSTI-
TION the next election of members of the legislature for TO RE- or against a convention ; and if a majority voting VISE at said election vote for a convention, the legisla- TUTION. ture shall, at its next session, provide by law for calling the same. The convention shall consist of as many members as the house of representatives, who shall be chosen in the same manner, and shall meet within three months after their election for the purpose aforesaid. No amendment or change of this constitution, agreed upon by such convention, shall take effect until the same has been submitted to the electors of the State, and adopted by a majority of those voting for and against the same.
ARTICLE [XVIII. ] -- SCHEDULE.
SECTION 1. That no inconvenience may arise from the re- visions and changes made in the constitution of this State. and to carry the same into effect, it is hereby ordained and declared that all laws in force at the time of the adoption of this constitution, not inconsistent therewith, and all rights, actions, prosecutions, claims, and contracts of this State, individuals or bodies corporate, shall continue to be as valid as if this constitution had not been adopted.
SEC. 2. All fines, taxes, penalties, and forfeitures owing to the State of Nebraska, or to the people thereof, under the present constitution and laws, shall inure to the use of the people of the State of Nebraska, under this constitution.
SEC. 3. Recognizances, bonds, obligations, and all other
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instruments entered into or executed upon the adoption of this constitution, to the people of the State of Nebraska, to the State of Nebraska, to any state or county officer, or public body, shall remain binding and valid, and rights and liabilities upon the same shall continue : and all crimes and misdemeanors shall be tried and punished as though no change had been made in the constitution of this State.
SEC. 4. All existing courts which are not in this constitu- tion specifically enumerated, and concerning which no other provision is herein made, shall continue in existence, and exercise their present jurisdiction until otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 5. All persons now filling any office or appointment shall continue in the exercise of the duties thereof, accord- ing to their respective commissions, elections, or appoint- ments, unless by this constitution it is otherwise directed.
SEC. 6. The district attorneys now in office shall continue during their unexpired terms to hold and exercise the duties of their respective offices in the judicial districts herein cre- ated, in which they severally reside. In each of the remain- ing districts one such officer shall be elected at the first gen- eral election, and hold his office until the expiration of the terms of those now in office.
SEC. 7. This constitution shall be submitted to the peo- ple of the State of Nebraska, for adoption or rejection, at an election to be held on the second Tuesday of October, A.D., 1875, and there shall be separately submitted at the same time, for adoption or rejection, the independent arti- cle relating to "Seat of government," and the independent article "Allowing electors to express their preference for United States senator."
SEC. 8. At said election the qualified electors shall vote at the usual places of voting, and the said election shall be conducted and the returns thereof made according to the laws now in force regulating general elections, except as herein otherwise provided.
SEC. 9. The secretary of state shall, at least twenty days before said election, cause to be delivered to the county clerk of each county, blank poll-books, tally lists, and fornis of returns, and twice as many of properly prepared printed ballots for the said election as there are voters in such county, the expense whereof shall be audited and paid as other public printing ordered by the secretary as is by law required to be audited and paid; and the several county clerks shall, at least five days before said election, cause to be distributed to the judges of election, in each election pre- cinct in their respective counties, said blank poll-books, tally lists, forms of return, and tickets.
SEC. 10. At the said election the ballots shall be of the following form :
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For the new constitution.
Against the new constitution.
For the article relating to "Seat of government."
Against the article relating to " Seat of government."
For the article " Allowing electors to express their prefer- ence for United States senators."
Against the article "Allowing the electors to express their preference for United States senators."
SEC. 11. The returns of the whole vote cast, and of the votes for the adoption or rejection of this constitu- tion, and for or against the articles respectfully submit- ted shall be made by the several county clerks to the secretary of state, within fourteen days after the election, and the returns of the said vote shall within three days thereafter, be examined and canvassed by the president of this convention, the secretary of state, and the governor, or any two of them, and proclamation shall be made forthwith by the governor, or the president of this convention, of the result of the canvass.
SEC. 12. If it shall appear that a majority of the votes polled are "for the new constitution," then so much of this new constitution as was not separately submitted to be voted on by article shall be the supreme law of the State of Ne- braska, on and after the first day of November, A.D. 1875. Butif it shall appear that a majority of the votes polled were "against the new constitution," the whole thereof, including the articles separately submitted, shall be null and void. If the votes "for the new constitution " shall adopt the same, and it shall appear that a majority of the votes polled are for the article relating to the "seat of government," said article shall be a part of the constitution of this State. If the votes "for the new constitution" shall adopt the same and it shall appear that the majority of the votes polled are for the article "allowing electors to express their preference for United States senator," said article shall be a part of the constitution of this State.
SEC. 13. The general election of this State shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November of each year. All state, district, county, precinct, and town- ship officers, by the constitution or laws made elective by the people, except school district officers and municipal of- ficers in cities, villages, and towns, shall be elected at a gen- eral election to be held as aforesaid. Judges of the supreme, district, and county courts, all elective county and precinct officers, and all other elective officers, the time for the elec- tion of whom is not herein otherwise provided for, and which are not included in the above exception, shall be elected at the first general election, and thereafter at the general election next preceding the time of the termination of their respective terms of office; Provided, That the of- fice of no county commissioner shall be vacated hereby.
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SEC. 14. The terms of office of all state and county of- ficers, or judges of the supreme, district and county courts,
TERMS and regents of the university shall begin on the
OF OF- first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January FICE. next succeeding their election. The present state and county officers, members of the legislature, and regents of the university, shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
SEC. 15. The supreme, district, and county courts estab- lished by this constitution shall be the successors respect- ively of the supreme court, the district courts, and the probate courts, having jurisdiction under the existing con- stitution.
SEC. 16. The supreme, district, and probate courts now in existence shall continue, and the judges thereof shall exercise the power and retain their present jurisdiction until the courts provided for by this constitution shall be organ- ized.
SEC. 17. All cases, matters, and proceedings pending and undetermined in the several courts, and all records, judg- ments, orders, and decrees remaining therein, are hereby transferred to and shall be proceeded and enforced in and by the successors thereof respectively.
SEC. 18. If this constitution be adopted, the existing con- stitution shall cease in all its provisions on the first day of November, A.D. 1875.
SEC. 19. The provisions of this constitution required to be executed prior to the adoption or rejection thereof shall take effect and bein force immediately.
SEC. 20. The legislature shall pass all laws necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this constitution.
SEC. 21. On the taking effect of this constitution, all state officers hereby continued in office shall, before proceeding in the further discharge of their duties, take an oath or affirm- ation to support this constitution.
SEC. 22. The regents of the university shall be elected at the first general election under this constitution, and be classified by lot so that two sball hold their offices for the term of two years, two for the term of four years, and two for the term of six years.
SEC. 23. The present executive state officers shall continue in office until the executive state officers provided for in this constitution shall be elected and qualified.
SEC. 24. The returns of the whole vote cast for the judges of the supreme and district courts, district attorneys, and re- gents of the university, under the first general election, shall be made by the several county clerks to the secretary of state within fourteen daysafter theelection ; and the returns of the said votes shall, within three days thereafter, be ex- amined and canvassed by the governor, secretary of state,
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and the president of this convention, or any two of them, and certificates of election shall forthwith be issued by the secretary of state to the persons found to be elected.
SEC. 25. The auditor shall draw the warrants of the State quarterly for the payment of the salaries of all officers under this constitution, whose compensation isnot otherwise pro- vided for, which shall be paid out of any funds not other- wise appropriated.
SEC. 26. Until otherwise provided by law, the judges of the district court shall fix the time of holding courts in their respective districts.
SEC. 27. The members of the first legislature under this constitution shall be elected in the year 1876.
SEC. 28. This constitution shall be enrolled and deposited in the office of the secretary of state, and printed copies thereof shall be prefixed to the books containing the laws of the State, and all future editions thereof.
PROPOSITIONS SEPARATELY SUBMITTED.
ALLOWING ELECTORS TO EXPRESS THEIR PREFERENCE FOR UNITED STATES SENATORS.
The legislature may provide that at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of a term of a United States senator from this State, the electors may by ballot, express their preference for some person for the office of Uni- ted States senator. The votes cast for such candidates shall be canvassed and returned in the same manner as for state officers.
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
The seat of government of the State shall not be removed or re-located without the assent of a majority of the electors of the State, voting thereupon at a general election or elec- tions, under such rules and regulations as to the number of elections and manner of voting, and places to be voted for, as may be prescribed by law; Provided, The question of removal may be submitted at such other general elections as may be provided by law.
Done in convention at Lincoln, June 12, 1875.
J. L. WEBSTER, President of Convention, GUY A. BROWN, Secretary.
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INDEX.
Abstracts of votes, 118. Acquisition of territory, 36- 38.
Acres, school land, 119, note 3, 120.
Acts. when in force, 140. Adjonrument, 142. Administrative business, Federal, 127-129. Adobe, 15. Adoption of constitution, 97.
Adoption of statutes, 53. Agriculture, 59, 71-73. Agricultural college, 150. Aliens, 113, 135.
Alluviun, 15. Amendments, 157. American for trade, 30. Animal life, 18. Annual school meeting, 83. Annual town meeting, 95. Anti-cyclone, 11.
Antelope, 18.
Antiquity of Nebraska his- tory, 27. Appeals, U. S. courts, 126; concerning claims upon treasury, 152; in general, 147. Appointment of city officers, 88.
Apportionment, 67, 103, 104, 129, 136. Appropriations, 57, 140. Arbor day, 18. Area of Nebraska, 2. Area of highest tempera- tures, 7. Ashley's expedition, 30. Attacks of Indians, 25. At large, 88.
Attorney general, 141, 144, 145, 149.
Auditor of public accounts, 141, 144, 161. Australian ballot law, 102.
Bail, 134. Ballot, Australian, 102, 116. Ballots, 117, 118.
Banking system, 129. Base lines, 79.
Battles, Indian, 23-24.
Beginning of Territory, 39, 40, 49.
Bill of attainder, 135. Bill of rights, 98, note 1; 133-135.
Birds, 19.
Bison, meaning of word, 18.
Blind, institute for, 122.
Blizzard, 10, 11.
Bridges, township organiza- tion, 95.
British Columbia, origin of storms, 11. Boards: of equalization, state, 104; state printing, 105; of transportation, 102, note 2, 105 ; of public lands, 104, 144; of state canvassers, 119. Bonds, 145; state, 155. Books, school, 84, note 1. Booths, election, 116, note, 117. Boundaries, of State, 2, 3, of territory, 47.
Buffalo : hunting, 18, 22; word used for bison, 18. Burt, Francis, 49.
Candidates, 114, 115. Canvassers, state, of elec- tion, 119.
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Capital, effect of high rate of tax upon, 112.
Capital fight, 54, 57; loca- tion of, 161.
Carboniferous rocks, 13.
Care of unfortunates, 122, 124. Cattle thieving, 25. Caucus, 114.
Census, 136.
Center of State, elevation of, 5. Centralized government, 94. Certificate of citizenship, 116.
Cession of land, by Indians, 22.
Cession of Louisiana, 37. Chalk rock, 14.
Challengers, elections, 116.
Chancery, 102, note 1, 146. Charitable institutions, 122. Cheyenne River, 6.
Chief justices, 65, note 2, 146.
Cibola, cities of, 27, 28.
Circuit courts, 126, 127.
Circuit justices, 126.
Cities, 86-89; executive, 87;
judiciary, 89; growth of,
70; registration of, 115; residence, 112, 113 ; school districts, 85.
Citizens, 113, 148.
Civil code, 54.
Civil government of Nebras- ka, 77-161.
Civil service reform, 127- 128.
Civil war, effect on Indians, 24-25.
Clerks, election, 117; hire, 145.
Climate, 1, 7-11.
Coal measures, 12, 13.
Cobb, Amasa, 644, note 2.
Codes, criminal and civil, re- peal of, 54. Cold with blizzards, 11. Colorado group, 14.
Colorado territory, 49. Commerce between states, 128.
Commissioner, system, 91- 94; districts, 93.
Commissioners: of public lands, 141, 144, 145; of school land, 149.
Committee, central, 114; in legislation, 103; of the
whole, 100, note.
Common schools, 149-151.
Commutation, 143.
Composites in Nebraska, 17.
Compromise of 1850, 41.
Compromise, Missouri, 41.
Corruption of blood, 99, note 2. Congress, 129-131.
Congressional : district con- vention, 115; townships, 79.
Congressmen, 129-131. Constables, 93.
Constitution, 133-161;
adoption of, 97; of 1866, 61, 62; of 1871, 63; of 1875, 63, 158; nature of, 97.
Consolidated tax, 110. Contracts, 135.
Conventions, party, 114, 115.
Corn and wheat, 71, 72, 72, note1.
Coronado, 27-28.
Coroner, 93, 94.
Corporation, 82, 83 ; munic- ipal, 154; miscellaneous,
154; powers of, 155; rail- road, 153-154.
Cost, state, 66, 67 ; territory, 56.
Council, of city, 88, 115; territorial, 45, 52.
Country, population, 70.
Count of Penelosa, 29. Counting ballots, 118.
Courses, univers.ty, 121.
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County, 90-95, 152, 153; board of supervisors, 95; clerk, 117, 118, coroner, 93, 94; court. 160; judge, 93, 147 ; origin of, 90 ; sher- iff, 93; superintendent, 94, 120, 121; taxes, limit, 151, 152; treasurer, 110. Court, 134, 135, 145; Fed- eral, 126, 127 ; of impeach- ment, 138, 139.
Covington, elevation, 3. Criminal code, 54.
Crops, effects of blizzards upon, 11. Cuming T. B., acting gov- ernor, 49. Cyclone, 10, 11.
Dakotas, 23. Dakota group, 14.
Days, registration, 115, uote 2.
Deaf and dumb, institute for, 122.
Debt, imprisonment for, 135.
Debt of territory, 56.
Debate, liability of mem- bers, 140.
Deer, 18. Defaulters, public, 156.
Delegation of powers, 96.
Democracy, representation in, 96; theory of, 96.
Departmentsofgovernment, 135.
Desert, Great American, 16. Descent of property, 135. Director of school districts, 84.
Direction of storms, 10. District attorney, 127;
court, 145, 146, 160. Districts: congressional, 129 -130; commissioner, 93; Federal courts, 126 ; of the State, 96, note ; school, 82- 85.
Distribution of funds, 110. Distribution of rainfall, 8. Divides between rivers, 4.
Divisions of townships, 80, 81; into counties, 152. Dog tax, 111.
"Douglas," Lancaster coun- ty, 58, 68. Douglas, Stephen A., 40.
Drainage, 5, 6.
Drawing state money, 140. Drunkenness in public office, 157.
Earliest rocks, 12. Eastern border, elevation, 3. Eastern states, rainfall, 8. Eastern states, size, 2.
Education, 73, 119, 149-
151; provision for inor- ganic act. 45 ; special insti- tutions for, 124.
Effect of Kansas and Ne- braska bill, 41-42.
Elections, 112-119, 135, 159; judges and clerks of, 92, 93; of city officers, 88; of commissioners. 93, note 1; returns, 141. Electioneering, 116. Electors, 112-114, 148. Elevation, 3, 4.
Elk, 18.
Eminent domain, 99, note 3, 154. Enabling act, 61.
Enacting clause, 137.
Endowment, school, 119, 120.
Error, use of word, 99, note 4. Error, writ of, 135.
Evidence, 135.
European countries, size, 2. Excess of ballots, 118.
Executive, 141-145 ; general character, 104; territorial officers, 44.
Exemptions from taxation, 151.
Expedition : W. H. Ashley, 30: Gen. Fremont, 31; Lewis and Clark, 30; Ma- jor Long, Samuel Parker, 30. -
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Expenditure, school, 120, note 3. Explorers, 27-29.
Ex post facto law, 101, note 1.
Expulsion of members of the legislature, 137.
Extent of State, 1, 3; of set- tlements, 59.
Extra compensation, 139.
Farm stock, value of, 60.
Features, physical, 1.
Federal relations, 125-131; courts, 126, 127. Fertility of soil, 15.
Finances of State, 66; of Ter- ritory, 55-57, 59, 60, 151, 152.
Fines, 134. 149-150.
Flora of Nebraska, 15-18.
Folding ballots, 118.
Foreigners, 113.
Forests, 17. Forfeiture, 99, note 2.
Formation of State, 61, 62.
Franchise, 112-114, 135, 148, 149.
Freedom of conscience, 133. Fremont's expedition, 31. French explorations. 29.
Fugitive slave provision, 45, 46.
Funds, school, 149.
Fur trade, 29, 30. Funding state debt, 152.
Games of chance, 140. Gage county, rocks of, 13. Genoa, Mormons, 34. General elections, 159. General legislation, 52, 53. Geographical townships, 79. Gerrymandering, 58, 103, 104.
Glacial drift, 15. Gold hunters, 34, 35.
Governor, 104, 141-145, 149; message, 142 ; Black, 16, 61; Coming, 56; of State, 65, note 1.
Grades of school districts, 84, 85. Grasses, 17.
Grasshoppers, 19.
Great American Desert, 15, 16 Great plains, flora of, 17.
Greeley, A. W., S.
Groups of cretaceous, 14.
Growth of constitutions, 97, 98.
Guide meridians, 78, 79. Guide parallels, 79. Gulf of Mexico, 1.
Habeas corpus, 99, note 1, 134, 146.
Haigler, 4.
" Half breed" tract, 22. High school districts, 84-85.
High area storm, 11. Highest temperature, 7.
Home for the friendless, 123. House of representatives, U. S., 129-131.
Immigration, 58, 59.
Impeachment, 138, 142; of Gov. Butler, 65, 68, note 8. Imprisonment, members of legislature, 137; for debt, 135.
Increase in rainfall, 8; in lenght of session, 64.
Indians, 22-26; troubles of 1890-91, 26; treatment of, 24, 25.
Industrial schools, 122-124. Insane hospitals, 123. Insects, 19.
Indebtedness of State, etc., 155.
Internal revenue, 125, note. Iowa Indians, 23. Iowa Laws, 53.
James, W. H., 65. Jefferson, Thos., 37. John Brown, 55. Journal, 137. Judges: election, 117; of city,89; of county, 93, 147.
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Judicial districts : of State, 105, 146; convention, 115; of U. S., 126, 127. Judiciary of State, 65, 105. Justice of peace, 92, 93, 136, 147. Justice of supreme court, 138.
Jurisdiction ; original, 101, note 2, 146; of U. S. courts, 126-127 ; of courts of State, 145-147. Jury trial, 134.
Kansas: size 2; tornadoes, 11.
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 39- 43, 44-46.
Labor tax, 111. Lacotas, 23.
Land of the Quivera, 28.
Lands: survey, 77; of the State, 140; school, 119, note 3, 149; exempt from taxes, 151.
Law: school, 121; of elec- tions, 116.
Leasing school land, 149.
Legal person, 82, 83.
Legal voters, schools, 83.
Legislation, character of; 102-104; of territory, 52, of State, 64, 65, 137, 138. Legislative department, 136 -141. Legislature, 45, 119, note 1, 142.
Leguminosæ, 17. Length of session, 64, 136. Levy, 110.
Lewis and Clark, 22, 30. Liability of members of cor- porations, 155. Librarian, state, 146. Licenses, 111, 149-150.
Lieutenant governor, 141- 145 Lincoln, location of capital, 68. Lines of elevation, 4.
Liquor laws, 54. Lobbying, 103. Location of capital, 57, 67, 68, 161. Locusts, 19, 20. Læss, 15. Log rolling, 103.
Longest distance, 3.
Long's expedition, 16, 30.
Lotteries, 140.
Lot, to decide tie, 119.
Louisiana purchase, 36-38.
Low area storm, 10, 11. Low valuation, 111.
Malfeasance in office, 143. Mallet brothers, 29. Mammals, 18.
Mansfield, 4.
Manufactures, 59, 72.
Maps: geology, 13; rivers, 6; elevations, 4; territory, 48, 50; state judicial dis- tricts, 106; congressional districts, 130.
Marking ballots, 117. Marquette, Father, 29. Marl, 15.
Mayor, power of, 89.
Meeting, anuual town, 95; county board of supervis- ors, 95.
Members of Congress, 66, notes 1 and 2.
Membership, state legisla- ture, 64, 65; territorial legislature, 52.
Meridians, 77-80.
Merrill, Moses, 31. Message, 142.
Metropolitan cities, 87-89.
Military, 125, 135, 136, 143, 148, 156. Milford home, 123. Minnesota, size, 2. Missouri Compromise, 40, 41, 46.
Missouri River, 2, 3. Missouri Indians, 22. Missouri, state, 11.
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Missionaries, 31. Mississippi River, 36.
Moderator, 84.
Money-bills, 137.
Money of State, 140.
Mormons, 33, 34.
Morton, J. S., 58. Muck, 15.
Municipal corporations, 86; rights, 154-155.
Names Platte and Nebraska, 5.
Napoleon, 37.
Naturalization, 113.
Nebraska : Animals, 18;
birds, 19; boundaries, 3, 36; climate, 7; drainage, 5; elevation, 3 ; explorers, 27-30; fora. 16-18; In- dians, 22-26; insects, 19; missionaries, 31; name suggested for Territory, 39, note 1; population, 70, note, and 71, note 3; physical features, 1-20; ramfall, 8; rocks, 12; set- tlement, 58, 59, 71, note 4; sız, 2 ; slope, 3, 4 ; soils, 15; State, formation of, 61; storms, 10, 11; sur- vey of, 78, 79; tempera- ture, 7; Territory of, 47- 60; traders, 30; winds, 9. Nebraska Bill in congress, 39-42.
New ballot law, 116-117.
Niobrara River: elevation, 5; word Niobrara, 5. No-drainage lands, 6. Nominations, 114. 115, 142.
Normal school, 120, note 1. Northern boundary, 2.
Notaries public, 136.
Notice of impeachment, 138.
November elections, 159. Number senators, 136.
Oath of office, 156.
Object of publicinstitutions, 123.
Offenses, criminal, 134, Officers: election, 117; of cities, 88; of house of leg- islature, 137, of town, 95, note 1; of villages, 87. Official ballots, 117.
Omaha, elevation, 3; Indi- aus, 22: smelting works, 72.
Ogalallas, 23. Ordinance of 1787, proto- type of Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 44.
Organic act, 44. Origin of county, 90.
Original jurisdiction, 101; note 2, 145. Otoe Indians, 22.
Pardons, 143.
Parker's expedition, 30.
Party conventions. 114, 115. Parties, effect of Nebraska Bill upon, 41.
Pawnee Indians, 22, 23.
Peddlers, 111.
Penal institutions. 123, 124. Penalties, 135, 149, 150. Penelosa, 29 Penitentiary, 123.
Permanent home of locusts, 20.
Permian Age, 13.
Petition, 135.
Peat, 15.
Physical features, 1.
Pine Ridge, 5.
Plain, great western, 8.
Plant life, 15-18.
Platte, name, 5.
Platte Valley, 4, 5.
Police judge, 89.
Po itical events, 67-69.
Poll tax, 111.
Ponca, 4. Ponca Indians, 22.
Popular sovereignty, 41, 42, 46. Population, 70, note 1. Ports of entry, 128. Position of Nebraska, 1.
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Postoffice, 127.
Powers: county commis- sioners, 92; delegation of, 96, 97; mayor, 88, 89; United States, 125; village board of trustees, 87, note 1.
Precincts, 94; officers, 92, 93, 136.
President of senate, 144.
Presidential candidates, 115.
Presiding officer of house, 137.
Press, freedom of, 134.
Prevailing winds. 9.
Primaries, 114, 115.
Privileges of members, 138.
Probate judge, 93, 160.
Property, descent of, 135.
Propositions, constitution of, 63, 75.
Publication of laws, 140, 141.
Public highways, 153.
Public institutions, 122- 124.
Publicity of proceedings, 137.
Punishments, 134.
Qualifications: of members of the legislature. 138; of state officers, 141; of su- pervisors of registration, 115, note 1; of voters, 148. Quivera, land of, 28. Quorum, 137.
Railroads, 128, 129, 153, 154.
Rainfall, 7, S. Range of temperature, 7. Ranges, 79, 80.
Rank of Nebraska : in crops, 73; in population, 71; in school expense, 73. Readings of bills, 137, 138. Reform, civil service, 127, 128.
Reform schools, 122, 123, 124.
Regents, 150, 160.
Registration, 115, 116.
Religious freedom, 133. Removal of capital, 54, 57.
Removals by governor, 142.
Repeal of laws, 54.
Reporter, supreme court, 146.
Reports, state officers, 144. Representative district, con- vention, 115.
Representation, democracy, 96.
Representations: in state legislature. 65; of town in county board, 95.
Reprieves, 143.
Reptiles, 19.
Republican Valley, 6.
Residence, 112, 113, 141.
Resident aliens, 135.
Reservation, 23. Resources of State, 70-73.
Returns of election, 116, 141.
Revenue, 151-152; of Terri- tory, 56; of State, 67; school, 120, 121, note 1. Revision of constitution, 157. Right of property, 99, note 3.
Rights, 133-135. Rise in elevation, 4.
River systems, 6. Road: district, 93; tax, 111. Rocks, 12-14.
Rocky Mountains : effect on climate, 1; flora of, 17; origin of storms in, 10. Rotten limestones, 14.
St. Louis: court of appeals, 126; fur trade. 30. Salaries, 145: of judges, 147; of members of legis- lature, 136. Saloons, election day, 116.
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Salt, effect on flora, 17. Salt springs, 140. Sample ballots, 117. Santee Sioux, 23. Schedule, 157-161.
School: boards of country districts, 84; buildings, cost, 120, note 3; books. 84; county superintend- ent, 94; districts, 82-85; land, 149; taxes, 107- 112; trustees, 85.
Scirgemot, 92. Scott's Bluff, 5. Seal, 145. Search and seizure, 134.
Season of rainfall, 7, 8.
Seat of government, 161.
Secretary of state, 141, 144, 145, 149.
Sectarian instruction, 150. Sections, 80.
Sections of school land, 119, note 3. Sectional struggle, 57, 68. Senatorial districts, conven- tions, 115.
Senators: number, state legislature, 64, 65; United States, 129.
Serpents, 19.
Sessions, state legislature, 63, note 4, 64, 136. 137.
Settlements, 58, 59; by Mor- mons, 33, 34.
Seven cities of Cibola, 27, 28. Sheriff, 93. Shire, 90. Sidewalk tax, 111. Sidney, 4. Signing bills, 138. Sioux, 23. Situation of State, 1.
Sixth principal meridian, 78. Size of Nebraska, 1, 2. Slavery, 40, 41, 45, 55,133. Snow with blizzards, 11.
South Dakota, size, 2. Southern boundary, 3.
Spaniards, 27-29. Spanish possessions in Amer- ica, 36. Speaker of the House, 144. Special legislation, 52, 53, 139.
Special taxes, 111. Species of plant life, 16. Sprinkling tax, 111.
Square miles, 2.
Squatter sovereignty, 41. State : as a corporation, 96; board of canvassers, 119, note 2; boards, 104, 105; central committee, 114; citizens of, 113; civil gov- ernnient of, 96; finances, 66; formation of, 61, 62; governors, 65, note 1; ju- dicial districts, 146; judi- ciary, 65, 105; legislature, 64, 65; members of con- gress, 66, notes 1 and 2; period of, 61-69; resources, 70-73.
Statutory, 97, 98.
Stock of railroads, 153.
Stock raising 72.
Storms, 9-11.
Street railways, 154, 155.
Studies on constitution, 98- 105. Subjects of bill, 138.
Succession to governorship, 144. Suffrage, 148, 149.
Suits against and by State, 148. Suits, United States courts, 126, 127. Summer school, 121, note 2, 4. Summit of Rockies, 47.
Superintendent : county, 94, 120, 121; state, 141, 144, 145. Supervisor of registration, 115. Supervisor systeni, 91. Supreme court, 145, 160.
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Surface, character of, 5. Surveys, 77-81.
Taxation, 107-112, 151; dog, 111; labor, 111; ped- lers, toll, 111; school, 85, 120, note, 2; sidewalk, special, sprinkling, 111. Teachers, cost of, 120, note 3. Temperature, 7. Temporary appointments, 142.
Temporary school funds, 149.
Term : stateand county offi- cers, 160; supreme court, 146; members of legisla- ture, 136; treasurer, 141. Territory, 47-60.
Teton Sioux, 23. 'l'icket, 115. Tie, county elections, 119. Time of session, 137.
'Time of residence, 112.
Tornadoes, 10, 11.
Towns, 94, note 1, 95.
Town meeting, 95. Township organization, 94, 95, 136, 153.
Transportation, 99, note 2, 102, note 2. Treason, 135, 143.
Treasurer: school district, 84; state, 141, 144, 149. Treaties, 22, 36-38. Trees, 17. Trial by jury, 134. Two legislatures, 62.
Underground railroad, 55. Uniformity of laws, 147.
United States: citizens of, 113; senators, 161; land survey, 77-81. University, 120, note 1, 121, note 2, 150; extension, 121, note 2, 5. Utah, size, 2.
Vacancies, 140; in office, 144, 148.
Valleys, elevation, 4, 5. Valleys, in Nebraska, 5. Valley of the Niobrara, 5. Veto power, 143-144.
Village organization, 87, note 1; trustees, 87.
Villages, number, 71. Votes, counting, 118.
Voteon adoption of constitu- tion of 1866, 62; on consti- tution of 1875, 63, note 3. Vote on Nebraska Bill, 42.
Voting, 135; legislature, 137; corporations, 155.
Voters, those not, 113; "white," 45.
Wards, 87. War of 1890-91, 26. Wealth of Territory, 59.
West, elevation, 5 Western boundary, 3.
Wheat and corn, 71-73, 72, note 1.
Whig party, destroyed by Nebraska Bill, 41.
White Earth River as a boundary, 47, note 1. White River, 6.
Wilkins secretary of war, suggests name Nebraska, 39, note 1.
Winds, 8-11. Winnebago Indians, 23. " Winter quarters," 33. Wisconsin, center of fur trade, 29.
Women and voting. 114. Writ of error, 135, 99, note 4. Writ, definition of, 99, note 1. Written constitution, 97.
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