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or corporate name; and if any such person shall thereafter continue to do business in such firm, partnership, or corporate name, they shall incur the penalties provided in section three (3) of the act entitled "An act providing for the recording the names of all members of associations doing business under a firm, partnership, or corparate name."

See sec. 3230, ch. 40.

4446. Any corporation violating any of the provisions of this act, in addition to the other penalties and liabilities herein provided, shall surrender and forfeit its right and privileges as a corporation, and it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of the proper county to institute proceedings against said corporation or the persons constituting the same for the purpose of having the same dissolved, and the same proceedings shall be and the same judgment may be rendered as is provided in title 23, entitled "Information," of the Code of Civil Procedure.

4447. Any person, partnership, company, association, or corporation subject to the provisions of this act, or any director, officer, receiver, trustee, clerk, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by them or either of them who shall violate any of the provisions of section one (1) or two (2) of this act shall be declared guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned in the jail of the county for a period not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

4448. In any action brought under any of the provisions of this act the court before whom the same shall be pending may compel any person, or persons, partnership, company, association, or corporation so proceeded against, or any of the members of any such partnership or corporation, or any director, officer, receiver, trustee, agent, employee, or clerk of them, or either of them, to attend, appear, and testify in such suit or proceeding, and may compel the production of the books and papers of any such person, persons, partnership, company, association, or corporation party to any such proceeding.

4449. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any assemblies or associations of laboring men from passing and adopting such regulations as they may think proper, in reference to wages and the compensation of labor, and such assemblies and associations shall retain-and there is hereby reserved to them—all the rights and privileges now accorded to them by law, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

CHAPTER 53.-VETERANS.

Secs. 4450 to 4452. "An act to provide for the publication of the names of all ex-soldiers, sailors, and marines residing in Nebraska." 1887, p. 620. In force March 4.

4450. The assessor of each precinct, township, or ward shall make and deliver to the county clerk of their respective counties, at the time of making their annual assessment in the year 1887, and every two years thereafter, a corrected list of all persons who served in the United States army, navy, and marine corps during the war of 1812, the Mexican war, and the war of the rebellion, designating the rank, company, regiment, battery, or vessel in which they served, and their present residence and postoffice address, which several lists shall be returned with the assessor's books to the county clerk, who shall, on or before the first day of June, 1887, certify to the secretary of state a true copy of said lists, alphabetically arranged by regiments and states, the secretary of state to furnish each county clerk with sufficient blanks for this purpose.

4451. The secretary of state, on receipt of said lists from the county clerks, shall proceed to consolidate said lists alphabetically by regiments and states, and publish two thousand copies in book form as a roster of the ex-soldiers, sailors, and marines now residents of Nebraska, three copies of which shall be furnished each post of the Grand Army of the Republic in the state of Nebraska, one hundred copies to the state library for exchange with other libraries, fifty copies to the commissioner of pensions, the remaining books to be retained by the secretary of state for distribution.

4452. All expenses attending, the publication of the foregoing roster shall be paid from the fund for printing laws, journals, and such other printing as is required under contract.

Sec. 4453. "An act to prevent persons from unlawfully using or wearing the badge of the Grand Army of the Republic." 1887, p. 670. In force March 31.

4453. Any person who shall willfully wear the badge of the Grand Army of the Republic, or who shall use or wear the same to obtain aid or assistance thereby within this state, unless he shall be entitled to wear or use the same under the rules and regulations of the department of Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not to exceed thirty (30) days in the county jail, or a fine not to exceed twenty (20) dollars, or by both such fine or imprisonment.

Sec. 4454. "An act to prevent persons from unlawfully using or wearing the insignia or rosette of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States." 1889, p. 578. In force June 30.

4454. Any person who shall willfully wear the insignia or rosette of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, or use the same to obtain aid or assistance within this state, unless he shall be entitled to use or wear the same under the constitution and by-laws, rules, and regulations of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding thirty days, or a fine not to exceed twenty (20) dollars, or by such fine or imprisonment.

Secs. 4455 to 4458. "An act to provide for the relief of Union soldiers, sailors, and marines, and the indigent wives, widows, and minor children of indigent or deceased Union soldiers, sailors, and marines." 1889, p. 528. In force June 30.

4455. That the county board of the several counties of this state are hereby authorized to levy, in addition to the taxes now levied by law, a tax not exceeding three-tenths of one mill upon the taxable property of their respective counties, to be levied and collected as now provided by law for the assessment and collection of taxes, for the purpose of creating a fund for the relief and for funeral expenses of honorably discharged indigent Union soldiers, sailors, and marines, and the indigent wives, widows, and minor children not over 14 years of age in the case of boys, and not over 16 years of age in the case of girls, of such indigent or deceased Union soldiers, sailors, and marines, having a legal residence in said county, to be disbursed as hereinafter provided.

4456. The county board in each county of this state shall, on second Tuesday in January, 1890, appoint three persons who are residents of such county, at least two of whom shall be honorably discharged Union soldiers, one to serve three years, one to serve two years, and one to serve one year from date of appointment, and and each year thereafter one person to serve for three years, such persons so appointed, when organized by the selection of one of their number as chairman and one as secretary, shall be designated and known as "The Soldiers' Relief Commission." The members of said commission shall qualify by taking the usual oath of office and shall each give bonds in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for faithful performance of their duties. In the event of a vacancy in said commission occurring from any cause, the county board shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.

4457. [Duties.]-The Soldiers' Relief Commission shall meet at the clerk's office on the second Monday in February of each year, and at such other times as is deemed necessary, and shall examine and determine who are entitled to relief under the provisions of this act and shall make lists of such persons, and at the February meeting such commission, after determining the probable amount necessary for the purpose provided herein, shall certify the amount to the county board, and the county board of each county at its regular meeting in June of each year shall make such levies as shall be necessary to raise the required relief fund, not exceeding threetenths of a mill on the taxable property of such county. The Soldiers' Relief Commission shall fix the amount to be paid in each case, the aggregate not to exceed the levy of said tax for any one year, and shall certify the lists to the county clerk. The clerks shall, within twenty days thereafter, transmit to the justices of the peace in his county a list of the names of the persons in the respective townships or precincts to whom relief has been awarded and the amount thereof. The county clerk, on the first Monday of each month after said fund is ready for distribution, shall issue his warrant to the Soldiers' Relief Commission, upon the county treasurer, for the several amounts awarded. Such commission shall disburse the same to the person or persons named in the lists, taking receipts therefor; or such fund may be disbursed in any other manner directed by the commission; Provided, however, That when said commission is satisfied that any person entitled to relief under this act will not properly expend the amount allowed, the commission may pay the amount to some suitable person, who shall expend the same for such person in such manner as the commission may direct; And provided further, That said commission at any meeting may decrease, increase or discontinue any amount before awarded, and may add new names to the lists, which shall be certified to the county clerk. The Soldiers' Relief Commission shall, at the end of each year, make to the county

board a detailed report of the transactions of such commission; such reports shall be accompanied with vouchers for all moneys disbursed.

4458. The county board may at any time remove any member of the commission for neglect of duty or maladministration and appoint others in the place of members thus removed.

Secs. 4459 to 4461. "An act to provide for the burial of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, or marines who may hereafter die without leaving means sufficient to defray expenses, and to provide head-stones to mark their graves." 1885, p. 214. In force June 5.

4459. It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners or board of supervisors in counties under township organization of this state to designate some suitable person in each precinct or township, whose duty it shall be to cause to be decently interred the body of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine who served in the army or navy of the United States during the late war, who may hereafter die without leaving sufficient means to defray funeral expenses. Such burial should not be made in any cemetery or burial ground used exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead; Provided, The expenses of such burial shall not exceed the sum of thirty-five dollars; And provided further, That in case that surviving relatives of the deceased shall desire to conduct the funeral, and are unable to pay the charges therefor, they shall be permitted so to do, and the expenses shall be paid as herein provided.

4460. The grave of any such deceased soldier, sailor, or marine shall be marked by a head-stone, containing the name of the deceased, and the organization to which he belonged or in which he served; Provided, It shall be the duty of the county commissioners or supervisors in counties under township organization, upon the death and burial of any such soldier, sailor, or marine residing within such county at the time of his death, to make application to the proper authorities under the general government for a suitable head-stone as provided by act of congress, and cause the same to be placed at the head of such deceased soldier's grave.

4461. The expenses of such burial shall be paid by the county in which such soldier, sailor, or marine shall have died. And the board of county commissioners or supervisors of such county are hereby authorized and directed to audit the account and pay the said expenses in similar manner as other accounts against such county are audited and paid.

CHAPTER 54.-WAREHOUSES.

Secs. 4462 to 4473 formed ch. 54, R. S. 1866, p. 389, entitled "Warehousemen.”

4462. Whenever any personal property shall be consigned to, or deposited with, any forwarding merchant, wharf keeper, warehouse keeper, tavern keeper, or the keeper of any depot for the reception and storage of trunks, baggage, and other personal property, such consignee or bailee shall immediately cause to be entered in a book, to be provided and kept by him for that purpose, a description of such property, with the date of the reception thereof.

4463. If such property shall not have been left with such consignee or bailee for the purpose of being forwarded or otherwise disposed of, according to directions received by such consignee or bailee, at or before the time of the reception thereof, and the name and residence of the owner of such property be known or ascertained, the person having such property in his custody shall immediately notify such owner, by letter to be directed to him and deposited in a postoffice to be transmitted by mail, of the reception of such property.

4464. In case any such property shall remain unclaimed for three months after its reception as aforesaid, the person having possession thereof shall cause a notice to be published, once in each week for four successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the same county, if there be one, and if not, then in some paper published at the seat of government, describing such property, and specifying the time when it was so received, and stating that unless such property shall be claimed within three months from the first publication of such notice, and the lawful charges thereon paid, the same will be sold according to the statute in such case made and provided.

4465. In case the owner or person entitled to such property shall not, within three months after the publication of such notice, claim such property and pay the lawful charges thereon, including the expenses of such publication, the person having possession of the property, his agent or attorney, may make and deliver to any justice of the peace of the same county an affidavit, setting forth a description of the property remaining unclaimed, the time of its reception, the publication of the notice, and whether the owner of such property is known or unknown.

4466. Upon the delivery to him of such affidavit, the justice shall cause such property to be opened and examined in his presence, and a true inventory thereof to be made, and shall make and annex to such inventory an order under his hand that the property therein described be sold by the sheriff of the county where the same shall be, at public auction, upon due notice.

4467. It shall be the duty of the sheriff receiving such inventory and order to give ten days' notice of the sale by posting up written notices thereof in three public places in the county or city, and to sell such property at public auction for the highest price he can obtain therefor.

4468. Upon completing the sale, the sheriff making the same shall endorse upon the order aforesaid a return of his proceedings upon such order, and the proceeds of the sale after deducting his fees, which shall be the same as upon an execution.

4469. From the proceeds of such sale the justice shall pay the charges and expenses legally incurred in respect to such property, or a ratable proportion to each

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