at certain Transportation February 25, 1875, entitled "An act to amend section 86 of an act entitled 'An act to establish a Criminal Code,'" is hereby amended to read as follows: It shall be unlawful for any person to kill, ensnare, or trap any Killing game wild buffalo, elk, mountain sheep, deer, or antelope (ex- seasons. cept for the purpose of domestication), between the first day of January and the first day of October in each year, or to kill, ensnare, or trap any wild grouse between the first day of February and the fifteenth day of August in each year, or to kill, ensnare, trap, or net quail, or wild Turkey, between the first day of December in each year, and the first day of October in the following year, or to ensnare, trap, or net the same at any time of the year, or to buy, sell, ship, transport, or carry, or have in possession any such animal or bird, between the dates of such game. within which the killing, ensnaring, trapping or netting of such animals or birds is prohibited by law. It shall also be unlawful for any person, agent, or employee of any association, corporation, railroad company, or express company, to receive, carry, transport, or ship any such animal or bird at any time of the year. It shall be unlawful for any person to go upon the premises of another person or corporation for the purpose of hunting, trapping, netting, ensnaring, or killing any animal or bird at any season of the year, unless by the consent of the owner or owners of said premises. It is further enacted, that any person, agent, or employee, as aforesaid, who shall violate any provision of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of fifteen dollars for Penalty. each buffalo, elk, mountain sheep, deer, antelope, or wild turkey, so as aforesaid killed, ensnared, trapped, netted, bought or sold, shipped, transported, or held in possession in violation of this section, and the sum of five dollars for each grouse or quail, so as aforesaid killed, trapped, ensnared, netted, bought, sold, Dispossession shipped, transported, or held in possession in violation of the provisions of this section. Having in possession any of the named animals or birds of game unlaw-between said dates, shall be deemed and taken as fully taken etc. presumptive evidence that the same were killed, ensnared, netted or trapped in violation of this section, and the civil authorities of any city, town, or precinct where any animal or bird shall have been killed, or held in possession in violation of law be found, are hereby authorized to cause the same to be seized with or without warrant, and to be distributed among the poor persons of such city, town or precinct; and any person who shall go upon the land of another, in violation of this section, shall, upon conviction thereof, pay for such offense in any sum not less than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, and shall be liable to the owner of the premises in an action for trespass. Acts repealed. 1875, 18. Gen. Stats. 739. SEC. 2. That section 1 of an act entitled an act to amend section 86 of an act entitled "An act to establish a Criminal Code," and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, February 27th, A.D. 1879. GENERAL LAWS. PART III. AMENDMENTS TO LAWS OF A GENERAL AN ACT To amend section 5, of chapter 12, of the General Statutes entitled "counties and county seats," defining the boundaries of Burt county. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Burt county. SECTION 1. That section 5, of chapter 12, of the gen- Boundaries of eral statutes be amended to read as follows: The territory bounded as follows: Commencing at the state boundary at the southeast corner of the Omaha Indian reservation, thence northwestwardly along said state boundary to the center line of town twenty-five, north; thence due west to the line dividing ranges seven and eight, east; thence south by said line to the south line of township twenty-one, north of range eight, east; thence east by said line to the northwest corner of section six, in township twenty, north of range nine east; thence south by section lines, one mile east of the guide meridian to the southwest corner of section twenty, in Act repealed. township twenty, north of range nine east; thence east by section lines to the state boundary; thence northwardly up said boundary to the place of beginning, shall be and constitute the county of Burt. SEO. 2. That section 5, of chapter 12, of the general statutes, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith be repealed. SEC. 3. Whereas, an emergency exists, therefore, be it enacted that this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, February 22d, A.D. 1879. Act repealed. AN ACT To repeal sections one (1) and two (2) of an act entitled An act to provide for the allowance and recovery of attorneys' fees in certain actions. Approved, February 18th, 1873. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: SECTION 1. That sections one and two of an act entitled An act to provide for the allowance and recovery of attorneys' fees in certain actions, approved February 18th, 1873, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, February 24th, A.D. 1879. AN ACT To amend section 79, of chapter 11, of the General Statutes of Nebraska, relative to the increase of the capital stock of railroad companies. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Increase of how effected. SECTION 1. That section seventy-nine (79), of chapter eleven (11), of the general statutes of the state of Ne- capital stock, braska be amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 79. Whenever any railroad company heretofore incorporated, or created, or incorporated under the provisions of this subdivision, shall, in the opinion of the directors thereof, require an increased amount of capital stock, they shall, when authorized by the holders of a majority of capital stock, file with the secretary of state a certificate setting forth the amount of such desired increase, and shall give public notice of such increase of the capital stock of such company by publishing the same for sixty days in a newspaper published in the county in which it maintains its public and principal office, and thereafter such company shall be entitled to have such increased capital as is fixed by said certificate." SEC. 2. That said original section No. 79 be and the Gen. Stat. 185. same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This being a case of emergency, this act shall To take effect. take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, February 25th, A.D. 1879. |