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CHAPTER 94.-WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

5577 SECTION 1. [Standards-Tons.] The standard of weights and linear measures shall be the same as that established by act of congress, for the several states, except that the ton shall consist of two thousand pounds.

5578 SEC. 2. [Bushel-Subdivisions.] A bushel shall consist of two thousand one hundred and fifty cubic inches. The half-bushel, peck, and half-peck shall consist of the proper division and subdivision of a bushel.

5579 SEC. 3. [Gallon.] A gallon shall consist of two hundred and thirtyone cubic inches.

5580 SEC. 4. [Pound.] A pound avoirdupois shall consist of seven thousand grains in Troy weight.

5581 SEC. 5. [Weight of bushel of articles.] A bushel of each of the articles enumerated in this section shall consist of the number of pounds respectively affixed to each, viz.:

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5582 SEC. 6. [False weights and measures-Penalty.] Any person who shall knowingly keep false weights or measures, and shall buy and sell articles thereby, shall forfeit and pay, upon conviction, a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, to be recovered before any court having competent jurisdiction; the fine shall be appropriated to the use of common schools in the same county; he shall also be liable to the injured party in double the amount of damages, with costs of suit.

SEC. 6. As to double damages, ses 6 Neb., 87.

CHAPTER 95.-THE LAWS OF NEBRASKA,

ARTICLE I.-REVISED STATUTES OF 1866.

5583 SECTION 1. This act shall be known as "The Revised Statutes of Nebraska," and is hereby declared to be the law of the territory of Nebraska, and shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of July, in the year of of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. [R. S., 683. G. S., 1079.] 5584 SEC. 2. "An act to establish a code of civil procedure," approved November 1st, 1858, and an act supplemental thereto, approved November 4, 1858, "An act to adopt and establish a criminal code for the territory of Nebraska," approved 1858, all laws and acts amendatory of and supplemental to said code, and all acts and laws of a general nature relative to the civil and criminal laws and proceedings of this territory, passed prior to the eleventh session of the legislative assembly begun and held at Omaha on the first Thursday after the first Monday in January, 1866, and all acts and parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this revision are hereby repealed Provided, The re-enactment, amendment, or repeal of any law, act, title, section, chapter, or provision of the civil or criminal code, or of any general law of this territory, shall in no wise affect any contract, right, claim, interest, title, action, or liability which may have accrued, or any order, judgment, decree, sale, recognizance, instrument, or proceeding made, entered, or had under any provision of the laws hereby re-enacted, amended, or repealed, nor shall such re-enactment, amendment or repeal in any wise affect any criminal prosecution heretofore commenced, or any fine, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment for crimes and misdemeanors committed before the taking effect of this revision, but such prosecution shall be carried on and continued in the manner now provided by law, and all fines, penalties, and forfeitures heretofore incurred, and crimes and misdemeanors committed, shall be prosecuted the same as if no re-enactment, amendment, or repeal had been made. [Id.]

5585 SEC. 3. Whereas, Certain discrepancies exist between the original rolls on file in the office of the secretary of the territory, and the published laws of the eleventh session of the legislative assembly of this territory; Be it further enacted, That whenever such discrepancies exist, the volume of laws published under the title of the Revised Statutes of the territory of Nebraska, in force July 1st, 1866, shall be taken and received as the laws of this territory, until afterwards amended or repealed. [1867, 12th Sess. Ter., § 2, 7.]

5586 SEC. 4. That the volume of laws published under the title of "The Revised Statutes of the territory of Nebraska," and the appendix thereto, shall be hereafter received in all courts of this territory, and for all other purposes as evidence of the laws passed at the eleventh session of the legislative assembly of this territory, anything in the original rolls on file in the secretary's office to the contrary notwithstanding. [Id., § 3.]

ARTICLE II.-COMPILED STATUTES 1881.

5587 SECTION 1. [Compilation.] The public acts now in force, including the Revised Statutes of 1866, and the public acts and laws passed since that revision, and which may be passed by the legislature at its present session, shall be com

CHAP. 95, ART. 1. Secs. 1, 2, R.S., 683, and secs. 2, 3 of "An act to amend the code of civil procedure, passed at the eleventh session of the legislative assembly of the territory of Nebraska and for other purposes." Laws, 12th Sess. Terr., 7.

ART. II. "An act to provide for the publication of a compilation of the statutes." Approved and took effect Feb. 26, 1881. See 12 Neb., 235. 17 Id., 140. 20 Id., 877. 34 Id., 680.

piled, arranged, and put into chapters, with appropriate heads and titles, and with reference to decisions of the supreme court. [1881, § 1, chap. 79.]

5588 SEC. 2. [Compiler-Price.] The said statutes shall be compiled and published by Guy A. Brown, of Lancaster county, upon the condition that all expenses connected with the preparation and publication thereof shall be borne by him, and the sale price of each copy when published, shall not exceed five dollars; Provided further, That the said Guy A. Brown shall furnish to the state of Nebraska all copies of said statutes which may be required by the state, at a price not to exceed two dollars and fifty cents per copy; Provided further, That said statutes shall be equal in quality of paper and binding to the General Statutes of 1873, be set with type of the same size and contain at least one third more matter on a page, and be thoroughly indexed. Said statutes to be published on or before July 1st, 1881.

5589 SEC. 3. [Bond.] The said compiler shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars with at least three sureties conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, and to carry into effect the provisions of this act, which bond shall be approved by the secretary of state and filed in his office, and thereupon the said secretary of state shall permit the said compiler, when the same are not in use by him, to take the original rolls of said laws for the purpose of making accurate copies thereof for said statutes, the same to be returned upon publication of said statutes, and whenever required by the secretary of state.

5590 SEC. 4. [Receivable in evidence.] The said statutes when published shall be accompanied by a certificate of the compiler that the same are true and accurate copies of the said original rolls, and thereupon the said statutes, and subsequent editions founded thereon, shall be competent evidence of the several acts and resolutions therein contained, in all the courts of this state, without further proof or authentication; Provided, That the compiler shall furnish copies of any subsequent editions required by the state at the same price as the original edition, to-wit; two dollars and fifty cents per copy. [Amended 1885, chap. 93.]

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