SPECIAL LAWS. AN ACT To better define the geographical limits of the city of Bellevue, in Sarpy county, in this territory, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the geographical limits of the city of Bellevue in Sarpy county, Nebraska territory, shall be as hereinafter described, to wit: commencing at the southwest corner of section one, in township 13, north, range 13, east; thence east to a point on the south line of section six, township 13, north, range 14, east; due south of the east line of the mission reservation; thence north to and on said east line of the mission reservation, to a point where the east and west centre line running through section thirty-one, township 14, north, range 14, east, intersects the mission line; thence east on said quarter section line to the middle of the main channel of the Missouri river; thence up the middle of the main channel of said Missouri river to the north line of section nineteen, township 14, north, range 14, east; thence west to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, in township 14, north, range 13, east; thence west to the northwest corner of section thirty-six, township 14, north, range 13, east; thence south to the place of beginning; and that all that territory included within the above described bounds and limits, be and the same is hereby declared to be within the incorporated limits of the said city of Bellevue. § 2. That it shall be lawful for, and that the qualified electors of said city, shall on the first Tuesday of April, A. D.1860, and annually on the same day thereafter, elect a mayor and five aldermen, a récorder, assessor, treasurer and marshal; and the mayor and aldermen so elected, when assembled together and duly organized, shall constitute the city council, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; they shall be elected for the term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. The mayor, recorder, assessor, treasurer and marshal shall be elected by the legal voters of said city. § 3. That section twenty-seven of an act entitled "An act to incorporate Bellevue," approved March 15th, 1855, be so amended as to read in the last line of said section "twenty-five" dollars in the place of the words " one hundred dollars." § 4. And be it further enacted that the collection of taxes in and for the city of Bellevue aforesaid, as assessed and levied for the year 1859, be, and the same is hereby made and declared lawful, the same as though the levying of said taxes in said city, and all other acts necessary to make the collection of said taxes by the marshal of said city lawful, had been done in exact accordance with the law in such case made and provided. § 5. That all acts and parts of acts heretofore enacted, inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. § 6. This act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage. Approved December 19th, 1859. AN ACT Authorizing the treasurer of Johnson county to collect the taxes of said county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the treasurer of Johnson county is hereby authorized and empowered to collect the taxes of Johnson county, notwithstanding his failure to comply with section thirty-four of the revenue law, in the same manner as if he had complied with such section in every particular: Provided that said treasurer shall attend at the usual places of holding elections in each precinct of his county, for two days in the month of January, 1860, for the purpose of receiving taxes from any person who shall at that time wish to make payment, and the treasurer shall give at least two weeks' notice of the time when he will be in each precinct, by posting two notices of the time in each precinct. § 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved December 21st, 1860 AN ACT To legalize the collection of taxes in the county of Dakota, for the year 1859. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the collection of school, road, county and territorial taxes, assessed and levied for the year 1859, in the county of Dakota, is hereby made and declared lawful, the same as though the levying of said taxes in said county, in the year aforesaid, and all other acts necessary to make the collection of said taxes by the treasurer of said county lawful, had been done in exact accordance with the law made and provided in such cases. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved December 21st, 1859. AN ACT To legalize the acts of William Pilgrim, late register of deeds, in and for Dakota county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the official acts of William Pilgrim, late register of deeds, in and for Dakota county, are hereby made and declared lawful, the same as though said acts had been done in strict accordance with the law. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved December 21st, 1859. A BILL To legalize the first organization of Gage county, the location of the county seat at Beatrice, and the official acts of the officers of said county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the first organization of Gage county, Nebraska territory, be and the same is hereby legalized, and declared a complete organization of said county. § 2. The location of the county seat at Beatrice, is hereby declared to be legal, and the said county seat is fixed at the said town of Beatrice. § 3. All the acts and proceedings of the county commissioners of said county, and of all other county officers, under and by virtue of said first organization, are hereby made valid and declared legal. § 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved December 27th, 1859. AN ACT To legalize the acts of the corporate authorities of Nemaha city. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That all of the acts of the corporate authorities of the city of Nemaha, in the county of Nemaha, so far as the same |