NEWSPAPERS RECEIVED BY THE NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY SINCE THE FOREGOING LIST WAS COMPILED. D D D Globe Co., Pub.. RRRRDRDRRRRRRRRR D 322 Atkinson Graphic. Atkinson F. F. Mende. R Benedict News-Herald. Bennington Herald. 325 Sions Vaktäre.. College View W International Publishing Ass'n 326 Nebraska Biene. Columbus W J. H. Johannes 327 Cowles Enterprise. Cowles W Karl L. Spence 328 Cozad Herald. Cozad W W. F. Glaser. NEWSPAPERS RECEIVED BY THE NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY SINCE THE FOREGOING LIST WAS COMPILED. NOTE-R Republican; D Democrat; Soc Socialist; F Fraternal; L Labor; P Prohibition; Pop Populist. LEGISLATIVE ACTS AFFECTING THE NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Act giving force of law to reservation of Historical Square. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: That the report of the commissioners for the location of Lincoln, the seat of government of Nebraska, and for the erection of public buildings thereat, is hereby accepted, and all reservations of public squares, streets, and alleys, and church lots in Lincoln, together with the general design, is hereby adopted; and the governor may deed such church lots as other lands deeded by the state. Lincoln is hereby declared the seat of government of the state of Nebraska. The bondsmen of such commissioners are hereby released, and such commissioners are authorized to surrender the said bonds Such commissioners are hereby authorized to pay out of the proceeds of the sale of any Lincoln lots, to be made, the sum of twenty-one hundred and twelve dollars, being a balance due on the erection of the Capitol buildings at Lincoln. EDWARD B. TAYLOR, WM. MCLENNAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Approved February 15, 1869. Laws of 4th-5th session, p. 316. DAVID BUTLER, Governor. Granting to the city of Lincoln a certain block of lots in said city for a market place. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That there is hereby granted and donated to the city of Lincoln for public use, as a market square, all of block twenty-nine in said city, heretofore known as and called "The State Historical Society Block." Sec. 2. That it is a fundamental condition of this grant, that said block shall, forever, remain the public property of said city, for the use of its citizens, for market purposes, and shall never be sold or alienated by said city. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, February 24, 1875. Laws 1875, pp. 317-10. An act to aid and encourage the "Nebraska State Historical Society." Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That the "Nebraska State Historical Society," an organization now in existence-Robt. W. Furnas, President; James M. Woolworth and Elmer S. Dundy, Vice-Presidents; Samuel Aughey, Secretary, and W. W. Wilson, Treasurer, their associates and successors-be, and the same is hereby recognized as a state institution. Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the President and Secretary of said institution to make annually reports to the governor, as required by other state institutions. Said report to embrace the transactions and expenditures of the organization, together with all historical addresses, which have been or may hereafter be read before the Society or furnished it as historical matter, a data of the state or adjacent western regions of country. Sec. 3. That said reports, addresses, and papers shall be published at the expense of the state, and distributed as other similar official reports, a reasonable number, to be decided by the state and Society, to be furnished said Society for its use and distribution. Sec. 4. That there be and is hereby appropriated annually the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the use and benefit of said "Nebraska State Historical Society," to be used under the direction of its officers exclusively in defraying expenses, collecting and preserving historical matter, data, relics, for the benefit of the state. Approved February 27th, A.D. 1883. Laws of 1883, pp. 340-41. An act to amend sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled "An act granting to the city of Lincoln a certain block of lots in said city, for a market place," approved February 24, 1875. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That sections 1 and 2 of an act granting to the city of Lincoln a certain block of lots in said city, for a market place, approved February 24th, 1875, are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 1. That there is hereby granted and donated to the city of Lincoln, for public use as a market square and other public purpose, all of block twenty-nine, in said city, heretofore known as and called "The State Historical Society block." Sec. 2. That it is a fundamental condition of this grant that said block shall forever remain the public property of said city, for the use of its citizens, for market and other public purposes, and shall never be sold or alienated by said city. Sec. 2. That sections 1 and two of the act amended in section 1 hereof are hereby repealed. Approved March 5, A.D. 1885. Laws 1885, pp. 428-29. (Senate File No. 55.) An act to assist the state library and "The Nebraska State Historical Society" to augment their collections. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. To enable the state library and the Nebraska Historical Society to augment their respective collections by effecting exchanges with other societies and institutions, the state of Nebraska hereby donates to the state library two hundred (200) bound copies of each of the several Fublications of the state, its officers, societies and institutions, except the reports of the supreme court; and to the Nebraska State Historical Society fifty (50) volumes of the same publications as the same shall be issued. Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the secretary of state, or other officer having custody of any of the said publications, to deliver the number of copies of the same above specified, on the issuance of said publications to the state librarian and the Secretary of the Nebraska State Historical Society respectively. Approved April 7, 1893. Laws 1893, pp. 366-67. (Senate File No. 180.) (Introduced by Mr. Jones.) Act of 1905 concerning custody of records. A bill for an act to make the Nebraska State Historical Society the custodian of records, documents, and historic material from the various departments of state, state institutions, court houses, city halls, and other public buildings and departments in the state of Nebraska, and to provide for making certified copies of the same by the officers of the Nebraska State Historical Society. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. (State Historical Society--Custodians of ancient public records.) The Nebraska State Historical Society is hereby made the custodian of all public records, documents, relics, and other material which it may consider of historic value or interest and which are now or may hereafter be in any office or vaults of the several departments of state, in any of the institutions which receive appropriations of money from the legislature of Nebraska, in any of the county court houses or city halls or other public buildings within the state of Nebraska, subject always to the following regulations and conditions: Sec. 2. (Records subject to this act-Receipts.)-That such records, documents, relics, or other historic material shall not be in active use in any such department, institution, or building, nor have been in active use for the period of twenty years preceding their delivery to the custody of said State Historical Society. That such material, through lack of proper means to care for, or safe and adequate place to preserve, is liable to damage and destruction. That the officer or board having the care and management of such department, institution, or building, shall consent in writing to the custody of such documents, records, and materials by said State Historical Society. That the said State Historical Society shall cause invoice and receipts for such material so turned over to be made in triplicate, one copy to be deposited with the secretary of state, one with the officer or board turning over such material, and one retained by the Secretary of the State Historical Society. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of every officer or board having control or management of any state department, institution, or building to notify the Secretary of the State Historical Society whenever there are records, documents, relics, or material in his or their care coming within the scope of this act. Sec. 4. (Cost of removal.) It shall be the duty of the State Historical Society by its officers or employes to examine such material and remove and receipt for such as shall seem to it of historic value. It shall transport the same at its own cost to its museum, and shall catalogue, arrange, and display the same for the free use of the public. Sec. 5. (Certified copies.) Certified copies of any record, document, or other material of which the Nebraska State Historical Society shall be the custodian shall be made upon application by the Secretary or |