The Compiled Statutes of the State of Nebraska, 1881: With Amendments 1882, to 1895, Comprising All Laws of a General Nature in Force August 1, 1895

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State Journal Company, 1895 - Law - 1490 pages

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Page 31 - The governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons, after conviction, for all offenses, except treason and cases of impeachment', upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Page 39 - The general assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property...
Page 6 - The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them. Before he enter on the execution of his office he shall take the following oath or affirmation...
Page 600 - Every contract for the leasing for a longer period than one year, .or for the sale of any lands or any interest in lands, shall be void, unless the contract, or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, be in writing, and be subscribed by the party by whom the lease or sale is to be made.
Page 18 - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience.
Page 32 - ... of the members elected to that House, it shall become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor.
Page 23 - Each house shall keep a Journal of its proceedings and publish them (except such parts as may require secrecy) and the yeas and nays of the members on any question,, shall at the desire of any two of them be entered on the Journal.
Page 9 - DONE in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven, and of the Independance of the United States of America the Twelfth IN WITNESS whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names, GEO: WASHINGTON— Presidt and deputy from Virginia NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Page 486 - That whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages, in respect thereof...
Page 601 - Every sale made by a vendor of goods and chattels in his possession or under his control^ and every assignment of goods and chattels, by way of mortgage or security, or upon any condition whatever, unless the same be accompanied by an immediate delivery, and be followed by an actual and continued change of possession...

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