any person aggrieved by the assessment or taxation, may appear before the council, which may correct the same if found erroneous. § 36. The tax list shall be made out by the recorder, and the mayor shall indorse thereon an order to the marshal to collect the taxes thereon levied, which shall authorize him to collect the same by levy and sale as on execution. § 37. Taxes on real property shall be a lien thereon, and it may be sold therefor when the taxes remain unpaid for six months after publication of notice of the tax. § 38. Such sale must be at auction, and there must be thirty days' notice, prior to the sale, given as above provided for giving of the assessment and tax; in such sale, he who bids to pay the amount due for the least quantity of land will be the highest bidder, and the manner of ascertaining the least portion bid for shall be determined by ordinances of the city council. § 39. The marshal shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a deed running in the name of the territory, which shall have the same force and effect as the deed of the proper county officer in like circumstances on sale for county taxes. § 40. The council shall have the title to, and full control of the streets, alleys, public grounds, levees, wharves, squares, parks and commons of the city, and may cause side walks to be paved in the same, and to this end may require owners of lots to pave or repair the same contiguous to their respective lots, and in case of neglect, after a reasonable time named in the order, the same may be assessed on the contiguous lots, which shall have the same force and effect of a tax levied thereon, and the same may be sold therefor as for a tax subject to the same right of redemption. § 41. The council are authorized to borrow money for any object in their discretion, if at a regular special election, under a notice stating distinctly the nature and object of the loan, and the amount thereof as nearly as practicable, the voters of the city may determine in favor of the loan by a majority of two-thirds of the legal voters at said election, and the loan can in no case be diverted from the specified object. § 42. All road tax which may be paid upon any property in the said city, in lieu of labor or otherwise, shall be paid to the proper authorities of said city for the improvement of the streets thereof. § 43. Any person being a resident of said city, subject by the laws of the territory to do work on roads and highways, shall be required to do and perform, or cause the same to be done under the direction of the proper authorities upon the streets of said city or public roads and highways leading thereto as said authorities may direct; the city council shall supersede the supervisor in all jurisdiction within the corporation limits of the city. § 44. After the election of the officers contemplated in this act, it shall be the duty of the officers of the present town of Peru to deliver to the proper officers elect of the city, all books, papers and documents pertaining to their respective officers, which shall be filed for future reference. § 45. The first election under this act shall be called by the present president of the board of trustees of the said town of Peru, who shall issue an order for that purpose at least ten days prior to the day of election and shall fix the place and appoint three judges of the election, who shall conduct it in all respects as is provided by law for holding of elections for county officers and shall make their returns of said election to the county clerk, who shall notify the respective officers of their election, who shall qualify and organize within ten days after such notification. § 46. All deeds, transfers, bonds or other instruments relating to the transfer of lots, belonging to the town of Peru, made by the mayor or trustees of said town, and all additions laid out and added to said town are hereby declared legal and of full force and virtue. § 47. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 13th, 1860. FERRIES AND BRIDGES. AN ACT To establish the rate of ferriage at the Loup Fork, approved February 28th, 1859. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the rate of ferriage shall be as follows, to wit: For two horses, mules, or oxen and wagon,. ... horse, mule and buggy, led horse or mule,.. loose cattle per head,. $1.50 30 75 15 10 5 10 10 2.00 § 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 10th, 1860. AN ACT To authorize Henry Z. Chapman and J. Frank Coffman to keep a ferry. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That Henry Z. Chapman and J. Frank Coffman, and their associates, are hereby authorized and empowered to erect and keep a ferry across the Platte river at a point west of Fort Kearney, eighty miles on said river. § 2. That said Henry Z. Chapman and J. Frank Coffman and their associates shall, for the period of ten years have the exclusive right to convey passengers, freight, horses, wagons, cattle, &c., across said river at said point, and up and down said river for the distance of five miles each way from said point, and to charge for the same the usual. rates of ferriage: Provided said Henry Z. Chapman and J. Frank Coffman and their associates, shall at all times keep said ferry in good repair. § 3. The legislature hereby reserves the right of repeal in this charter. § 4. This act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 12th, 1860. AN ACT To authorize Jacob M. Davis and A. C. Anderson to establish and keep a toll bridge and ferry across the Great Nemaha river in Richardson county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That Jacob M. Davis and A. C Anderson, their associates and assigns, be and are hereby authorized to establish and keep a toll bridge and ferry across the Great Nemaha river at any point within six miles above the mouth of said river; that said parties, their associates or assigns, shall have exclusive privilege to erect a toll bridge and establish a ferry within the limits aforesaid, for the period of twenty years and no longer. § 2. It shall be the duty of said company to provide good and suitable boats or skiffs for the speedy and safe transportation of persons and property across said stream at all reasonable times, which boats and skiffs shall be provided and placed on said stream within nine months from the passage of this act. § 3. The said company may at any time during the operation of this act, build or cause to be built a toll bridge over said river any place within the limits aforesaid, for the convenience and safety of the traveling public. §4. The legislature may at any time fix, alter and change the rates of ferriage and toll of said company, alter or repeal this act. § 5. The rates of toll and ferriage shall be as follows: For two horses or oxen and wagon, team, horse and buggy, horse and rider,. cattle per head, § 6. If any person shall take or charge, and receive a greater amount of toll or ferriage from persons crossing said river, for the said company, their associates or assigns, they or any one of them shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars to the person or persons aggrieved, which may be recovered by action of debt before a justice of the peace. § 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its AN ACT To incorporate the South Pass Bridge company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That George E. Scott, E. A. Allen and Harmon Merchant, their heirs and assigns, be and are hereby declared a body corporate by the name and style of the South Pass Bridge company, and by that name and style said company may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and sell, assign or lease property, real, personal or mixed, in all lawful ways; may have a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and make all laws for the regulation of its business, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, or of this territory. § 2. The capital stock of said company shall be twenty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and shall be transferable as individual property. §3. Said company shall have the exclusive right to erect a tollbridge across the Sweet Water river, at the Devils Gate or South Pass city, in Wilson county, territory of Nebraska, and to enjoy and use the same for the term of twenty-five years from the passage of this act. § 4. The right granted by this act shall extend from South Pass city up the said Sweet Water river ten miles, and down said river the same distance, and it shall be unlawful for any other person or persons, to keep, or run within said limits, a boat of any description for the purpose of crossing persons or property, or to erect a bridge within the time and space specified in this act. § 5. Said company are hereby required to keep a good and sufficient boat, for the purpose of transporting persons and property within said limits, from the first day of June, A. D. 1860, until said bridge shall be completed. § 6. Said bridge shall be commenced by said company, on or before the first day of September, A. D. 1860, at some suitable point within said limits, and be completed at the expiration of two years from the passage of this act. § 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 13th, 1860. AN ACT To incorporate the Platte City Bridge company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That Roger T. Beal, E. T. Hardin and Charles Powell, their heirs and assigns, be and are hereby declared a body corporate, by the name and style of the Platte City Bridge company, and by that name and style said company may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and sell, assign or lease property, real, personal or mixed, in all lawful ways; may have a common seal and alter the same at |