designate fiscal agency, 86.
approve official bonds, 92.
appoint private secretary, 585.
bond of secretary, 94.

embody census returns in message, 98.
proclamation upon organization of cities
of first class, 101.

cities second class having over 5000 in-
habitants, 158.

convey lands to railroads, when, 203.
organization of new counties, 230.
report concerning deaf and dumb, 285.
election of, 332.

proclamation of election, 333.
canvass votes, 339.

appoint fish commission, 362.

appoint superintendent and assistant of
insane hospital, 379.

report of principal of blind institute, 390.
calling out militia, 430.

awards for discovery of coal, etc., 442.
appoint notaries public; removal, 443, 446.
record of state's title to public land, 458.
deed of lands entered on by mistake, 459.
report of railroad commission, 471.
appoint commissioner of deeds, 479.
board of normal school, 564.

board of educational lands and funds, 574.
five per cent fund, 581.

general powers and duties, 585.
supplies for state institutions, 598.
appoint warden of penitentiary, 603.
fugitives from justice, 820, 821.

offenses under school land act, 579.
fees of and mileage, 355.

how summoned, 717.

not to be summoned, when, 855, 856.
list of cases for, 829
oath; charge, 830.

subpoenas for witnesses, 830.
oath to witnesses, 830.

new juror; new grand jury, 830.

finding of indictment kept secret, 831.
manner of taking vote kept secret, 831.
twelve of, must concur, 831.

GRAND LARCENY, how punished, 780.
GRANT. See Frauds.

lands by congress, 14.
GRANTOR. See Deeds.
GRASSHOPPERS, 367.

GREELEY COUNTY, boundaries, 224.
GUARDIAN AND WARD.

bond law applicable to guardian, 95.
new bond required, when, 278.
sale of lands by guardian, 290-293.
for payment of debts, 293-299.
new guardian may sue bond of former
guardian, when, 322.

petition by guardian to annul marriage
of ward, 330.

who are minors, 368.

guardians, how appointed, 368, 369.

manage estate of ward, 368, 369, 370.
bond, 368, 369.

insane persons and spendthrifts, 368,369.
payment of debts of ward, 369.
partition of ward's estate, 369.
oath; inventory, 369.

sale of ward's property, 369, 370.
removal, 371.

neglect of duty; penalty, 371.
proceedings against, 371.

limitation of action, 371.

compensation, 372.

embezzlement of ward's property, 371.

non-resident minors, guardian for; bond;

66

guardianship first granted excludes
jurisdiction of other courts, 371.
spendthrift" defined, 372.

property of ward, listed by guardian, 490.
suits by, 632.

proceedings in supreme court, 464.
practice and proceedings, 823.
HAIL.

insurance from loss by, 401.

HALL COUNTY, boundaries, 224.
HAMILTON COUNTY, boundaries, 224.
HANDWRITING, evidence of, 674.
HANGING, sentence of, 850.

HARLAN COUNTY, boundaries, 224.
HAY, burning of, 771.

HAYES COUNTY, boundaries, 224.
HEAD OF A FAMILY.

exemptions, 372, 697.
defined, 374.

HEALTH, offenses against, 800.

female employees, protected, 808.
HEIRS. See Decedents, 285.

proceedings when unknown, 638.
HERD LAW. See Estrays.

owners of stock liable for damages, 49.
damages-a lien on stock, 49.
stock impounded; notice to owner, 50.
refusal of owner to pay damages or ap-

point arbitrator, 50.

arbitrators how chosen; award, 50.
award has same effect as judgment, 50.
appeal; fees; tender before trial, 50.
if owner cannot be found taker-up to
proceed under estray law, 50.
cultivated lands-defined, 51.
exception as to operations of law, 51
suspension of law by vote, 51.

action against owner of stock for dam-
age done, 51.

sheep and swine; damages, 51.

no animals to run at large in night time;
damages, 51.

HIGH SCHOOLS, 557.

HIGH WATER.

protection from, 260.

HIGHWAYS: See Roads, 530.
obstructions to, 544.

HITCHCOCK COUNTY, boundaries, 225.
HOGS. See Animals. Herd Law.

hog cholera, 61.

HOLIDAYS, 389.

no judicial business on, 274.
HOLT COUNTY, boundaries, 225.
HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS, 372.
HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATIONS.
how formed, etc., 209.
HOMESTEADS.

exemption, 372.

selected how, 373.

subject to execution, when, 373.
how conveyed, 373.

appraisal of, when execution issues, 373.
proceedings, 373.

fees of appraisers, 374.

proceeds of sale, how applied, 373.

surplus exempt, 374.

"head of a family" defined, 374.

money realized from sale of, exempt, 374.
descent of, on death of husband or wife,
374.

HOMICIDE, 763.

special procedure, 850.
HONEY, stealing, etc., 774.

HOOK AND LADDER. See Fire Com-
panies.

HORSES. See Animals, Estrays, Herd
Law.

punishment for stealing, 781.

reward for horse thieves, 816.
HORSE RACING, 773.

HORTICULTURE. See Agriculture, 44.
HOSPITAL FOR INSANE, 378.
at Norfolk, 388.

HOTELS.

deposit of valuables by guests; loss; de-
frauding landlord, 376-377.

fire escapes, 377.
HOUSE.

burning, etc., 770.

of ill fame, 798.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
number of members, 17.

secretary of state to open, 18.
apportionment of members, 21, 68.

organization; officers; employees, 409-410.
HOWARD COUNTY, boundaries, 225.

HUSBAND AND WIFE. See Married Wo-

men.

dower of wife, 285, 288.

estates by courtesy, 288, 290.
descent of property, 288-290.
homestead, 372.

marriage, 421.

rights of wife; husband not liable for
ante-nuptial debts, 421.

probate records, 282.

chattel mortgages, 365.

wills, decrees, judgments, etc., 478.
discharge of mortgages, 479.

kept by clerk of court, 671.

kept by justice of peace, 756,

INDIANS.

selling liquor to, 415.

INDICTMENT.

under act relating to stock, 54.

verdict of coroner's jury has same force

and effect as, 251.

description of brand in, 54.

crime in unorganized counties, 842.
finding and filing, 831.

trees, fruit and vegetables, 777.

general provisions concerning, 831.
arrest after, 833.

INSANE AND INSANE HOSPITAL.
guardian of insane perso..., 369.

sale of lands by guardian of insane per-
son, 290 292.

marriage of insane person void, 330.
general provisions concerning the gov-

ernment, management and control of
the insane hospital at Lincoln; duties
of officers, 378.

additional asylum located at Norfolk, 388.
bond of superintendent and steward, 94.
seal of hospital, 380, 387.

commissioners of insanity, 380.

oath; meetings; duties; powers, 381.
compensation, 386.

applications for admission to hospital,381.
proceedings by commissioners, 381, 382.
questions to be asked, 384.

legal settlement of insane person, 382.
patients having no legal settlement, 383.
to be on equal footing, 383.

how cared for when hospital is full, 383.
care of, by respective counties, 383, 384.
transfer of, to hospital from county,384.
discrimination in reception of, at hos-
pital, 384.

escape of; discharge, when cured, 385,
386.

proceedings upon allegation that per-
con confined is not insane; habeas
corpus, 385.

patients having no legal settlement, dis-
charge of, on application of rela-
tives, 386.

cost of maintaining, 386.

cruelty to insane, 384.

post office privileges, 378, 379.

superintendent shall certify to auditor

amounts due from counties; auditor
notify county clerk of same; levy of
tax, 386.

estates of insane and relatives not re-

leased from liability, 386.
discharge of insane by commissioners, 386.
neglect of duty by officers; penalty, 387.
warrant of commitment protects officers

of hospital, 387.

term "insane" defined; idiots not admit-
ted to hospital, 387.

chaplain of hospital, 388.

insane from other states, 388.

salary of superintendent and assistant
physician, 380.

sale of liquor to insane person; penalty,

418.

supplies of hospital, 598.

carnal knowledge of insane woman, 796.
INSOLVENCY. See Assignments.
INSPECTION.

of sheep, 59-61.

of districts by live stock sanitary com-
mission, 63.

of bees, 86.

books, etc., how obtained, 679.

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.

location; government, etc., 389.
clothing for inmates, 390, 456.
supplies for, 598.

INSTRUCTIONS TO JURY, 666.
to be written, 276.

how given, when modified; to be para-
graphed and numbered; no oral ex-
planation allowed, 276.

to grand jury, 830.

after jury have retired, 666.
INSTRUMENTS NEGOTIABLE.
by endorsement, 388.

action by endorsee; defenses, 388.
days of grace; notice; due diligence, 388.
payment before due may be given in evi-
dence against endorsee, 389.

actions on, against drawers, makers or
endorsers, 389.

damages on protest, 389.

days to be observed as holidays, 389.
actions upon; parties, 631.
pleadings, 645.

before justices of the peace, 758.
stealing; punishment, 781.
warehouse receipts, 623.

copy attached to pleading, 644.
issuing unlawfully, 788.
INSTRUMENTS-WRITTEN.
"deed" construed to mean,
limitation of action, 630.
destroying, 781.

481.

INSURANCE COMPANIES-LIFE.
general provisions concerning, 181-185.
mutual companies, 184.

statement and certificates filed with coun-
ty clerk and published, 184.
taxation, 496.

service of summons on, 637, 733.
frauds upon, 787:

INSURANCE COMPANIES—FIRE.
general provisions concerning, 391-401.
annual statement to auditor, 396.
foreign companies; qualifications, 397.
service of process on, 397, 637, 733.
auditors certificate; agents advertise-
ment, 398.

fees paid to auditor, 400.

certificate published, 400.

unincorporated mutual companies ex-
empt from act, 401.

policies may be canceled by request of
party insured, 401.
taxation, 496.

public buildings, 585.

burning property to defraud insurer, 771.
INSURANCE COMPANIES-HAIL, 401.

INTERPLEADER.

by third parties, 633.

INTESTATE. See Decedents, 285.
INTOXICATING LIQUORS, 413.
INTOXICATION, how punished, 417.
INVENTORY.

estates assigned creditors, 73.
effects of decedent, 308.
estate of ward, 370.

property attached, 654, 655, 736.

property sold on execution, 691, 754.
IRON. See Minerals, 441.
IRREGULARITIES.

not to avoid sales by executors, 292, 298.
in assessments, 516.

ISSUES.

feigned abolished, 629.

in civil cases, 664.

trial of, 665.

when considered made up for trial, 672.
in criminal cases, 835.

JAIL.

may be used by cities second class and
villages, 148.

custody of, 251.

general provisions concerning, 406-408.
JAILER.

allowing prisoner to escape, 791.
suffering jail to be unclean, 792.

dealing with prisoner less severe than
sentence warrants, 792.

oppression by, 791.

under act relative contagious diseases, 55.
cities of first class; police courts, 77.

payment when against city, 126, 527.
cities of second class; payment, 151, 527.
against dissolved corporations, 194.
upon removal from office, 257.

probate (county) court, how made a lien
on real estate, 280.

previous to death of a decedent, how en-
forced, 318.

in suits on bonds of executors, 321, 322.
in suits to enforce contract made with a
deceased person in his life time, 323.
lien of, in divorce cases, 326.

in case of contested election, 344.
in bastardy cases, 375, 376.
interest on, 401.

mechanic's lien, 424, 426.

laborer's lien on railroads, etc., 427.
mills and mill dams, 439.

occupying claimants, 448.

foreclosure tax liens, 523, 525, 526.
against municipalities; payment, 527.
owned by state, how sold, 591.

foreign; limitation of action, 630.
on change of venue, 635.

if defendant fail to appear, shall not be
for a larger amount than the indorse-
ment on summons, 636.

on constructive service, how opened, 638.
in actions concerning real property situ-
ated in several counties, 639.
how plead, 645.