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OF ALL LAWS OF A GENERAL NATURE PASSED SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST EDITION,
WHICH ARE NOW IN FORCE, EITHER AS AMENDMENTS OR INDEPENDENT ACTS,

SHOWING WHERE THE SAME MAY BE FOUND IN THIS EDITION.

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VIII. Attorney, amendatory of section 18, chap, 7. [This with other sec-
tions concerning district attorneys repealed by act authorizing

county attorneys, 1885, chap. 40.]

IX. Cities of first class, section 8 amended..

XXII. Counties, precincts in cities first class...

243

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LVII. Militia, sec. 36 amended. [Repealed by amendatory act 1885, chap. 63.]

LVIII. Notaries public, sections 1 and 12 amended.....

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LXVII. Revenue, sections 63 and 70 amended..

.499, 500

Ch. LXXXI. Weights and measures, section 5 amended....
LXXXII. Code of civil procedure, section 1030 amended..
LXXXIII. Code of civil procedure, section 329 amended.
LXXXIV. Criminal code, section 156 amended..

LXXXV. Criminal cases reviewed on error..
LXXXVI. Criminal code, section 508 amended..
LXXXVII. Criminal code, section 117 amended...
LXXXVIII. Criminal code, section 125 amended..

XC. Public lands, purchase from United States...
XCV. State Historical Society....

626

748

672

836

854

844

781

783

599

601

34. Counties, boundaries of Sheridan county

35. Counties, boundaries of Sioux county....

36. Counties and county officers, territory unorganized and transferr-

ing..........

37. Counties and county officers, claims against county..

38. Counties and county officers, protection against high water ............... 260

39. Counties and county officers, burial of soldiers, sailors and marines. 436
40. Counties and county officers, county attorney, duty and salary..... 83
41. Counties and county officers, county register cf deeds and amenda-
tory of various sections...
.....206, 245, 246, 247, 477, 478, 479, 481

Chapter 46. Courts, execution in county court

280

47. Decedents, embezzling goods of

48. Decedents, wills and foreign executors

50. Elections, officers elected at general election

51. Fees, county officials according to population

307

.302, 304, 324

49. Divorce, time in which divorced persons may marry.

331

331

358

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69. Revenue, meeting, powers, and pay of assessors.

70. Revenue, levy of taxes for county purposes.

71. Revenue, time when tax becomes delinquent...

404

410

423

.434, 436

474

471

483

68. Revenue, repealing the five per cent. penalty. (See foot note p. 508.)

.498, 499, 500

502

508

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100. Civil Code, execution, stay of before justice of the peace..
101. Criminal Code, rape, penalty for ....

102. Criminal Code, killing game at certain seasons
103. Criminal Code, embezzlement, punishment....
104. Criminal Code, civil rights, penalty for violating.
105. Criminal Code, tobacco, giving to minor under 15.
106. Criminal Code, pay witnesses for defence.......
107. Criminal Code, rewards for arrest in case of homicide
108. Criminal Code, prosecuting offenses on information..
124, Joint resolution to amend constitution......

705, 706

707

717

722

747

751

764

775

782

180

809

837

850

854

40

126. Joint resolution relative to state quota of arms and equipments.... 436

CONSTITUTION

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

PREAMBLE.

We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

ARTICLE I.

SECTION I.

1. [Legislative power.]-All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives.

SECTION II.

1. [House of representatives.]-The house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year, by the people of the several states; and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature.

2. [Representatives Qualifications.]—No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.

3. [Apportionment.]-Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least one representative; and until such enumeration_shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three; Massachusetts, eight; Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one; Connecticut, five; New York, six; New Jersey, four; Pennsylvania, eight; Delaware, one; Maryland, six; Virginia, ten; North Carolina, five; South Carolina, five; and Georgia, three.

4. [Vacancies.]-When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.

5. [Speaker-Power of impeachment.]-The house of representatives shall chuse their speaker and other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment.

SECTION III.

1. [Senate.]-The senate of the United States shall be composed of two

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