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Title: History of Nebraska from the earliest explorations of the trans-Mississippi region
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Morton, J. Sterling (Julius Sterling), 1832-1902 Watkins, Albert, 1848-1923 Thomas, Augustus Orloff, 1863-1935 Beattie, James A., 1845- Wakeley, Arthur Cooper, 1855-
Subjects: Nebraska -- History
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb., Western Publishing and Engraving Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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John Mki.vix Graham statehood. The partisanship of this sessionhad, perhaps, been whittled down the smallerto conform to these conditions. The special enactments of interest author-ized the city of Omaha and the city of Belle-vue, respectively, to raise S100.000 to be usedin securing the construction of a railwaybridge across the Missouri river at each place.This was but the preparation for Bellevueslast, and. as the event proved, death strug-gle. Omaha was to win the bridge, but at acost to which this proposed gratuity «bagatelle. The organization and the last elec-tion of officers of Saline counts were 380 HISTORY OF NEBRASKA
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David ButlerFirst governor of Nebraska TWELFTH AND LAST TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE 381 ized; Lincoln county was attached to the firstjudicial district; Saunders county was detachedfrom Cass to which it had been joined forjudicial, election, and revenue purposes; thesixteen townships east of Jefferson countyand lying adjacent to the same, known asJones county, were annexed to Jeffersoncounty, and the officers of Jones county wereauthorized to remain as officers of Jeffersoncounty until their successors should be quali-fied ; the name of Leau-qui-court countywas changed to Emmet, provided the electorsof the county should vote at the next generalelection in favor of the change: and the lim-its of the new counties of Clay, Webster,Hamilton, Adams, and Franklin were defined.But this session was prolific of joint reso-lutions. The first of these was a sop to Con-gress for admission, and it declared that thelegislature favored the adoption of the pend-ing amendments to the federal Constitution,

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