AN ACT To define the boundaries of Nuckolls county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That all that portion of the territory of Nebraska, contained within the boundaries described as follows, be and the same is hereby formed into a county, to be known and styled as the county of Nuckolls, viz: Beginning at a point at the south west corner of Jones county, and running thence west twenty-four miles; thence north twentyfour miles; thence east twenty-four miles; thence south twenty-four miles to the place of beginning. § 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 13th, 1860. INCORPORATIONS. CHURCHES, SEMINARIES, AND OTHER AN ACT To incorporate the Brownville Hydraulic, Gas Light, and Coke company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That Stephen F. Nuckolls, Jesse Noel, John McPherson, Theodore Hill, Filmore T. Singleton, William E. Wilkinson, Arthur W. Shay, Edward M. McComas and Robert W. Furnas, and their associates, heirs and assigns be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Brownville Hydraulic; Gas Light and Coke company, and by that name and style they and their successors shall be capable in law of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, defending and being defended against, in all courts of law and equity, in all matters whatsoever, with full power to acquire, hold, occupy and enjoy all such real and personal estate as may be necessary and proper for the construction, extension and usefulness of the work of said company, and for the management and good government of the same, and they may have and use a common seal at pleasure. § 2. The corporation thereby ceded shall have full power and authority and shall, so soon as it becomes necessary so to do, commence operations, and shall transport and convey water through pipes and aqueducts and otherwise, and establish hydraulic fountains and reservoirs in convenient parts of said city for the supplying the same with water, and shall have full power and authority to manufacture and sell gas from which inflammable gas is usually obtained, and to be used for the purpose of lighting the said city of Brownville with gas, or the streets thereof, and any buildings, manufactories, public places or houses therein contained, so soon as expedient and necessary so to do, and erect all necessary works and apparatus, and to lay pipe for the purpose of conducting the gas in any of the streets or avenues of said city. § 3. The capital stock of the company shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars, to be subscribed and paid in such proportions as shall be prescribed by the by-laws and rules for the regulation of the concerns of said company, as the said company may from time to time make and adopt relative to the management and disposition of the stock, property and estate of said company, shall have power to adopt rules and make regulations, define the duties of officers and agents to be employed, the number and election of directors, and all such matters as pertain to the concerns of said company: Provided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to give the said company the powers or privileges of banking. Said corporation shall have the exclusive privilege of supplying the said city with gas for the purposes of affording light, and supplying water in pipes, aqueducts, fountains, reservoirs, as aforesaid, and as required in section two of this act. § 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 4th, 1860. AN ACT To incorporate the Presbyterian church of Omaha city. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That John Harris, John R. Meredith, John P. Block, Gilbert C. Monell, E. F. Cook, O. P. Hurford and their associates and successors, the members of the Presbyterian church of Omaha city, be, and the same are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under the name, style and title of the Presbyterian church of Omaha city, and by said title to remain in perpetual succession, with full power to plead and be impleaded, to sue and be sued, to receive, acquire, hold and possess property, real, personal and mixed, to use, employ, manage and dispose of all such property as they may deem proper and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, to elect such trustees and other officers, and make such rules and by-laws as they may deem proper: Provided always, that they shall not do any act, or make any rule or by-law which shall in any way conflict with the constitution of the United States or the doctrines and usages of the Presbyterian church of the United States of America, commonly known as the old school Presbyterian church. § 2. This act shall be and remain in full force from and after its passage. Approved January 10, 1860. |