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 196 NEBRASKA INDUSTRIES. Number of estab- lishments.

if 5.2 Value of products. Carpentering and building. Clothing 89 37 216 78 $45,435 29,610 $535,520 106,005 Flouring mill products Furniture 60 16 188 27 591,900 17,605 1,516,150 38,980 Gas 1 9 20,000 44,955 Iron castings 8 14 68 32 67,840 71,100 196,518 67,200 Liquors, distilled " malt 15 14 89 85,000 52,400 146,789 83,832 Lumber, sawed Machinery, railroad repair- 50 4 202 701 152,200 363,810 278,205 797,423 Paintin <r 16 35 15,400 46,250 Printing and publishing, 10 94 92,100 161,400 Saddlery and harness 28 3 71 7 51,075 8,800 152,657 25,900 Tin, copper, and sheet-iron 27 72 43,650 159,978 12 43 29,400 109,734 Manufacturing industries and trade have large- ly increased since 1870. Nebraska has only a domestic commerce. In 1874 more than 1,500,000 bushels of grain were sent to market by the Burlington and Missouri River railroad alone. Omaha was in 1870 made a United States port of delivery, belonging to the cus- toms district of Louisiana. In November, 1874, 10 national banks were in operation, with a paid-in capital of $1,025,000 and an outstand- ing circulation of $895,900, being $7 28 per capita, 1*3 per cent, of the wealth of the state, and 87*4 per cent, of the banking capital. The state had 122 m. of railroad in 1865, 473 in 1867, 943 in 1871, 1,075 in 1873, and 1,120 in 1874. In the last named year several impor- tant railroads were projected and in process of construction. The lines in operation in 1874 i are represented in the following statement : NAMES OF CORPORATTONS. Atchison and Nebraska Brownville and Fort Kearney. . . Burlington and Missouri River Leased, Omaha and Southwestern Midland Pacific Omaha and Northwestern ' St. Joseph and Denver City Sioux City and Pacific, j Leased,* Fremont, Elkhorn, and Mo. Valley. . . Union Pacific Atchison, Kan., and Lincoln Brownville and Junction of St. Joseph and Denver City railroad Plattsmouth and Kearney Junction Omaha and Oreapolis ' Crete and Beatrice Nebraska City and Seward j Omaha to southern line of Dakota j Elwood, Kan., and Hastings I Sioux City, la., and Fremont Fremont and Wisner ' Omaha and Ogden, Utah Miles com- pleted in the state in 1874. 109 10 190 18 40 89 27 51 473 Total length be- tween termini when different from preceding. 147 180 227 107 The constitution of 1866 limits the number of senators to 13 and of representatives to 39 until 1876, when the number may be increased by the legislature, but not beyond 25 senators and 75 representatives. Senators and repre- sentatives are elected biennially on the second Tuesday of October in even years, and hold office for two years from the first of January ensuing. The legislature meets biennially on the Thursday after the first Monday in January, odd years. Each member receives $3 for each day's attendance during the session, and 10 cents for every mile of travel in going to and from the capital. Compensation is not allowed for more than 40 days at any one session. The executive department comprises a governor, secretary of state, auditor, and treasurer, who are chosen at the same time as members of the legislature and hold their offices for two years, except the auditor, whose term is four years. The constitution fixes the annual salary of the governor at $1,000; secretary of state, $600; auditor, $800; treasurer, $400. The judicial power is vested in a supreme court and dis- trict, probate, and justices' courts. The su- preme court comprises a chief and two asso- ciate justices, who are elected by the people for six years, and receive an annual salary of $2,000 each. All other judicial officers are paid for their services, the fees being prescribed by law. Two terms of the supreme court are held each year in Lincoln. The state is divided into three judicial districts, in which the courts are held by the justices of the supreme court. Each county has a probate court, which, be- sides the ordinary duties of such tribunals, has jurisdiction in civil actions where the amount does not exceed $500. Probate judges and justices of the peace are elected by the people. The property owned by a woman at her mar- riage, and any property which she may subse- quently acquire, except from her husband, is free from the husband's control and not subject to his debts. A married woman may convey her separate estate, make contracts, carry on a trade or business, and sue and be sued, in the same manner as an unmarried woman. The grounds of divorce are: adultery, impotence, sentence to imprisonment for three years or more, desertion for two years, habitual drunk- enness, extreme cruelty, and consent obtained by force or fraud. The legal rate of interest in absence of agreement is 10 per cent., and 12 per cent, may be lawfully agreed upon. Nebraska is represented in congress by two senators and one representative, and has there- fore three votes in the electoral college. Prac- tically the state has no debt. On Nov. 30, 1874, the outstanding liabilities amounted to $352,400, of which $342,957 was held by the permanent school fund, the state paying in- terest ; and the state had resources to the amount of $221,600, consisting of unpaid tax- es, &c. The receipts and disbursements of the state government for the eleven months end- ing Dec. 1, 1874, were reported as follows: