territories B c * See Uned Antiq of Attica and Hesych Lexic loc citA few paces from the springs the paved way begins, and leads in a straight line across the Thriasian plain to Eleusis It is composed of round stones of moderate dimensions, like the streets of modern cities, but has every appearance of antiquity, particularly as the traces of wheels may in many places be discriminated upon its surface On our left hand near the sea are several upright blocks of stone, which are irregularly placed, without the appearance of ever having formed part of an edifice Similar remains-are observed in various parts of Greece, and I have been at a loss to account for their designation Several stones are sometimes seen together, and at other times only one or two, and frequently without any other traces whatever in the vicinity They probably constitute the most early kind of statue, that was known to the ancients by the name ofBaflv\os,or Bethel Some authors have imagined that the name and worship of the baituloswas derived from the stone /a^x, which was anointed by the patriarch Jacob Others are of opinion that it represented the stone which was enclosed in a skin (jSa/fo) and given to Saturn by Rhea, that it might be devoured instead of Jupiter It was sometimes considered the same as Abdir, Abadir, and Terminus The adoration of stones instead of statues, is mentioned by Herodotus, Herodian, Maximus of Tyre, Prudentius, and many other authors But the account which is given by Pausanias of a similar worship, is particularly applicable to our present purpose Speaking of Pharai in Achaia, he says, ” near the statue of the god are thirty stones of a quadrangular form, each of which is worshipped under the name of some divinity; for the Greeks Pausan b Ie See Genesis, , Lactant Instit b c Euseb de prjpparat Evang b c Priscian b p Hesych Lexic Photius, p Varin Favorin Lexic Jul Ctes Scaliger exercit Faber thesau Joseph Scaliger Casauboa ad Theoph Gerard J Vossius, Etymol p Heialdus ad Arnob b and othersanciently paid the same veneration to rough stones’ as they afterwards did to statues” The same author mentions many other examples of these shapeless divinities in Greece They were sometimes blocks of wood, and sometimes columns of stone, called Ktovssor o-rnXcciCallimachus informs us that Danaus raised a column at Lindos instead of a statue of Minerva—￡y AivSu Aavaos Kiovsirjxtv shsand Pausanias mentions a statue of Jupiter and another of Diana at Sicyon, the former of which was shaped like a pyramid, and the latter like a column The hermes, or statues of Mercury, were originally only square stones, to which the head, then the feet, and sometimes the sexual parts, were subsequent additionsWe crossed the shallow and almost imperceptible bed of the Eleusinian Cephissos; and a little further on to the right of the road, observed a heap of marble blocks, belonging evidently to a monument of some magnificence Near this are the remains of a smaller sepulchre, but too much ruined to afford any means of conjecturing its original plan Nearer to Eleusis, on the left side of the way, are the remains of a square edifice, apparently a sepulchre We were four hours and five minutes in reaching Eleusis from AthensThe sacred way must anciently have been one continued line of sumptuous and highly embellished edifices Harpocration* informs us that Polemon wrote an entire book* upon its curiosities; and Pausanias, who notices only the principal objects, mentions two towns, four temples, an heroic monument, and thirteen sepulchres, besides statues and altars must have been one of the most conspicuous According to Plutarch it was at a place called Hermos, and cost thirty talents, although it is the opinion of the biographer, that
remarkably light, and of elegant forms We also found a large cinerary urn, of common earth, containing ashes and burnt bones The sepulchres are confusedly placed, without any attention to regularity of arrangement, or to the direction of east and west As it appeared probable that these sepulchres belonged to some ancient city in the vicinity, I made every inquiry which might lead to the discovery, if any such place existed; but was assured that nothing of the kind was known This is another reason for supposing them to be the tombs to which Pausanias refers on his return to Corinth, as he mentions no other remains in their vicinity; and they could not hav
Euxine. Oil was the only commodity of importance that was permitted to be exported ;5 and even this was supposed not originally to have been a native6 product of the Attic soil. But we must recollect, that formerly no expedient was left untried, by which agriculture might be rendered prosperous; and that at present no violence is omitted by which it can be discouraged.In iEgypt, where even the symbols and implements of cultivation are seen so frequently represented on their temples and obelisks, agriculture was held in a kind of religious veneration. Bacchus, under the name of Osiris, Ceres, under that of Isis,7 and the ox itself, under that of Apis, received the enthusiastic adoration of the grateful Egyptians. Greece, in imitating the principal part of Egyptian worship, followed her example in the encouragement which she gave, and in the respect which she evinced, for agricultural pursuits. Throughout the greater part of Turkey necessity is almost the only motive in the cultivation of the soil; the husbandman is outraged and despised: and as in great part of Italy, Spain, and Portugal, their agricultural practice is so very deficient, that they lose half the profit of their land; and were it not for the exuberant fertility of the soil, the labour would not be compensated by the crop. There were however in the narrow and sterile country of Attica, a hundred and seventy-four demoi,or towns, besides the capital. Its population is uncertain; but I should conceive, that, considering the number of the demoi,it could not have contained in its flourishing period, less than a million and a half of inhabitants, including strangers and slaves. We know that it was so overstocked that it was obliged to diminish the superabundance of its population, by sending out many colonies to distant countries. According to Plutarch,1 the number of true Athenian citizens in the time of Pericles, was fourteen thousand and forty. In the time of Demetrius the Phalerian, there were, according to Athenaeus,2 20,000 citizens in Attica, besides 10,000 strangers, and 400,000 slaves. Some however seem of opinion, that this number was contained within the capital itself. Aristophanes3 asserts, that there were 80,000 inhabitants in Athens, besides the slaves; and Plato4 says, that amongst the citizens of Attica, there were 20,000 able to bear arms. Athens indeed might easily have contained half a million of inhabitants within the whole circuit of its walls, including the ports; and we know that the houses were crowded, and sometimes of large dimensions. According to Demosthenes,5 some habitations in Athens surpassed in beauty the edifices of Pericles. This however was a rare case, as the houses were in general small, and accompanied as in the present day with over-hanging galleries.1 The streets were dark, narrow, and irregular.1 The only part of architecture in which the Romans surpassed the Greeks, was in their aqueducts and cloacas.* Thucydides says the Athenians had only 1,200 horsemen, b. 2. c. 2.1B. 1. c. 2. 4 B. 4. * Plutarch’s Life of Solon.6 According to Pindar, Hercules brought the olive to Greece, from the source of the Danube, Olymp. 3. v. 24.. The Kotivos,or wild olive, grows in most parts of Greece, as was the case in very early times. In the sixth Olympiad, the Delphic oracle ordered that the victors at the Olympic games should be crowned with it. Daikles, the Messenian, in the seventh Olympiad, was the first who was thus crowned; see Clavier prem. terns de la Greece, vol. 2. p. 205, who cites Phlegon. p. 148. and Dion. Halicarn. Ant. Rom. b. 1. See also Theophrast. Hist. Plant, b. 4. c. 14. The Kotinoswas early known in Italy, and, according to Strabo, the tomb of Polites, near Temesa, in the country of the Brutii, was surrounded by them, b. 6. p. 255. 7 Diodor. Sic. b. I.e. 13.1 Life of Pericles. sDeipnosoph. b. 6. * Eccles.* Critias. * Olynth.The interesting historical and statistical speech of Pericles,2 previous to the Peloponnesian war, exhibits a splendid picture of the power, prosperity, and opulence of this
the next session of assembly which shall happen thereafter.Vide list of acts relating to insurance companies, 1794, ch. 39.Duration.CHAP. LXI.Preamble.A bank established, &c.Capitalstock limit-ed to onemillion twohundredthousanddollars.An ACT to establish a bank, and incorporate a company, under the name of The Farmers Bank of Maryland, and for other purposes.Supplement : 1807. ch. 38.WHEREAS the agricultural and commercial interests of this state may be promoted by the establishment of a bank at the city of Annapolis, and a branch thereof at Easton; therefore,II. BeItEnacted,by the General Assembly of Maryland-,That a bank, to be called and known by the name of The Farmers Bank of Maryland, shall be established at the city of; Annapolis, and a branch thereof shall be established at Easton, for the eastern shore, and the proportion to be allotted to the branch bank shall not exceed two fil th parts of the capital stock.III. AndBeItEnacted,That the capital stock of this bank shall be limited to one million two hundred thousand dollars, to consist of twenty-four thousand shares of fifty dollars each, one third part thereof, or eight thousand shares, shall be reserved for the use and benefit of the state, to be subscribed for in such manner as the legislature may direct, but no engagement shall be understood to be laid upon the state to subscribe or vest money therein by the admission of a right to do so, or by a retention of any unfilled shares, and the remaining sixteen thousand shares shall be allotted to the different counties, and subscribed for, in manner following, viz. At Annapolis, for the city of Annapolis and county of Anne-Arundel, for thousand shares, under the direction of John Gibson, James Williams, John Muir, Robert Denny, Lewis Duvall and ‘William Alexander, or any two of them ; At Baltimore, for tf city and county of Baltimore, for two thousand shares, the direction of Thomas Dickson, Cumberland Dugan, Stephen and George F. Warfield, or any two of them ; at Belle-Air, for the county of Harford, for six hundred and forty shares, under the direction of John Stump, William Wilson, John C. Bond and George Patterson, or any two of them : Ht Frederick-town, for Frederick county, for twelve hundred shares, under the direction of George Murdock, doctor John Tyler, John Schely and Henry R. Warfield, or any two of them; at Elizabeth-town, for Washington county, for eight hundred shares, under the direction of Samuel Ringgold, Nathaniel Rochester, Robert Hughes and Jacob Zeller, or any two of them ; at Cumberland, for Allegany county, for four hundred shares, under the direction of William M’Mahon, Daniel Fetter, James Scott and George Hebb, or any two of them ; at Montgomery court-house, for Montgomery county, for six hundred aud forty shares, under the direction of Thomas Davis, Upton Beall, Caleb Bently and Thomas V. Wilson, or any two of them ; at Upper-Marlborough, for PrinceGeorge’s county, for six hundred and forty shares, under the direction of Edward IL Calvert, Archibald Van-Horn, Thomas Snowden and Jacob Duckett, or any two of them ; at PortTobacco, for Charles county, for six hundred and forty shares, under the direction of Henry IL Chapman, William Vincent, William H. M’Pherson and Francis Digges, or any two of them ; at Leonard-town, for Saint-Mary’s county, lor four hundred and eighty shares, under the direction of \V illiam Holtoo, Joseph Ford, Luke W. Barber and James Hopewell, or any two of them; at Prince-Frederick-town, for ‘ Jvert county, for three hundred and twenty shares the direction of Richard Graham, Richard MackWilkinson and Samuel Whittington, or any two of 1 ; at Easton, for Easton and Talbot county, for two thousand shares, under the direction of Thomas J. Bullitt, John Leeds Kerr, Hall Harrison, Bennett Wheeler, Joseph Haskins, William Meluy and James Earle, junior, or any two of them; it Cambridge, for Dorchester county, for six hundred and
allowing the fingers to be taken off”, might eventually appear to be at least as great as that of having done it. A few years hence, nothing could have been seen in “Washington to remind a visitor of its having been once in an enemy’s hands, but so long as this monument remains in its present state, the humiliating fact is conspicuously recorded.Postscript, February,1819.A second visit to this city has given me an opportunity of visiting Congress, which was not in session when I was here formerly.The Senate and House of Representatives meet at present in plain brick buildings close by the Capitol, where temporary halls have been fitted up for them. The galleries of both houses are open to every person; I found in them auditors of every description, workmen without their coats in one place, and elegantly dressed females in another. The utmost quietness and decorum however prevailed.The President of the Senate wears no costume; he appeared in, a blue coat with gilt buttons, and occupied a plain elbow chair with a small canopy over it. Each senator has a writing desk before him, and many of them were either writing letters or reading newspapers. They were all in plain dresses, and many wore jockey boots.I found the Senate discussing the propriety of making compensation to a British subject in Upper Canada, for a small vessel which had been captured by an American cruiser on Lake Ontario, before the declaration of war. The vessel had been sold, and the proceeds paid to the clerk of one of the Districts of the State of New York, to await the decision of a court; the court decided that the capture was illegal and ordered restitution, but in the mean time the clerk had become a defaulter and eloped. A bill had in consequence been brought into the Senate, containing a provision for making good to the owner of the vessel the sum which he had thus lost. Various individuals spoke shortly on both sides of the question. Some opposed the bill, on the footing that the individual aggrieved ought to have recourse upon the legal securities of the District Clerk, and said that it would be giving to a British subject an advantage which would not have been conceded to a citizen of the United States. I had however the pleasureSENATEHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 269of hearing the Hon. Rufus King, one of the senators for the State of New York, speak warmly in favour of the bill. He said that the nation was bound in honour to make good to a foreigner the decision of the court; that in similar circumstances an American citizen would have most certainly obtained redress in Great Britain, and that he had never known an instance of such a decision there, in which prompt and ample compensation had not been made. The question was ultimately carried in the affirmative.3The house of Representatives was in committee, and I found Mr. Sargeant of Philadelphia concluding a long speech, which had been begun the preceding day, on the subject of the United States’ Bank. A committee, which had been appointed to investigate some alleged misconduct on the part of the Bank Directors, had reported an opinion to the House that the charter of the Bank had been violated, and consequently forfeited entirely. Mr. Sargeant combated this opinion, and was arguing while I was present, that although the facts were proved to be exactly as the committee had reported, the charter was still good, for such delinquencies had all been provided for in that charter, and The bill alluded to was afterwards thrown out in the House of Representatives, in consequence, as a member of the house told me, of it being somehow or other informal. I cannot help suspecting however, that disinclination to the object of the bill was the true cause.specific penalties attached to them; the penalties he said were incurred, but the charter was still perfectly valid. I left this gentleman speaking, and his opinion in the end prevailed.The aspect of the House of Representatives is still less dignified than that of the Senate. The house was pretty full, but many of the member were lounging beside the fire reading newspapers, others were clustering round the windows, and few even of those who remained at “their desks were attending to the orator, most of the others being busily engaged in writing letters, and some carefully weighing them to ascertain that the enclosures did not exceed the weight which their franks covered. In the House of Commons, it struck me that themembers showed a good deal of indifference to the discussions which were going forward; the triple bows of the wigged messengers between the door and the bar, seemed sufficiently childish; the peremptory order of the Speaker, ’strangers withdraw,’ somewhat uncivil to strangers; the confusion which took place in clearing the gallery, and the elbowing and pushing at filling it again, not a little annoying and vexatious; but after all there is more senatorial decorum in the House of Commons than in the House of Representatives. It appeared singular that so many members should attend the debates while so few seemed to be interested in them, and I thought that those whose legislative exertions were confined to gazing out at CONGRESS AND PARLIAMENT. 271the window
or refusing to extend such rate, as certified to him by the auditor, shall be removed from his office, and in addition thereto shall be subject to a fine of |5,000, and damages caused by such neglect or refusal, to be sued for by the auditor, in an action of debt, in the name of the state of Nebraska, in the supreme court of this state; Provided,That in cases where the auditor and proper local authorities of the proper municipality can arrange to make such levy to reimburse the state in such cases, without suit, the auditor is hereby authorized to pursue such course.Sec.178. [Auditor to furnish blanks.]It shall be the duty of the auditor to furnish suitable blanks for the assessment of property, for the settlements by county treasurers with said auditor, and all other books and blanks required by this act, which shall be paid by the state out of any funds appropriated for that purpose. Such books and blanks shall be uniform, and the auditor shall, from time to time, furnish county officers with necessary instructions to carry the provisions of this act into effect,, and all such instructions shall be strictly complied with, by the officers in the performance of their respective duties.! He shall give his opinion and advice on all questions of doubt as to the true intent and meaning of the provisions of this act.Sec179. [Foreclosure of tax lien.]The owner of any certificate or certificates of tax sale upon any tract of land or town lot shall be deemed to be the assignee and owner of all the liens for taxes of the state, county, city, village, township, district, and other municipal subdivisions for which such tract or lot was sold, and may, instead of demanding a deed therefor, as provided in this act, proceed by action at any time before the expiration of five years from the date of such certificate, to foreclose the same, and cause the tract or lot to be sold for the satisfaction thereof, and of all prior and subsequent taxes paid thereon, in all respects as far as practicable, in the same manner and with like effect as though the same were a mortgage executed to the owner of such certificate or certificates for the amount named therein, together with sucb subsequent and prior taxes paid thereon by the person having or owning the title to said land or lot adverse thereSrc. 179. 11 Neb. 384. 13 Id. 15, 24. 14 Id. 537. 15 Id. 582. 16Id. 399. 17 Id. 287.to. More than one certificate on the same property may be included in the action, but each together, with prior and subsequent taxes paid thereon, shall deemed and stated as a separate cause of action; Provided,That no action foreclose any such lien shall be maintained unless the owner of any such eeri cate shall have served notice on the owner or occupant of the land mentia therein, within the time and in the same manner as provided in section 123.Sec.HO. [Neglect to demand deed.]If the owner of any such eer cate shall fail or neglect either to demand a deed thereon, or to commence an tion for the foreclosure of the same, as provided in the preceding sections, wil five years from the date thereof, the same shall cease to be valid or of any kwhatever, either as against the person holding or owning the title adverse then and all other persons, and as against the state, county, and all other muuiei subdivisions thereof.Sec.181. [DecreeInterest.]In any case in which the plaintiff ti recover in an action for the foreclosure of tax Hens, as provided in this act shall be entitled to interest on each amount paid by him, and evidenced bp certificates of tax sale and receipts for taxes paid, at the rate of twenty per a per annum from the date of each payment for the term of two years, and at rate of ten per cent, per annum on each of said amounts from and after the piration of said two years, and until the rendition of which decree shall draw interest as in other cases. At the time of the of such decree, the court shall award to the plaintiff an attorney’s fee ten per cent, thereof, which shall be taxed as a part of the costs in the action.Sec.182. [Definitions.]The words and phrases following, whenever!, in this act, shall be
promoting the public welfare. However that might be, he surely would not then contend that the president ought to retire, and vacate the place to which he was constitutionally elected, because there was a majority of congress against him. We all derive our authority from the same source : we hold by the same tenure: we are co-ordinate branches of the same government, and not any one an instrument in the hands of the other; or subjected to the will or power of the other. We have not the British constitution.He said he was no prophet, and would venture no predictions as to the result of that great appeal. If the people of this country should think, with the gentleman from Virginia, that military capacity whether in exercise or not, was desirable or indispensable, in the head of this government, it might have an influence upon their decision.[Mr. Randolph, explained.]Mr. Sergeant proceeded. I do not wish to misunderstand or mis-state the gentleman from Virginia, and I accept his explanationthat he only stated that sagacity and courage, and the capacity for managing men, which are necessary military talents, are equally necessary in civil affairs. Thus understood, it means nothing more than that the genius which constitutes a great military man, is a very high quality, and maybe equally useful in the cabinet and in the field; that he has a sort of universality equally applicablc to all affairs. We had seen undoubtedly, one instance of a rare and wonderful combination of civil and military qualifications, both of the highest order. Washington was equally illustrious in either department. But Washington was the production of an age. He belongs to an age, and will give it character by his matchless worth. When ages shall have rolled away, he will stand still more exalted above nil those who have so much occupied our attention with their bustling and restless ambition. He will be remembered when they are forgotten, and his memory will continue to be without blot or stain. That the greatest civil qualifications maybe found united with the highest military ones, is what no one will deny who thinks of Washington; but that such a combination is rare and extraordinary, the fame of Washington sufficiently attests. If it were common, why was he so illustrious?But let it be remembered, also, that Washington had -experience in civil as well as military affairs; and his country had experience of him in both. He was a member of the Virginia legislature before the revolution. He was a delegate from Virginia to the first congress. He left his scat in congress to take command of his country’s army in the field. He was a member, and he was the chosen president of the convention which formed the constitution of the United States. In civil employments, and for high civil qualifications, he was well knownto his country, before he was intrusted with the high office of President of the United States, and there was a thorough assurance that he had the requisite knowledge, temper, and habits. It is not questioned,’thenefore, that, in Washington, civil and military qualifications were combined, both in the highest degree. But the gentleman from Virginia will not denyno one who has read the history, or considered the nature of man can denythat the talent for war may exist without the qualifications or acquirements for civil rulethat there may be evidence of the one, and no evidence of the other–nay,it appears to me to be impossible to deny, that qualities which are perfectly compatible with the character of a valiant and successful soldier, may be utterly inconsistent with the peaceful administration of a republic. I will not, he said, detain the House, by entering into a historical discussion of Cesar, and Cromwell, and Napoleonfamiliar subjects, and well understoodnor will I inquire how far their bad example is palliated by the apology which has been attempted for them, that they were the offspring of the times, and made no change for the worse. Say what you will, it cannot alter the fact. But, selecting
entitled to have the increased amount of capital fixed by sa certificate; and the examination of securities composing the capital stock thus increasedshall be made in the same manner as proved in section seven of this act, for the capital stock first pa inSec5 DivendsIt shall not be lawful for the directors, trustees, or managers of any insurance company organized under this act, or incorporated under any law of this state to make any divends except from the snrIns profit arising from their business, and in estimating such profits there shall e reserved therefrom a sum equal to forty per cent, of the amount received as remiums on unexpired risks and policies, which amount so reserved is hereby eclared to be unearned premiums; and there shall also be reserved all sums due le corporation on bonds and mortgages, bonds, stocks, and book accounts of hich no part of the principal or interest thereon has been pa during the year receding such estimate of profits, and upon which suit lor foreclosure or collecon has not been commenced, or which, after judgment has been obtained theren, shall have remained more than two years unsatisfied, and upon which interst shall not have been pa; and in case of any such judgment, the interest due or ecrued thereon and remaining unpa shall also be reserved Any divends mile contrary to these provisions shall subject the company making it to a fornture 0 their charterSec6 Real estateNo company organized under this act shall purbse, hold, or convey any real estate, save for the purposes and in the manner erein set forth, to wit: FirstSuch as shall be requisite for its convenient ccommodation in the transaction of its business SecondSuch as shall have een mortgaged to it in good faith by way of security for loans previously conraeted or for money due; or, ThirdSuch as shall have been conveyed to it in itisfaction of debts previously contracted in the legitimate business of the comany or for money due; or, FourthSuch as shall have been purchased at sales r upon judgments, decrees, or mortgages obtained or made for such debts And i shall not be lawful for any such company to purchase, hold, or convey real state in any other case, or for any other purpose, or acquired in any other maner, except that it may convey real estate which shall be found in the course of s business not necessary for its convenient accommodation in the transaction aereof; and all such last mentioned real estate shall be sold and conveyed withIthree years after the same shall have been deemed by the auditor of state unneissary for such accommodation, unless the company shall procure a certificate om the sa auditor that the interest of sa company will materially suffer by a jreed sale, in which event the sale may be postponed for such a period as the a auditor shall direct in sa certificateSec7 Security notesAll notes deposited with any mutual insurnce company, at the time of its organization, as proved for in section three ereof, shall remain as security for all losses and claims, until the accumulation f the profits invested as required by the sixth section of this act shall equal the mount of cash capital required to be possessed by stock companies organized nder this act, the liability of each note decreasing proportionately as the profits re accumulated; but any note which may have been deposited with any mutual osurance company, subsequent to its organization, in addition to the cash iremrums, or any insurance effected with such company may, at the expiration f the time of such insurance, or upon the cancellation by the company of the whey, be relinquished, and given up to the maker thereof, or his legal represenatives, upon his paying Ins proportion of losses and expenses which may have iccrued thereon during such term The directors or trustees of any such company hall have the right to determine the amount of the note to be given, in addition o the cash premiums, by any person insured ; and every person fleeting insurance in any
morning until dark in the evening; and shall, moreover, at any hour in the night or day that the creek or river can be passed, when called upon for that purpose, convey the United States mail or other public express across sa ferry; and if any person having obtained a license as aforesa, shall fail or neglect to perform the duties herein enjoined, or any of them, the person so offending shall forfeit and pay for every such offense, a sum not exceeding five dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace ot the proper county, at the suit of any person prosecuting for and making due proof of such failure or neglect; and if any keeper ot a ferry as aforesa, shall demand or receive a higher rate or sum for ferriages than shall be allowed by the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such ferry is kept/the person so offending shall forfeit and pay for every such offense, a fine not exceeding ten dollars, recoverable before any justice of the peace of the proper county, by any person making due proof thereof, to be disposed of as hereinafter provedSeo7 Release from penaltiesShould the county commissioners refuse to renew the license of a ferryman, he shall be exonerated from the penalties of this chapter, by paying into the county treasury, previous to any prosecution having been commenced against him, such sum for the time which may have elapsed between the expiration of his license and the next session of the board of county commissioners, as shall bear a rateable proportion to the amount charged for the previous yearSec8 Rates of ferriageThe board of county commissioners, at the same time they grant a license to keep a ferry shall also fix the rate of ferriages which the ferry keeper may demand and receive for the transportation of persons and property; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of sa county commissioners to furnish every person taking out a license to keep a ferry, with a list of the rate of ferriages, which list the ferry keeper shall post at the door of his ferry-house or in some conspicuous place convenient to sa ferrySec9 List to be handed grand juryEvery county clerk shall, on the first day of the term of the district court, deliver to the grand jury an accurate list of all persons holding license within his county; and it shall be the duty of the judge to give this chapter in charge to the grand jury, whose duty it shall be to make inquiry and give information of any violation thereof, except in cases where jurisdiction is given to justices of the peaceSec0 Unauthorized ferriesIf any person shall keep a ferry without being duly authorized, the person so offending shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to be recovered by indictmentSec Neglect of officersIf any justice of the peace or other officershall neglect or faQ to comply with the requisitions of this chapter, the person so’ offending shall forfeit and pay for every such offense a sum not exceeding fiftydollars, at the discretion of any court of competent jurisdiction before whom thesame may be recovered, for the use of the countySec Suits how broughtAll actions or suits brought under the provisions of this chapter, shall be in the name of the state of Nebraska, and the court taking cognizance thereof shall keep a record of all fines and forfeitures recovered under the same; and sheriffs, constables and other officers shall pay all moneys, within thirty days after receiving the same, into the county treasury Justices of the peace and clerks of courts, before whom any fine is recovered, shall present an accurate account thereof to the county clerk, on or before the first Monday of July annually; and it shall be the duty of the county clerk to inform against and prosecute all offenders against this statute, especially such offenses as are cognizable before justices of the peaceSec8 herein contained shah be so construed as to conflict or interfere with any vested right heretofore acquired or secured under any law of this stateSec Foot passengersIt
with all other costs of hese proceedings, must be paid by the execution creditor, in the first instance, tit in the cases provided for in sections ten and eleven, the amount paid must be dded as costs on execution, and collected accordingly.Sec15. [Head of a family.]The phrase “head of a family,” as used in his chapter, includes within its meaning: First.The husband when the claimnt is a married person. Second.Every person who has residing on the premises nthhim or her, and under his care and maintenance, either: 1. His or her linor child, or the minor child of his or her deceased wife or husband. 2. A linor brother or sister, or the minor child of a deceased brother or sister. 8. A ither, mother, grandfather or grandmother. 4. The father, or mother, grandither or grandmother of a deceased husband or wife. 5. An unmarried sister, or ny other of the relatives mentioned in this section who have attained the age of lajority and are unable to take care of or support themselves. [11 Neb. 390.]Sec.16. [Money realized from sale of homestead is exempt
