Nebraska

One of the states of the American Union, being the thirty-seventh admitted to the Union. Its territory formed a part of the province of Louisiana as ceded by France, and was afterwards included in the district and the territory of Louisiana as organized in 1804 and 1S05, respectively, and in the territory of Missouri, to which the name of the last-named territory was changed in 1S12. The territory of Nebraska, extending beyond the limits of the pre-ent state westward to the summit of the Rocky Mountains, and northward to the British possessions, was organized by the act of May 30, 1854. An enabling act for the formation of a state government was passed April 19, 1864; a state constitution was adopted June 21, 1866; on the 9th of February, 1867, an act was passed for the admission of the state into the Union, pn condition that civil rights and the elective franchise should bo sc ured to all races, excepting Indians not taxed; and on the first of March, 1867, a proclamation by the president announced the acceptance of this condition, whereupon by the terms of the act the admission of the state became complete. The present constitution was adopted October 12, 1875. There was an amendment in 1912, providing for Initiative and referendum. i common pleas In connection with the writ of quare clausum fregit. 1 Holds w. Hist E. L. 89, note. See Bill of Middlesex.