The volume of laws quoted as the "Revised Statutes" refers to the edition prepared in 1866 by E. Estabrook.

The volume of laws quoted as the "General Statutes" refers to the edition prepared in 1873 by Guy A. Brown.

The volume of laws quoted as the "Compiled Statutes" refers to the edition prepared in 1881 by Guy A. Brown.

Acts of various years are cited by reference to volume of laws and the year in which they were passed.

This volume contains a report of all decisions handed down at the July term, 1883, and a portion of those handed down at the January term, 1884. The balance of opinions of this last term will appear in Vol. 16.

The syllabus in each case in this volume was prepared by the judge writing the opinion, in accordance with rule XIV. All of the judges concurred in the opinions except where specially noted.

Lincoln, Oct. 1, 1884.

The following new rule was adopted at the January term, 1884:

XIX.

In cases of the admission of attorneys to the Supreme Court, the clerk shall be entitled to charge and receive the following fees and no more: In case of original admission upon the report of a committee, seventy-five cents. Admission on motion, fifty cents. In addition to the above, in all cases where the attorney admitted may desire a certificate printed or engraved on parchment, the clerk may charge and receive an additional fee therefor of one dollar.

Rule VII. was amended to read as follows:

VII.

In all cases brought into the court upon error or appeal, the plaintiff in error or appellant shall, at least fifteen days prior to the week in which the case shall be entered for hearing, furnish to the opposite party or his attorney of record, a printed copy of his brief of points and authorities relied on; and within ten days thereafter the defendant in error or appellee shall furnish the plaintiff in error or appellant, as the case may be, a printed copy of his brief of points and authorities relied on; and each party shall, before the argument of the cause, file with the clerk of this court six copies of his brief aforesaid, one for each judge of the court and the others for the reporter, and the party bringing the case into this court shall hold the affirmative. And in original cases, unless for cause the court shall excuse the omission, briefs must be filed by the plaintiff and defendant in the same manner as in cases on error or appeal. The copies of briefs mentioned in this rule shall consist of ordinary printed matter in pamphlet form, and not in writing, cerograph, type writing, or any similar device.

PRACTICING ATTORNEYS.

The following were omitted from the list published in Vol. 14:

C. THOMPSON, Ashland, Saunders county.
A. S. TIBBETS, Lincoln, Lancaster county.

The following have been admitted since the July term,