Nebraska Laws Pertaining to Libraries & Library Operations
Chapter 17. Cities of the Second Class and Villages
§§ 17-101, 201, 967-969

Statute: 17-101
Cities of the second class, defined; population; exception.

All cities, towns, and villages containing more than eight hundred and not more than five thousand inhabitants shall be cities of the second class and be governed by the provisions of sections 17-101 to 17-153 unless they adopt a village government as provided in sections 17-306 to 17-309. The population of a city of the second class shall consist of the people residing within the territorial boundaries of such city and the residents of any territory duly and properly annexed to such city.

Source:
Laws 1879, § 1, p. 193; Laws 1885, c. 16, § 1, p. 156; R.S.1913, § 4993; C.S.1922, § 4162; C.S.1929, § 17-101; R.S.1943, § 17-101; Laws 1971, LB 62, § 1; Laws 1993, LB 726, § 6.

Statute: 17-201
Village, defined; incorporation; restriction on territory; condition.

Any town or village containing not less than one hundred nor more than eight hundred inhabitants incorporated as a city, town, or village under the laws of this state and any city of the second class that has adopted village government as provided by law shall be a village and shall have the rights, powers, and immunities hereinafter granted, and none other, except that all county seat towns shall have the powers and immunities as hereinafter granted. The population of a village shall consist of the people residing within the territorial boundaries of such village and the residents of any territory duly and properly annexed to such village.

Whenever a majority of the taxable inhabitants of any town or village, not incorporated under any laws of this state, shall present a petition to the county board of the county in which the petitioners reside, praying that they may be incorporated as a village and designating the name they wish to assume and the metes and bounds of the proposed village, and such county board or majority of the members thereof shall be satisfied that a majority of the taxable inhabitants of the proposed village have signed such petition and that inhabitants to the number of one hundred or more are actual residents of the territory described in the petition, the board shall declare the proposed village incorporated, enter the order of incorporation upon its records, and designate the metes and bounds thereof. Thereafter the village shall be governed by the provisions of law applicable to the government of villages. The county board shall, at the time of the incorporation of the village, appoint five persons, having the qualifications provided in section 17-203, as trustees, who shall hold their offices and perform all the duties required of them by law until the election and qualification of their successors at the time and in the manner provided in section 17-202, except that the county board shall not declare a proposed village incorporated or enter an order of incorporation if any portion of the territory of such proposed village is within five miles of a Nebraska incorporated village or city of any class.

Source:
Laws 1879, § 40, p. 202; Laws 1881, c. 22, § 1, p. 165; Laws 1913, c. 137, § 1, p. 335; R.S.1913, § 5051; C.S.1922, § 4223; C.S.1929, § 17-201; R.S.1943, § 17-201; Laws 1961, c. 48, § 1, p. 188; Laws 1969, c. 91, § 1, p. 454; Laws 1971, LB 62, § 2; Laws 1993, LB 726, § 7.

Statute: 17-967
Bonds; city of the second class or village; municipal library; issuance; interest; conditions; limitations; tax levy.

Any city of the second class or village organized according to law is hereby authorized to issue bonds in aid of improving municipal libraries of cities of the second class and villages in an amount not exceeding seven-tenths of one percent of the taxable valuation of all the taxable property, as shown by the last assessment, within such city of the second class or village in the manner directed in this section:

1. A petition signed by not less than fifty freeholders of the city of the second class or village shall be presented to the city council of cities of the second class or board of trustees of villages. Such petition shall set forth the nature of the work contemplated, the amount of bonds sought to be voted, the rate of interest, and the length of time such bonds run, which in no event shall be less than five years nor more than twenty years from the date thereof. The petitioners shall give bond to be approved by the city council of cities of the second class or board of trustees of villages for the payment of the expenses of the election in the event that the proposition fails to receive a majority of the votes cast at such election; and
2. Upon the receipt of such petition, the city council of cities of the second class or board of trustees of villages shall give notice and call an election in the city of the second class or village. Such notice, call, and election shall be governed by the laws regulating an election for voting bonds for such city or village. When a proposition is submitted for the issuance of bonds for the acquisition of a site or the construction of a single building for the purpose of housing the municipal public library in cities of the second class or villages, it shall be required as a condition precedent to the issuance of such bonds that a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of such proposition. Bonds in such a city shall not be issued for such purpose in the aggregate to exceed one and four-tenths percent of the taxable valuation of all the taxable property in such a city as shown by the last assessment within such city of the second class.

Source:
Laws 1967, c. 33, § 3, p. 154; Laws 1969, c. 51, § 60, p. 310; Laws 1971, LB 534, § 21; Laws 1979, LB 187, § 66; Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 66.

Statute: 17-968
Bonds; issuance; record; registration.

If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of the proposition, the city council of cities of the second class, or board of trustees of villages shall, as the case may be, without delay, cause to be prepared and shall issue the bonds in accordance with the petition and notice of election; such bonds shall be signed by the mayor and city clerk of cities of the second class, chairman of the board of trustees and village clerk of villages, and be attested by the respective seals. The village clerk of villages, or city clerk of cities of the second class, as the case may be, shall enter upon the records of the council, the petition, bond, notice and call for the election, canvass of the vote, the number, amount and interest, and the date at which each bond issued shall become payable; and shall also cause such bonds to be registered in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts.

Source:
Laws 1967, c. 33, § 4, p. 156; Laws 1971, LB 534, § 22.

Statute: 17-969
Bonds; sinking fund; interest; levy.

The city councils of cities of the second class, or boards of trustees of villages or the person charged with levying the taxes, shall each year until the bonds issued under the authority of section 17-967 be paid, levy upon the taxable property in the city of the second class or village, a tax sufficient to pay the interest and five percent of the principal as a sinking fund; and at the tax levy preceding the maturity of any such bonds, levy an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest due on such bonds.

Source:
Laws 1967, c. 33, § 5, p. 156.