Decker, of White river precinct, was the first constable in the county to qualify.

Herd Law Repealed

On January twenty-fifth a vote was taken upon the question of herd law or no herd law. Previously to that date, cattle were permitted under the law to roam at will, and the homesteader had to protect his crops as best It* could. This election changed the method however for the herd-law carried by a vote of four hundred forty-nine for, to one hundred and thirty-five against.

Six precincts participated in this election for Cottonwood precinct on the northwest and Whistle creek precinct on the southeast

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

had been added and organized. The north part of the county seemed inclined to the old regime but Whistle Creek and Running- Water precincts turned out in full and gave a nearly unanimous vote against free range.

On March fifteenth the county was divided into road districts, numbering seven, and road overseers supplied to each district as follows: number one. the northwest corner of the county, Thos. Holly ; number two, the northeast corner of the county, Jacob Marking; number three, Cottonwood, Wm. Harmon; number four. White River, W. H. Johnson; number five, Bowen, C. A. Paxton; number six, Running Water, J. W. Earnest; number seven. Whistle Creek, Robert Neice.

The next meeting of the board was April twenty-ninth, at which the first liquor

New Road, Monroe C,

Xf.ak Harrison

license in Sic'itx county was ordered issued to Charles H. Weller, who made it a practice to be about the first man on hand at the towns along the railroad. Harrison was not incorporated, so it was a county license for the precinct of Bowen, and the price was five hundred dollars.