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be eligible to office unless he shall have been restored to civil rights.Sec. 3. Drunkenness shall be a cause of impeachment and removal from office.
Sec. 4. 65The necessity of water for domestic use and for irrigation, purposes in the State of Nebraska is hereby declared to be a natural want.
Sec. 5. 65 The use of the water of every natural stream within the State of Nebraska is hereby dedicated to the people of the state for beneficial purposes, subject to the provisions of the following section.
Sec. 6. 65 The right to divert unappropriated waters of every natural stream for beneficial use shall never be denied except when such denial is demanded by the public interest. Priority of appropriation shall give the better right as between those using the water for the same purpose, but when the waters of any natural stream are not sufficient for the use of all those desiring to use the same, those using the water for domestic purposes shall have preference over those claiming it for any other purpose, and those using the water for agricultural purposes shall have the preference over those using the! same for manufacturing purposes. Provided, no inferior right to the use of the waters of this state shall be acquired by a superior right without just compensation therefor to the inferior user.
Sec. 7. 65 The use of waters of the state for power purposes shall be deemed a public use and shall never be alienated, but may be leased or otherwise developed as by law prescribed.
Sec. 8. 65 Laws may be enacted regulating the hours and conditions of employment of women and children, and securing to such employees a proper minimum wage.
Sec. 9. 65 Laws may be enacted providing for the investigation, submission and determination of controversies between employers and employees in any business or vocation affected wit* public interest, and for the prevention of unfair business practices and unconscionable gains in any business or vocation affecting the public welfare. An Industrial Commission may be created for the purpose of administering such laws, and appeals shall be to the Supreme Court from the final orders and judgments of such commission.
Sec. 10. 66 On and after May 1, 1917, the manufacture, the sale, the keeping for sale or barter, the sale or barter, under any pretext, of malt, spirituous, vinous or other intoxicating liquors, are forever prohibited in this state, except for medicinal, scientific, or mechanical, or sacramental purposes.
Sec. 11. The legislature may provide that, at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of a United States Senator from this state, the electors may by ballot express their preference for some person for the office of United States Senator. The votes cast for such candidates shall be canvassed and returned in the same manner as for state officers.
Sec. 12. The seat of government of the state shall not be removed or relocated without the assent of a majority of the electors of the state voting thereupon, at a general election or elections, under such rules and regulations as to the number of elections and manner of voting and places to be voted for, as may be prescribed by law. Provided the question of removal may be submitted at such other general elections as may be provided by law.
ARTICLE XVI--AMENDMENTS Section 1. 67Either branch of the legislature may propose amendments to this constitution, and if the same be agreed to by three-fifths of the members elected to each house, such proposed amendments shall be entered on the journals, with the yeas and nays, and published once each week for four weeks, in at least one newspaper in each county, where a newspaper is published, imme-
651920 constitutional convention added sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Proposal No. 85 included sections 4, 5 and 6. Proposal No. 36 included section 7. Proposal No. 37 included section 2. Proposal No. 3 included: section 9.
661916 adopted. Vote 146,674 for; 117,532 against. Submitted by initiative petition.
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diately preceding the next election of members of the Legislature. At such election said amendments shall be submitted to the electors for approval or rejection upon a ballot separate from that upon which the names of candidates appear. If a majority of the electors voting on any such amendment adopt the same, it shall become a part of this constitution, provided the votes cast in favor of such amendment shall not be less than thirty-five per cent of the total votes cast at such election. When two or more amendments are submitted, at the same election, they shall be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote on each amendment separately.Sec. 2. When three-fifths of the members elected to each branch of the legislature deem it necessary to call a convention to revise, amend, or change this constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote at the next election of members of the legislature, for or against a convention, and if a majority voting at said election vote for a convention, the legislature shall, at its next session, provide by law for calling the same. The convention shall consist of as many members as the house of representatives, who shall be chosen in the same manner, and shall meet within three months after ,their election, for the purpose aforesaid. No amendment or change of this constitution, agreed upon by such convention, shall take effect until the same has been submitted to the electors of the state, and adopted by a majority of those voting for and against the same.
ARTICLE XVII--SCHEDULE Section 1. 68 The several amendments passed and, submitted by this convention when adopted at the election shall take effect 'on the first day of January, 1921, except as otherwise specifically provided by schedule attached to any of 'said amendments. Provided that the proposed amendment Number 18, relative to equal suffrage shall take effect, if adopted, immediately upon proclamation by the governor. All laws then in force, not inconsistent with the constitution, as amended by such proposals as may be adopted at such elections shall continue in force until amended or repealed. If any of the amendments passed and submitted by this convention and adopted by the electors be inconsistent with any provisions of the present constitutions such amendments shall be held to prevail.
Sec. 2. 68 That Sections, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 27 of Article XVI be repealed and eliminated therefrom.
Sec. 3. 69 Until otherwise provided by law the following salaries shall be paid:
Chief justice, judges of the supreme court and governor, each $7,500 per an-
67 1920 constitutional convention added matter in black face, striking out 1875 provision for publication three months and in lieu thereof inserting "four weeks." Proposal No. 39.68 1920 constitutional convention rewrote sections 1 and 2, striking out the detailed schedule sections of 1875 constitution. Proposal No. 41.
69 1920 constitutional convention, added this new section. See also Art. 16, Sec. 2 (Proposal No. 40). for 1920 amendment permitting legislature to change these salaries not oftener than once in eight years. The following table show constitutional salary list of 1875-- intervening years when. changes were made -- and 1920.
1875 1907 1908 1920 Governor
$2,500 ........ ........ $7,500 Justice Supreme Court
2,500 ........ $4,500 7,500 Judge District Court
2,500 ....... 3,000 5,000 Auditor
2,500 ........ ........ 5,000 Treasurer
2.500 ........ ....... 5,000 Secretary of State
2,000 ........ ........ 5000 Land Commissioner
2,000 ........ ........ 5:000 Attorney General
2,000 ........ ........ 5,000 Superintendent of Public Instruction
2,000 ........ ........ 5,000 Railway Commissioner
....... $3,000 (fixed by law) ....... 5,000 Lieutenant governor receives twice the compensation of a senator: 18.75, $6 per day; 1887, $10 per day; 1913, $1,200 per session; 1921, $1,600, per session.
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num; Judges of the district court, secretary of state, auditor of public accounts, commissioner of public lands and buildings, treasurer, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction and members of the state railway commission, each $5,000 per annum. The lieutenant governor shall receive twice the compensation of a state senator.Sec. 4. 70The general election of this state shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November in the year 1914 and every two years thereafter. All state, district, county, precinct and township officers, by the constitution or laws made elective by the people, except school district officers, and municipal officers in cities, villages and towns, shall be elected at a general election to be held as aforesaid. Judges of the supreme, district and county courts, all elective county and precinct officers, and all other elective officers, the time for the election of whom is not herein otherwise provided for, and which are not included in the above exception, shall be elected on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, 1913, and thereafter at the general election next preceding the time of the, termination of their respective term of office. Provided, that no office shall be vacated thereby,, but the incumbent thereof shall hold over until his successor is duly elected and qualified.
Sec. 5. The terms of office of all state and county officers, of judges of the supreme, district and county courts, and regents of the University, shall begin on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January next succeeding their election, the present state and county officers, members of the legislature, and regents of the University shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
Sec. 6. The legislature shall pass all laws necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this constitution.
Sec. 7. The auditor shell draw the warrants of the, state quarterly for the payment of the salaries of all officers under this constitution, whose compensation is not otherwise provided for, which shall be paid out of any funds not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 8. Until other-wise provided by law, the judges of district courts
shall fix the time of holding courts in their respective districts.
Sec. 9. This constitution shall be enrolled and deposited in the office of the secretary of state, and printed copies thereof shall be prefixed to the books containing the laws of the state, and all future editions thereof.
MEMBERS OF NEBRASKA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS 1864
NAME
DISTRICT
Albertson, Isaac
Platte, Hall, Buffalo, Merrick
Barnum, Guy C.
Platte
Bayne, Oliver P.
Richardson
Beyschlag, Frederick
Otoe
Bradford, Henry
Cass
Brown, Charles H.
Douglas
Bunn, Frederick
Douglas
Campbell, Robert
Otoe
Castetter, Abraham
Washington
Chapman, John W.
Cass
Clark, Ellias H.
Washington
Davis, Leander
Dakota, Cedar, Dixon, L'Eau Qui Court
Dorsey, Charles G.
Nemaha
701912 amended by changing annual to biennial general elections. Vote for, 174,151; against. 25,048.
1920 constitutional convention rewrote this section and changed its number from section 13 to section 14.
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NAME
DISTRICT
Drexel Frederick
Douglas
Finney, John
Sarpy, Dodge
Fitchie, T. James
Otoe
Giddings, Charles W.
Pawnee
Goss, John Q.
Sarpy
Graff, George B.
Dakota
Hall, John A.
Douglas
Heyden, Walter C .
Dixon, Cedar, L'Eau Qui Court
Hoback. Robert D.
Cass
Holcomb, James
Richardson
Horn, William S.
Nemaha
Jackson, Alfred H.
Douglas
Johnson, Eugene H.
Richardson
Kline, William
Washington, Burt, Cuming
Laune, Lewis D.
Otoe
Leverette, James W.
Richardson
Little, William A.
Douglas
Majors, Sterling P.
Nemaha
Maxwell, Samuel
Cass
McLennon, William
Otoe
O'Connor, Cornelius
Dakota, Cedar, Dixon, L'Eau Qui Court
Parker, Jason
Platte, Monroe, Merrick, Hall, Buffalo, Kearney
Patrick, John
Douglas
Renner, Frederick
Otoe
Reynolds, Herman M.
Pawnee, Gage, Johnson, Clay, Jones
Sanders, Daniel C.
Nemaha Sheldon, Lawson Cass
Sweet, James.
Otoe
Walther, Charles F.
Richardson
Weston, Jefferson B.
Pawnee, Gage, Johnson, Clay, Jones
1871
Abbott, Otbman A.
Hall
Ballard, M.
Washington
Boyd, James E.
Douglas
Campbell, John C.
Otoe
Cassell, John N.
Lancaster
Curtis, W. H.
Pawnee
Eaton, J. W.
Otoe
Estabrook, Experience.
Douglas
Gibbs, Pelham S.
Burt
Granger, George C.
Dakota
Gray, Enos F.
Dodge
Grenell, Edwin N.
Sarpy
Griggs, Nathan K.
Gage
Hascall, Isaac S.
Douglas
Hinman, Beach I.
Lincoln
Kenaston, J. A.
Cass
Kilburn, James
Saunders
Kirkpatrick, Samuel M.
Cass
Lake, George B.
Douglas
Ley, Lewis
Stanton
Lyon, Waldo
Burt
McCann, Dwight J.
Otoe
Majors, Sterling C.
Nemaha
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NAME
DISTRICT
Mason, Oliver P.
Otoe
Maxwell, Samuel
Cass
Moore, D. T.
York
Myers, John C.
Douglas
Neligh, John D.
Cuming
Newson, B. S.
Otoe
Parchin, W.
Richardson
Parker, Hiram W.
Seward
Philpott, James E.
Lancaster
Price, Barzillai
Jefferson
Reynolds, Herman M.
Gage
Robinson, Seth
Lancaster
Scofield, Gilbert B.
Otoe
Shaff, Jacob
Saunders
Spelce, Charles A.
Platte
Sprague, A. L.
Saunders
Stevenson, R. F.
Cuming
Stewart, Alexander S.
Pawnee
Strickland, Silas A.
Douglas
Thomas, Edward W.
Nemaha,
Thummel, George H.
Hall
Tisdel, Freeman A.
Nemaba
Towle, Edwin S.
Richardson
Vifqualn, Victor
Saline
Wakely, Eleazer
Douglas
Weaver, Archibald J.
Richardson
Wilson, John
Johnson
Woolworth, James M.
Douglas
1875
Abbott, Othman A.*
Hall
Agur, Luke
Seward
Becker, John P.
Platte
Boyd, James E.*
Douglas
Briggs, Clinton
Douglas
Broady, Jefferson H.
Richardson, Nemaha
Brown, Charles H.
Douglas
Burtch, Samuel Findley
Sarpy
Calhoun, Stephen H.
Otoe
Carns, Edmund C.
Seward
Clark, Thomas S. .
Polk
Coates, S. H.
Dixon
Conner, Alexander H.
Buffalo, Sherman, Valley
Cummins, William B.
York
Dawes, James W.
Saline
Doom, James E.
Gage
Dunlap, William A.
Johnson
Eldridge, Reuben C.
Antelope, Boone, Greeley
Ewan, J. G.
Nemaha
Foss, S. R.
Saline
Frady, C. H.
Knox, Pierce., Holt
Garber, Joseph
Thayer, Nuckolls
Gere, Charles H.
Lancaster
Grebe, Henry
Douglas
Grenell, Edwin N.*
Washington
Griffing, George L.
Pawnee
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NAME
DISTRICT
Gwyer, Willam H.
Douglas
Hallner, A.
Saunders
Hamilton, J. D.
Fillmore
Harmon, Fred A.
Franklin, Phelps, Gosper
Harper, James
ButIer
Harrington, R. B.
Gage
Hawley, J. B.
Lancaster
Hayward, M. L.
Otoe
Henry, David P.
Pawnee, Johnson
Hinman, Beach L.*
Cheyenne, Keith, Lincoln and territory north of Dawson county and west of Valley county
Hopewell, M. R.
Burt
Hunter, Cyrus E.
Cedar, Stanton, Wayne
Kendall, A. G.
Howard
Kirkpatrick, Samuel M.*
Cass
Laird, James
Webster, Adams, Kearney
McPherson, John
Harlan, Furnas
Martin, Frank
Richardson
Manderson, Charles F.*
Douglas
Mathews, Austin W.
Jefferson
Maxwell, Samuel
Dodge
Munger, William H.
Dodge
Perry, J. H.
Nemaha
Pierce, C. W.
Lancaster
Pound, S. B.
Lancaster
Powers, Isaac, Jr.
Dakota
Reese, M. B.
Saunders
Robertson, W. M.
Madison
Rogers, Josiah
Otoe
Sauls, J. H.
Hamilton
Shedd, H. H.
Saunders
Smith, George S.
Cass
Sterns, W. H.
Richardson
Stevenson, R. F.*
Cuming
Thompson, J. J.
Washington
Valley, Jacob, Sr.
Cass
VanWyck, Charles H.
Otoe
Walling, Aug. M.
Colfax
Walther, Charles F.
Richardson
Warrington, T. I.
Red Willow, Hitchcock, Dundy, Chase, Frontier, Dawson and unorganized territory lying between Frontier and Chase counties
Weaver, Archibald J.*
Richardson
Webster, John L.
Douglas
Wilcox, M. W.
Clay
1919
Abbott, Lysle I.
Omaha
Albert, I. L.
Columbus
Alder, Lewis K.
Ainsworth
Anderson, Walter L.
Lincoln
Austin, George Smith
Orleans
Beeler, Joseph G.
North Platte
Bigelow, Anson H.
Omaha
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NAME
DISTRICT
Bratton, Alcinous Thomas
Hastings
Bryant, Wilbur F.
Hartington
Butler, Benjamin Franklin
Cambridge
Byrum, Albert H.
Bloomington
Cleve, Henry R.
Nebraska City
Cornell, Charles Hiram
Valentine
Corrothers, Festus
Whitman
Coufal, Edward A.
David City
Cowan, Elmer S.
Albion
Davies, John A.
Butte
Donahue, Anthony J.
O'Neill
Donohoe, James A.
Omaha
Elwood, Henry Clay
Creighton
Epperson, Charles Harvey
Fairfield
Evans, Isaiah David
Kenesaw
Fauquet, Emile
Wahoo
Ferneau, Edgar
Auburn
Flansburg, Claude Copley
Lincoln
Grueber, William
Byron
Halderman, Jacob F.
Pawnee City
Hare, Arthur Merlin
Aurora
Haskell, John DeForest
Wakefield
Hastings, George H.
Crete
Heasty, John
Fairbury
Hewett, James H. H.
Alliance
Higgins, Michael J.
Schuyler
Holbrook, W. D.
Ames
Howard, Jeremiah (Jerry)
Omaha
Jackson, George Washington
Nelson
Johnson, John Harry
Holdrege
Junkin, George C.
Smithfield
Keefe, Harry L.
Walthill
Keeney, Henry G.
Cowles
Kieck, William Gehrt
Springfield
Kunz, James G.
Wood River
Lahners, Thomas
Belvidere
Landgren, George
Shickley
Lehman, Harry L.
Culbertson
Lewis, John Greenleaf Whittier
Wayne
Lute, Harry D.
Paxton (now Lincoln)
McDonald, Nathan P.
Kearney
McLaughlin, Charles Francis
Omaha
McLeod, Charles
Stanton
Magney, George A.
Omaha
Malicky, Frank
Beatrice
Marvin, Earl Marvin
Beatrice
Matteson, Richard A.
Geneva
Meserve, William Andrew
Creighton
Norman, George E.
Omaha
Norton, John N.
Polk
Norval, Richard Sampson.
Seward
Nye, Fred A.
Kearney
Oleson, A. R.
Wisner
Osborne, Thomas C.
Bayard
Peterson, C. Petrus
Lincoln
Pitzer, William Henry
Nebraska City
Pollard, Ernest Mark
Nehawka
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NAME
DISTRICT
Price, Herbert V.
York
Pugsley, Charles William
Lincoln
Radke, Franz Christophe
Hartington
Rankin, I. C.
Minden
Ream, J. D.
Broken Bow
Rhoades, Herbert
Tekamah
Rodman, James Albert
Kimball
Ross, Elmer Edar
Central City
Saunders, Charles L.
Omaha
Scott, Perlee W.
Imperial (now McCook)
Sears, Charles Wilbur
Omaha
Selleck, William Alson
Lincoln
Sidner, Seymour Sidner
Fremont
Spillman, Ora Seldon
Pierce
Spirk, Emanuel J.
Wilber
Sprick, A. W.
Fontenelle
Stebbins, Willis M.
Gothenburg
Stewart, John M.
Lincoln
Stolley, Emil G.
Grand Island
Strong, David E.
Ord
Sughroue, Edward
Indianola
Sullivan, Murt M.
Spalding
Svoboda, C. V.
St. Paul
Taylor, W. J.
Merna
TePoel, Louis J.
Omaha
Thielen, Charles J.
Humphrey
Tyler, M. Dayton
Norfolk
Ullstrom Andrew Lewis
Memphis
Varner, Lorin A.
Sterling
Votava, Joseph T.
Omaha
Wall, Aaron
Loup City
Weaver, Arthur J.
Falls City
Widle, Reynold
Genoa
Wilson, Everett P.
Chadron
Wilson, Roy A.
Omaha
Wiltse, John H.
Falls City
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