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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

     Reports, volumes 1-103.
JUDGES

	Salary1
Andrew M. Morrissey, Chief Justice	$7,500
Charles B. Letton	7,500
Charles H. Aldrich	7,500
William B. Rose	7,500
George A. Day	7,500
Leonard A. Flansburg	7,500
James R. Dean	7,500
COMMISSIONERS
William M. Cain	$3,600
William C. Dorsey	3,600
George W.Tibbetts	3,600
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES
Clerk and Reporter--Harry C. Lindsay	$2,500
Deputy Clerk--Philip F. Greene	2,500
Deputy Reporter--Henry P. Stoddart	2,500
Assistant Deputy Reporter--Belle M. Howell	1,200
Assistant Deputy Reporter--Mary E. Patterson	1,200
Opinion Clerk--Mary W. Zook	1,200
Journal Clerk--Mary M. Greer	1,200
Stenographer--Lora M. Scheib	1,000
Bailiff--Frank W. Coleman	1,500
Bailiff--John E. Okey	1,200
STENOGRAPHERS FOR JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS
Harvey M. Johnson--Chief Justice Morrissey	$1,200
Florence B. Wilson	1,200
Aura O. Zook--Judge Dean	1,200
George E. Howard	1,200
Mrs. Mary Ancona--Judge Letton	1,200
E. Reye Merrill--Judge Rose	1,200
Laura Mayer	1,200
Gertrude B. Mills	1,200

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     ¹Salary fixed by constitutional amendment effective January 1, 1921.

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APPROPRIATIONS, SUPREME COURT. 1867-1921

	Salary				Maintenance
Years	Chief Justice	Associate Justices and Comm'r's	Clerks	No. of Judges & Clerks	Office	Deficiency	Total
1867-68	$4,000	$8,000.00	......	3	$150.00	......	$12,150.00
1869-70	4,000	8,000.00	......	3	132.00	......	12,132.00
1871-72	4,000	8,000.00	......	3	......	......	12,000.00
1873-74	4,000	8,000.00	$300	4	......	......	12,300.00
1875-76	4,000	8,000.00	3,800	5	......	......	15,800.00
1877-79	5,625	11,250.00	4,050	5	1,245.40	......	22,170.40
1879-81	5,000	10,000.00	3,900	5	970.00	......	19,870.00
1881-81	5,000	10,000.00	4,200	5	1,600.00	......	20,800.00
1883-83	5,000	10,000.00	4,200	5	750.00	......	19,950.00
1885-87	5,000	10,000.00	4,600	5	1,000.00	......	20,600.00
1887-89	5,000	10,000.00	7,400	5	1,200.00	......	23,600.00
1889-91	5,000	10,000.00	13,400	9	3,800:00	......	32,200.00
1891-93	5,000	10,000.00	13,400	10	1,600.00	......	30,000.00
1893-95	5,000	15,328.774	22,400	20	1,700.00	$1,594.00	46,022.77
1895-97	5,000	25,000.00	23,000	17	2,200.00	730.80	55,930.80
1897-99	5,000	25,000.00	22,600	17	2,300.00	760.28	55,660.28
1899-01	5,000	10,000.00	16,600	11	2,100.00	718.09	34,418.09
1901-03	5,000	55,000.001	42,400	32	3,700.00	......	106,100.00
1903-05.	5,000	40,000.002	28,040	23	3,500.00	209.00	76,749.00
1905-07	5,000	40,000.00	32,360	25	3,500.00	......	80,860.00
1907-09	5,000	40,000.00	34,560	26	3,800.00	1,594.67	84,954.67
1909-11	9,000	54,000.003	38,880	22	5,800.00	400.00	108,880.00
1911-13	9,000	54,000.00	38,880	22	5,000.00	821.02	107,701.02
1913-15	9,000	54,000.00	38,880	22	5,000.00	......	106,080.00
1915-17	9,000	68,193.604	38,057	28	4,500.00	......	119,750.60
1917-19	9,000	72,000.004	40,800	28	4,500.00	734.35	127,034.35
1919-21	9,000	75,600.00	46,200	28	5,000.00	884.28	136,684.28
Total	$154,625	$749,372.37	$522,907	......	65,047.40	$8.446.49	$1,500,398.26

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     ¹ Nine commissioners added to assist the three regular judges.
     ² Six commissioners added 1903-1909 to assist regular judges.
     ³ Number of regular judges increased from three to seven, by constitutional amendment adopted November, 1908.
     ⁴ Three commissioners added to assist regular judges.

 

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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, DISTRICT JUDGES,¹ AND REPORTERS.

No. of		Judges and Court Reporters
District	Counties in District	in Districts	Residence
1	Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee,	John B. Raper	Pawnee City
	Richardson	G. W. Goldsmith, Reporter	Pawnee City
2	Cass, Otoe, Sarpy	James T. Begley	Plattsmouth
		Earl R. Travis, Reporter	Plattsmouth
3	Lancaster	E. J. Clements	Lincoln
		C. A. Emery, Reporter	Lincoln
		William M. Morning	Lincoln
		Minor S. Bacon, Reporter	Lincoln
		Frederick E. Shepherd	Lincoln
		Myron E. Wheeler, Reporter	Lincoln
		Willard E. Stewart	Lincoln
		E. R. Mockett, Reporter	Lincoln
4	Burt, Douglas, Washington	James M. Fitzgerald	Omaha
		W. S. Heller, Reporter	Omaha
		L. B. Day	Omaha
		T. P. Wilson, Reporter	Omaha
		Charles Leslie	Omaha
		James M. Johnson, Reporter	Omaha
		William A. Reddiek	Omaha
		Sidney M. Smith, Reporter	Omaha
		Willis G. Sears	Tekamah
		Wilbur J. Fawcett, Reporter	Tekamah
		Alexander C. Troup	Omaha
		J. S. Taggart, Reporter	Omaha
		Arthur C. Wakeley	Omaha
		Mrs. Myrtle A. Kelly, Reporter.	Omaha
5	Butler, Hamilton. Polk, San-	George F. Corcoran	York
	ders, Seward, York	Albert P. Sprague, Reporter	York
		Edward E. Good	Wahoo
		O. P. Heald, Reporter	Wahoo
6	Boone, Colfax, Dodge, Merrick,	Frederick W. Button	Fremont
	Nance, Platte	W. E. Butler, Reporter	Fremont
		A. M. Post	Columbus
		J. M. Cain, Reporter	Columbus
7	Fillmore, Nuckolls, Saline,	Ralph D. Brown	Crete
	Thayer	Elizabeth Burnett. Reporter	Crete
8	Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Thurs-	Guy T. Graves	Pender
	ton	Robert F. Fuhrman, Reporter	Pender
9	Antelope, Cuming, Knox,	William V. Allen	Madison
	Madison, Pierce, Stanton,	Robert M. Powers, Reporter	Madison
	Wayne	Anson A. Welch	Wayne
		W. R. Ellis, Reporter	Wayne
10	Adams, Clay, Franklin, Har-	William A. Dillworth	Holdrege
	lan Kearney, Phelps,	G. M. Baird, Reporter	Holdrege
	Webster	Louis H. Blackledge	Hastings
11	Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Gree-	Edwin P. Clements.	Grand Island
	ley, Hall, Hooker, Howard,	O. A. Abbott, Jr., Reporter	Grand Island
	Loup, Thomas, Valley,	Bayard H. Paine	Grand Island

	Wheeler	Dale P. Stough, Reporter	Grand Island
12	Buffalo, Custer, Logan, Sher-	Bruno O. Hostetler	Kearney
	man	W. B. Haxby, Reporter	Kearney
13	Cheyenne, Dawson, Denel,	Hanson M. Grimes	North Platte
	Keith, Kimball, Lincoln,	Minerva McWilliams, Reporter	North Platte
	McPherson
14	Chase, Dunday, Frontier, Fur-	Charles E. Eldred	Cambridge
	nas, Gosper, Hayes, Hitch-	V. R. Schober, Reporter	Cambridge
	cock, Perkins, Red Willow.
15	Boyd, Brown, Holt, Keya-	Robert R. Dickson	O'Neill
	Paha, Rock	C. B. Scott, Reporter	O'Neill,
16	Box Butte, Cherry, Dawes,	William H. Westover	Rushville
	Sheridan, Sioux	J. D. Scott, Reporter	Rushville
17	Arthur, Banner, Garden,	Ralph W. Hobart	Gering
	Morrill, Scotts Bluff	Loyd C. Schenck, Reporter	Gering
18	Gage, Jefferson	Leonard W. Colby	Beatrice
		Lee Johnson, Reporter	Beatrice

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     ¹Salaries of district judges are $3,000. Each judge has a court reporter at $2,000 a year.

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