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The following is under State Board of Agriculture, 1:
     State Fair Grounds, Lincoln.

Boards and Commissions, 2:
      Board of Educational Lands and Funds. Library Commission.

Temporary boards and commissions, 1;
      Nebraska-Iowa Boundary Commission.

Societies and Associations, 12:
  Each of the following organizations is a voluntary association of private citizens, receiving appropriations from the state:
      State Board of Agriculture.
      State Board of Horticulture.
      State Poultry Association.
      Live Stock Breeders' Association.
      Nebraska Corn Improvers' Association.
      State Dairymen's Association.
      State Historical Society.
      Grand Array of the Republic.
      Spanish War Veterans.
      Potato Improvers' Association.
      State Irrigation Society.
      State irrigation Association.

Surveys and Special Work, 4:
  Each of the following is under the University Board of Regents:
      State Entomologist.
      Conservation and Soil Survey.
      Agricultural and Botanical Work.
      Agricultural Extension.

DISCONTINUED OR TEMPORARY OFFICES.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

     An act approved March 16, 1855, provided for the election of a district attorney in each of the three judicial districts on the first Tuesday in November, 1855, and every two years thereafter. An act approved on January 26, 1856, fixed the annual salary of a district attorney at $300 and allowed him to collect fees for certain services. An act approved October 32, 1858, abolished the office of attorney general and provided that the powers he bad exercised should devolve on the district attorneys. On January 9, 1861, it was provided that the salary of district attorneys should be $700. On January 11, 1861, an act abolishing the office of district attorney and substituting county prosecuting attorneys therefor was approved.

     An act of June 11, 1867, restored the office of district attorney and provided for the immediate appointment of district attorneys to serve until their successors could be elected at the next general election. The salary was fixed at $1,500 and the term of office at two years. The legislature of 1885 repealed this statute and provided for the election of county attorneys.

APPROPRIATIONS, 1867-1887.

Years	Salary	Number of Attorneys		Years	Salary	Number of Attorneys
1867-69	$6,500.00	......		1879-81	$18,000.00	6
1869-70	9,000.00	......		1881-83	18,000.00	6
1871-72	9,000.00	3		1883-85	30,410.96	10
1873-74	9,000.00	3		1885-87	30,000.00	10
1875-76	9,120.00	3		......	......	......
1877-79	20,250.00	6		Totals	$159,280.96	......

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BOARD OF PUBLIC LANDS AND BUILDINGS¹

     The constitution of 1875 designated the commissioner of public lands and buildings, secretary of state, treasurer and attorney general to form a board which should have supervision, and control of all buildings, grounds and lands of the state, The state prison, asylums and all other institutions thereof except those for educational purposes. By an act in force February 13, 1877, the powers of the board were further defined. The constitutional amendment of 1912 (article V section 19) placed the control of the lands, and buildings of penal, reformatory and charitable institutions in the hands of the board of commissioners of state institutions. An act signed April 21, 1913, transferred the remaining powers of the board of public lands and buildings to the board at educational lands and funds.

BOARD OF PURCHASE AND SUPPLIES

 

     A statute of 1877 designated the governor, commissioner of public lands and buildings, secretary of state, treasurer and attorney general to constitute a board to purchase the supplies for the various state penal and charitable institutions. With the amendment of 1912 (article V, section 19), these functions were transferred to the board of commissioners of state institutions.

APPROPRIATIONS, 1887-1915

Years	Publishing Notices, Printing, Postage, Etc.		Years	Publishing Notices, Printing, Postage, Etc.
1887-89	$500.00		1903-05	$300.00
1889-91	300.00		1905-07	150.00
1891-93	400.00		1907-09	150.00
1893-95	200.00		1900-11	100,00
1895-97	400.00		1911-13	150.00
1897-99	400.00		1913-15	50.00
1899-01	300.00		......	......
1901-04	400.00		Totals	$3,800.00

 

CODE COMMISSION AND REVISION AND PURCHASE OF STATUTES.

HISTORY.

     An act approved February 13, 1865, provided for the revision of the territorial laws. Governor Saunders appointed Experience Estabrook as commissioner on revision. With some amendments, his revision was adopted and is known as the Revised statutes of 1866.

     In 1872 the legislature appointed Guy A. Brown to compile and revise the general laws. This compilation is known as the General statutes of 1873.

     In 1877 a commission to revise the laws was created. The governor appointed John H. Ames, A. H. Connor and S. H. Calhoun as members of this commission. They reported their work chapter by chapter to the legislature of 1879 for adoption. After struggling with the subject through several chapters, the legislature dropped the matter, and the revision was never adopted.

     The state having failed to provide a revision, a compilation was edited by Woolsey and Wheaton in 1881, and printed by the State Journal Company under the title, Annotated statutes of Nebraska.

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     ¹Statistics of the appropriations made to this board are given under the heading of Board of educational lands and funds.

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     The legislature of 1881 authorized Guy A. Brown to prepare a compilation of the laws. This publication, in time, became known as the Compiled statutes. After Mr. Brown's death, the publication was continued as a private venture by H. H. Wheeler. From 1881 to 1913 large sums were spent by the state in the purchase of copies of private compilations.

     In 1891 and 1893, J. E. Cobbey, under legislative authority, published the Consolidated statutes. In 1903 Mr. Cobbey was authorized to publish the Annotated statutes, and the next legislature made provision for the publication after every legislature.

     An act approved March 30, 1901, provided that the supreme court should appoint five judges of the district court as a board of revision for the statutes. No additional compensation was allowed the. members of this board or their stenographers for the work involved, and the legislative journals of the next legislature are silent concerning the report which this act required the board to make.

     The legislature of 1911 created a code commission of three persons to be appointed by the governor upon advising with the supreme court. This commission, consisting of A. M. Post, E. L. King, and J. H. Broady, was continued by the legislature of 1913 for a period of eight months. An edition of 5,000 copies of the Revised statutes was provided for certain state officers and libraries were entitled to receive copies, and the remaining copies were sold at five dollars each.

APPROPRIATIONS, 1875-1915.

Years	For Revision	For Purchase	Total
1875-76	$22,509.13	......	$22,509.13
1877-79	10,000.00	......	10,000.00
1879-81	5,060.00	......	5,060.00
1881-83	......	$8,750.00	8,750.00
1885-87	......	9,050.00	9,050.00
1887-89	......	12,500.00	12,500.00
1891-93	......	12,000.00	12,000.00
1899-01	......	1,000.00	1,000.00
1901-03	......	1,000.00	1,000.00
1903-05	......	4,500.00	4,500.00
1905-07	......	2,100.00	2,100.00
1907-09	......	3,600.00	3,600.00
1909-11	......	3,600.00	3,600.00
1911-13	20,000.00	3,600.00	23,600.00
1913-15	30,000.00	......	30,000.00
Totals	$87,569.13	$61,700.00	$149,269.13

STATE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF IMMIGRATION.¹

Years	Salary and Incidentals	Deficiency	Total		Years	Salary and Incidentals	Deficiency	Total
1866-67	$2,000.00	......	$2,010000		1877-79	......	$3,312.50	$3,312.50
1869-70	3,500.00	......	3,500.060		1881-83	......	1,104.00	1,104.00
1871-72	15,000.00	......	15,000.00			......	......	......
1873-74	10,000.00	$9,513.21	19,513.27		Totals	$32,500.00	$19,634.76	$52,134.78
1875-76	2,000.00	5,705.01	7,705.01			......	......	......

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     ¹Abolished by act of legislature approved February 8, 1877.

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BOARD OF MEDIATION AND INVESTIGATION

     This board was created by the legislature of 1913. It consisted of three persons appointed by the governor, with the deputy commissioner of labor. Its purpose was to act as an intermediary in industrial disputes voluntarily submitted to it. The board was abolished by the civil administrative code act of 1919.

APPROPRIATIONS, BOARD OF MEDIATION AND INVESTIGATION, 1913-1917.

Years	Appropriations
1913-15	$2,000.00
1915-17	500.00
Total	$2,500.00

 

MINIMUM WAGE COMMISSION

     This commission was created by the legislature of 1913. It consisted of the governor, the deputy commissioner of labor, and two other members appointed by the governor. Its duties were to investigate the wages of employed women, and to establish wage board and minimum wages. An appropriation of $500 was made by the legislature of 1915. This board was abolished by the civil administrative code of 1919.

VARIOUS TEMPORARY COMMISSIONS.

Years		Amount
1911-13	Rural life commission	$1,500.00
1913-15	School law revision commission	No appropriation
1913-15	Revenue and taxation commission	5,000.00
1913-15	Joint committee on reform in legislative procedure	500.001
1913-15	Water power commission	......2
1913-15	Gettysburg reunion commission	4,000.00
1917-10	Vicksburg reunion commission	20,000.00
1917-19	Joint Senate and house committee to investigate Capitol National Bank failure	5,000.00
1917-19	State council of defense	25,000.00
1917-19	United Spanish war veterans	200.00

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     ¹Included in legislative expenditures.
     ²Expenses paid out of incidental fund of 1913 legislature.
INSPECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS

     The legislature of 1911 designated the governor as inspector of construction and repair of all public buildings erected by the state of Nebraska. A deputy was appointed to do the work. With the inauguration of the work of the board of commissioners of state institutions, this office ceased to exist.

APPROPRIATIONS, 1911-1915.

Years	Salary	Expenses	Deficiency	Total
1911-13	$4,000.00	$1,000.00	$1,046.24	$6,046.24
1913-15	1,200.001	......	......	1,200.00
Totals	$5,200.00	$1,000.00	$1,046.24	$7,246.24

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      ¹Includes salary and expenses from April 1, 1913, to July 1, 1913.

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LEGAL EXPENSES.

STATE AID TO VARIOUS COUNTIES ON ACCOUNT OF LITIGATION.

Years	Amount		County	Case
1877-79	$4,420.93		Otoe	Hardin and Dodge.
1885-87	586.30		Hitchcock	Clyne.
1887-89	3,625.75		Otoe	Quin Bohanan.
1887-89	3,800.00		Kearney	Matt Simmerman.
1893-95	7,495.73		Scotts Bluff	Geo. S. Arnold.
1893-95	2,457.73		Blaine	Michael Yoakum.
1897-99	1,248.80		Burt
1897-99	4,823.00		Boyd	Geo. D. Mullihan et al
1897-99	1,849.42		Thurston	Silas Wood et al
Total	$30,307.66

 

CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC WELFARE COMMISSION.

HISTORY.

     The commission was created by the legislature of 1913. Its membership consisted of the governor, chancellor of the University of Nebraska, director of the conservation and soil survey, secretary of the board of agriculture, and director of the legislative reference bureau. The legislature of 1917 amended the law to provide for the appointment of a director of publicity, and for co-ordination of state surveys. The civil administrative code of 1919 repealed the law and conferred the statistical duties of the commission on the. department of agriculture. The work of the conservation and soil survey passed to the conservation and soil survey division of the state university.

APPROPRIATIONS, CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC WELFARE COMMISSION, 1913-1919.

Years	Expenses	Publicity Bureau	Total
1913-15	$5,000	......	$5,000
1915-17	5,000	......	5,000
1917-19	10,000	$12,500	22,500
Totals	$20,000	$12,500	$32,500

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FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE.

Years	Capturing and Conveying Criminals to Penitentiary	Conveying Juvenile Offenders to Reform School	Total
1873-74	$5,000.00	......	$5,000.00
1875-76	10,000.00	......	10,000.00
1877-79	13,776.00	......	13,776.00
1879-81	19,488.51	......	19,488.51
1881-83	18,000.00	......	18,000.00
1883-85	20,312.45	$3,538.601	23,851.05
1885-87	20,532.00	4,281.65	24,813.65
1887-89	45,360.30	......	45,360.30
1889-91	30,430.00	......	30,430.00
1891-93	40,000.00	......	40,000.00
1893-95	20,085.15	......	20,085.15
1895-97	48,663.40	5,502.62	54,166.02
1897-99	33,743.67	......	33,743.67
1899-01	1,701.56	......	1,701.56
1901-03	29,290.88	......	29,290.88
1903-05	4,610.26	......	4,610.26
1905-07	3,500.00	15,000.00	18,500.00
1907-09	21,500.00	......	21,500.00
1909-11	20,207.83	......	20,207.83
1911-13	20,000.00	......	20,000.00
1913-15	22,903.89	......	22,903.89
1915-17	6,012.54	......	6,012.54
1917-19	1,200.00	......	1,200.00
1919-21	300.00	......	......
Totals	$456,618.44	$28,322.87	$484,491.31
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     ¹Appropriation for conveying juvenile offenders to reform schools included in column marked "conveying criminals," with the few exceptions herein noted.

 

LEGAL ADVERTISING, 1915-1919.

Years	Amount
1915-17	$800.00
1917-19	500.00
Total	$1,300.00

 

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