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matize and report statistical details of the manufacturing industries and commerce of the state and shall acquire information and report upon the general conditions, so far as production is concerned, of the leading industries of the state.The duties of the following boards and commissions of the old administrative system have been taken over by the department of trade and commerce, and the money appropriated for their use by the legislature of 1919 has been transferred for use in this department.
BUREAU OF BANKING HISTORY
Early banking in the state was carried on under the general incorporation laws of the state. The instability of these early institutions finally led to the general banking act which was approved March 9-9, 1889. This act provided for the filing of bank reports with the auditor, and the examination of banks under the direction of the auditor. The auditor, treasurer and attorney general or any two of them appointed a suitable person to do the necessary clerical work in the auditor's office, and also the necessary bank examiners. An act approved April 8, 1895, created the state banking board, of which the auditor, treasurer and attorney general were the members, with power to appoint a secretary and a clerk, and bank examiners. The banking law was revised by in act approved March 15, 1909. This provided that the auditor, treasurer and the governor, as ex-officio chairman should constitute the board. The civil administrative code imposed the duties of the banking board oil the bureau of banking. The office is sustained chiefly by the fees collected.
DUTIES AND POWERS This bureau has general control of banks and banking under the laws of this state.
The bureau is required to--
1. Inspect and secure reports from all banks organized under state laws, and to enforce all the banking laws.
2. Have control of building and loan associations.
PUBLICATIONS Biennial report.
Biennial building and loan report.
APPROPRIATIONS, BUREAU OF BANKING. 1889-1921
Salary
Maintenance
Years Secre'y Other Clerks Examiners No. of Officers Office Deficiincy Totals 1889-91
$ 2,400
.....
.....
1 $ 1,500
.....
3,900.00
1891-93
2,800
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1 1,500
.....
4,300.00
1893-95
2,400
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.....
1 1,500
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3,900.00
1895-97
3,000
$ 2,000
.....
2 1,500
.....
6,500.00
1897-99
3,000
2,000
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2 1,200
.....
6,200.00
1899-01
3,000
3,600
.....
3 1,200
$ 95.00
7,895.00
1901-03
3,000
3,680
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3 1,300
226.80
8,206.80
1903-05
3,500
3,780
$ 12,600
7 6,100
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25,980.00
1905-07
4,000
4,080
14,400
7 6,300
600.00
29,380.00
1907-09
4,000
4,400
18,000
8 10,700
.....
37,100.00
1909-11
6,000
7,400
25,200
11 16,600
300.00
55,500.00
1911-13
6,000
9,800
32,400
14 24,000
3,600.00
76,100.00
1913-15
6,000
9,800
36,000
14 23,000
.....
74,800.00
1915-17
6,000
9,800
36,000
14 21,000
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72,800.00
1917-19
6,000
9,800
40,000
14 23,500
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79,300.00
1919-21
16,0001
9,800
42,000
16 26,000
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93,800.00
Totals
$ 77,100
79,940
$256,600
..... $166,900
$ 4,821.80
$585,661.80
1Includes salary of secretary of trade and commerce.
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BUREAU OF INSURANCE HISTORY
An act approved February 15, 1864, required insurance companies to be certified by the territorial auditor, and to report to him. The act approved February 25, 1873, extended the duties of the auditor with reference to inspection and investigation of insurance companies, and required him to have the assent of the attorney general before issuing the original certificate to a company. An act approved March 31, 1.899, repealed the existing law, and created a bureau of insurance with the governor a, insurance commissioner and a deputy commissioner for the actual work. This law was declared unconstitutional (59 Neb. 417-435) on the ground that it violated sections 1 and 4, article IX. of the constitution relative to taxation. It was held that the invalid sections constituted an inducement to the legislature to enact the other sections of the law, and so rendered the whole invalid. In 1903 the auditor was empowered to appoint an insurance deputy. the legislature to enact the other sections of the law, and so rendered the whole code. It provided that the governor, auditor and attorney general should constitute the state insurance board, and appoint a secretary to be known as insurance commissioner. The civil administrative code conferred the duties of the insurance board on the bureau of insurance. The bureau collected fees sufficient to maintain it.
DUTIES AND POWERS 1. The bureau shall see that all laws respecting insurance companies are faithfully executed.
2. Upon necessary evidence, certificates to insurance companies may be issued or revoked.
3. Shall examine each domestic company at least once in three years.
4. May examine foreign companies.
5. Must secure annual reports from insurance companies.
6. Shall keep deposited securities.
7. Maintain a hail insurance department.
PUBLICATIONS Biennial report.
APPROPRIATIONS, BUREAU OF INSURANCE, 1913-21
Salary
Maintenance
Years Insurance Commissioner Other Officers Actuary Examiners No. of Officers and Clerks Office Total 1913-15
$ 5,000.00
$ 4,080.00
Per di'm1
Fees2 6 $ 15,000.00
$ 24,080.00
1915-17
5,000.00
4,080.00
$ 5,000.00
Fees 6 12,000.00
26,080.00
1917-19
5,000.00
4,080.00
4,800.00
Fees 8 12,000.00
25,880.00
1919-21
5,000.00
10,920.00
4,800.00
Fees 11 12,000.00
32,720.00
Totals
$ 20,000.00
$ 23,160.00
$14,600.00
....... ....... $ 51,000,00
$108,760.00
1The law permitted the state insurance board to pay the actuary a per diem of $15.
2Both salary and expenses of examiners paid out of fees received by the state from examination of insurance companies.
DIVISION OF FIRE PREVENTION HISTORY
The fire commission was created by the legislature of 1909. The governor was the fire commissioner, and appointed two deputies, one of whom was required to live in Lincoln and manage the office. The functions of the office are now carried on by the division of fire prevention. The office is supported by fees paid by insurance companies.
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DUTIES AND POWERS The division of fire prevention--
1. Shall have general charge of the inspection of buildings, and premises, and the investigation of fires occurring in the state.
2. May cause origin of fires to be investigated.
3. May order dilapidated buildings to be destroyed.
4. Must prepare a book of instruction in fire dangers.
PUBLICATIONS Annual report.
Monthly bulletins.
Book of instruction for schools.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION, 1909-18
Years Amount of Tax Paid by Fire Insurance Companies Salaries and Office Expense 1909-10
$ 16,133.53 $ 11,639.52 1910-12
23,820.36 24,020.64 1912-14
25,295.16 25,458.95 1914-16
24,876.45 25,184.03 1916-18
28,102.12 27,251.18 Totals
$118,227.62 $113,554.32 BUREAU OF SECURITIES
The department of trade and commerce has also assumed the former duties of the blue sky division of the state railway commission, sometimes known as the state trade commission.
The legislature of 1919 made an appropriation of $50,000 for the enforcement of the blue sky law. This money is now being expended for this purpose under the control of the department of trade and commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS. DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE, 1919-21
Department Salaries Maintenance Total Bureau of Banking
$ 67,800.001
$ 26,000.00
$ 93,800.00
Bureau of Insurance
20,720.00
12,000.00
32,720.00
Division of Fire Prevention, 1916-18
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27,251.182
27,251.18
Bureau of Securities
.......
50,000.00
50,000.00
Totals
$ 88,520.00
$115,251.18
$203,771.18
1Includes salary of secretary of trade and commerce.
2Includes salaries.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Salary
Secretary--H. H. Antles
$5,000
BUREAUS AND DIVISIONS
Bureau of Health
Dr. I. H. Dillon
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Bureau of Social Service
Secretary as acting chief
Bureau of Child Welfare
Mrs. Emily P. Hornberger
Bureau of Examining Boards
Secretary as acting chief
DUTIES AND POWERS
1. The department of public welfare shall have general supervision and control over matters relating to public health, sanitation and the general public welfare; and shall provide for examinations; and enforce the provisions of the laws; and have supervision over all matters of quarantine and quarantine regulations.
2. The department of public welfare shall have the right at all times to inspect the equipment and methods of teaching in all medical colleges and medical schools of the state, and shall have the power to refuse examination to the graduates of any school which, on proper notice and hearing shall be adjudged not a medical college or medical school in good standing as defined by the laws of this state.
The duties of the following boards and commissions of the old administrative system have been taken over by the department of public welfare and the money appropriated for their use by the legislature of 1919 has been transferred for use in this department.
BUREAU OF HEALTH HISTORY
The original board of health law was enacted in 1891. In 1903 the law was amended and a state health inspector provided. The governor, attorney general and superintendent of public instruction composed the board. The active work of the board was directed by a board of four secretaries appointed by the governor, and a health inspector, subject to their instructions in the actual execution of the laws, and who devoted his entire time to the work.
The legislature of 1917 passed a law reorganizing the health department, and putting the active work in charge of a staff appointed by the governing board. In addition, the governor appointed in advisory board of four physicians whose principal duty was to conduct the examinations for licenses to practice medicine. The functions of the health department were conferred upon the department of public welfare by the civil administrative code of 1919.
DUTIES AND POWERS The bureau of health is required to--
1. Supervise and control all matters relating to the protection of the people from contagious, infectious and epidemic diseases.
2. Serve as registrar of vital statistics.
3. Operate a bacteriological laboratory.
4. Disseminate information concerning public health.
5. Endeavor to eradicate venereal diseases.
6. Promote public health and sanitation.
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APPROPRIATIONS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, 1895-1921
Salary
Maintenance
Years Health Officers & Bureau Chiefs Other Employes Number of Officers and Employes Office Prevention of Disease & Labor'tory Equipment Total 1895-97
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
1897-99
200.00
200.00
1899-01
200.00
$ 1,500.00
1,700.00
1901-03
200.00
4,000.00
4,200.00
1903-05
$ 3,600.00
1 500.00
2,000.00
6,100.00
1905-07
3,600.00
1 6,500.00
3,500.00
13,600.00
1907-09
3,600.00
1 6,400.00
10,000.00
1909-11\
3,600.00
1 8,200.00
11,800.00
1911-13
3,600.00
$ 1,680.00
2 8,200.00
5,000.00
18,480.00
1913-15
7,600.00
1,680.00
4 9,000.00
13,000.00
31,280.00
1915-17
8,400.00
3,360.00
4 8,000.00
19,760.00
1917-19
15,000.00
10,800.00
10 10,000.00
35,800.00
1918
2,400.00
2,400.00
1919-21 .
17,600.00
14,440.00
10 24,200.00
25,925.501
82,165.50
Totals
$ 69,000.00
$ 31,960.00
........... $ 81,800.00
$ 54,925.50
$237,685.50
1Social hygiene fund appropriated to comply with federal public health service appropriation.
BUREAU OF EXAMINING BOARDS
The following examining boards have been grouped together under the authority of the department of public welfare. The fees and renewals collected from candidates for license or certification cover the expenses of the examinations.
BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS
E. Spatz, President
Fairfield
H. J. Lehnhoff
Lincoln
E. T. Maguire
Mead
This board was formerly an advisory board of the state health department it now consists of three physicians appointed by the department of public welfare. The examiners receive $15 a day for their services. They conduct the examinations for license to practice medicine in Nebraska.
BOARD OF PHARMACY
J. K. McDowell, Secretary
Lincoln
Niels Mikkelsen.
Kenesaw
George Strelow
Long Fine
This board was established in 1887. Its members were the attorney general, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, and commissioner of public lands and buildings The board appointd (sic) a board of five examiners who conducted the business. Three apothecaries appointed by the department of public welfare now constitute the board, whose duty it is to examine all applicants for pharmacists licenses.
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BOARD OF NURSES
Miss Marie Wieck, President
Omaha
Louise Brackhabn
Omaha
Ida Gerding
Beatrice
The legislature of 1900 created this board. It now consists of three registered nurses appointed by the department of public wlfare (sic). Its sole duty is to conduct the examinations for the registration of nurses.
BOARD 0F DENTISTRY
Dr. E. W. Fellers
Beatrice
Dr. S. A. Allen
Loup City
Dr. Ferdinand Griess
Sutton
Dr. M. A. Fraser
Lincoln
Dr. G. M. Boehler
Alma
This board was created by the legislature of 1905. It consists of five dentists appointed by the state department of public welfare for terms of five years. It is their duty to examine and certify dentists and annually to register all dentists.
BOARD OF EMBALMERS
W. M. Hill
Hebron
Leo Hoffman
Omaha
Win. Maloney
North Platte
The board was created in 1889. It consists of three persons appointed by the state department of public welfare.
This board examines and registers embalmers.
BOARD OF OSTEOPATHY
E. M. Cramb
Lincoln
Byron S. Peterson
Omaha
J. E. McCracken
Beatrice
The legislature of 1901 provided for the certification of osteopaths by the state department of health. The legislature of 1909 provided for a state board of osteopathy, consisting of the governor and five examiners appointed by the governor for terms of five years. The board now consists of three members appointed by the department of public welfare.
The board examines persons desiring to practice osteopathy.
BOARD OF OPTOMETRY
H. R. Zillotson
Harvard
B. B. Combs
Omaha
L. C. Calhoun
Pawnee City
This board was created by the legislature of 1907. It consists of three examiners appointed by the department of public welfare.
The board examines persons desiring to practice optometry.
BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC
J. C. Lawrence
Omaha
J. P. Laub
Ord
J. T. Callamore
Fairbury
This board was created by the legislature of 1915. It consists of three members appointed by the department of public welfare.
The board conducts examinations for license to practice chiropractic.
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