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PREFACE

7

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, 1927-28

8

NEBRASKA SENATE AND HOUSE, 1927

9

HISTORY

   Historical sketch of Nebraska

11

   History of the capitol

16

   State seal

18

   Legal holidays

20

   State flag

20

   State flower

20

   Historical roster of officers

21

   Organic Law

86

   Enabling Act

95

CONSTITUTION

   Constitutions and constitutional amendments

98, 100

      Text

101

      Constitutional conventions

138

GOVERNMENT

   State departments, boards, institutions, etc.

      Constitutional departments

151

         Legislature

151

         Governor

156

         Lieutenant-governor

157

         Secretary of state

158

         Auditor

159

         Treasurer

161

         Superintendent of Public instruction

161

         Commissioner of Public lands and buildings

163

         Attorney general

164

         Supreme court

165

         District courts

167

         Railway commission

168

         Board of control

169

         Board of pardons

170

      Administrative department

         Civil administrative code

172

            Department of finance

172

            Department of agriculture

175

            Department of labor

179

            Department of trade and commerce

180

            Department of public welfare

183

            Department of public works

187

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         Boards, bureaus and commissions

189

            Adjutant general

189

            Board of educational lands and funds

190

            Board of examiners of public accountants

190

            Depository bonds board

190

            Board of equalization and assessment

190

            Penitentiary medical board

191

            Board of canvassers

191

            State racing commission

192

            State park board

193

        Education

            State library

194

            Public library commission

195

            State board of education of normal schools

196

                 Normal schools

197

            University of Nebraska

201

            Vocational education board.

214

            Academy of sciences

215

         Code commissions

215

         Associations receiving appropriations from the state

            State board of agriculture

217

            State horticultural society

217

            Nebraska dairymen's association

218

            Poultry association

218

            Cropgrowers' association

218

            Improved live stock breeders' association

218

            Nebraska potato improvement association

219

            Nebraska state irrigation association

219

            State historical society

219

            Grand Army of the Republic

221

         State institutions governed by the board of control.

222

         Discontinued or Temporary offices

237

         Miscellaneous expenses

237

         Elective Executive State Officers

            Biographical sketches

238

         Justices of Supreme Court

            Biographical sketches

239

LEGISLATURE OF 1925

   Biographical sketches

241

MILITARY HISTORY AND MILITIA

258

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN NEBRASKA

264

   Post offices

270

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

   Biographical sketches

268

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LOCAL GOVERNEMENT (sic)

   County government

277

   Municipalities

298

      Population and officials

299

TAXATION

307

BANKING

314

INSURANCE

318

BUSINESS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

320

POPULATION, WEALTH, DEBT.

337

AGRICULTURE

345

   Stockyards

347

ROADS

349

CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

352

CLIMATE

382

EDUCATION

388

       Libraries

397

PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

401

POLITICAL PLATFORMS

405

LEVY, APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES

414

ELECTION STATISTICS

416

INDEX

436

Territorial and State Seals

p. 17-18

Portraits of State Officers

p. 238

Portraits of State Senators and Representatives

p. 240

Portraits of U. S. Senators and Representatives

p. 264