Nebraska. Legislature

LC control no.	n 84098298
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Nebraska. Legislature *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Nebraska. General Assembly
See also	Nebraska Territory. Legislative Assembly *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Special note	There is inconsistency in usage between Legislature and General Assembly. Per the 1866 and 1875 Nebraska Constitutions the legislative body is referred to as "the" Legislature versus "a" General Assembly.
Found in	The Nebraska Constitution: 1866-2016, A legislative Research Office Backgrounder, February, 2017: pages 18-22 (1866, Article II, Legislative Sec. 1. The legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a General Assembly which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives, and the style of every law shall be; "Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska"; Sect. 3 The legislature shall provide by law for ...; 1875, Article III Legislative Sect. 1 The legislative authority is vested in a senate and house of representatives; Sec. 2 The legislature shall provide by law ....) <https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/reports/research/constitution2017.pdf> Senate journal of the General Assembly of the state of Nebraska, 1877. Rules of the Nebraska unicameral, 88th Legislature, Feb. 1, 1983: p. i (Legislature) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Nebraska. Legislature) Nebraska blue bk., 1988-1989 p. 248, etc. (Nebraska State Government; prior to 1880, under the 1875 resolution, the House had 84 members and the Senate 30; 1934 adopted constitutional amendment for unicameral legislature; first unicameral legislature was held in 1937; Nebraska Legislature)