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	182	+	PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATURE
	183	+	THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the within LB 297 was passed by the One Hundred Ninth
	184	+	Legislature of Nebraska at its First Session on the ........................................................ day
	185	+	of ................................................................... 20.............
	186	+	CLERK OF THE LEGISLATURE
	187	+	Approved:
	188	+	.......................................................................... 20.........., ................. o€clock ...............M.
	189	+	GOVERNOR