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126+ PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATURE
127+THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the within LB 373 was passed by the One Hundred Ninth
128+Legislature of Nebraska at its First Session on the ........................................................ day
129+of ................................................................... 20.............
130+CLERK OF THE LEGISLATURE
131+Approved:
132+.......................................................................... 20.........., ................. o€clock ...............M.
133+GOVERNOR