Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-116

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All ordinances, bylaws, acts, regulations, rules and proclamations, existing and in force in any city at the time of its incorporation as a city of the first class, shall remain in full force and effect after such incorporation until the same are repealed or modified by such city.

Laws 1901, c. 18, § 122, p. 305;

R.S.1913, § 4815;

C.S.1922, § 3983;

C.S.1929, § 16-112;

R.S.1943, § 16-116.

Natural gas ordinance of second-class city remained in force at time it became a first-class city. Nebraska Natural Gas Co. v. City of Lexington, 167 Neb. 413, 93 N.W.2d 179 (1958).

Natural gas ordinance of second-class city remained in force at time it became a first-class city. Nebraska Natural Gas Co. v. City of Lexington, 167 Neb. 413, 93 N.W.2d 179 (1958).

Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site

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