Legislative Documents, Volume 21868 - Iowa Contains the reports of state departments and officials for the preceding fiscal biennium. |
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... Mills , Pottawattamie , Cass , Montgomery , Adams , Adair , Union , Madison , and parts of Clarke , Wayne and Appanoose counties . It was considered of great importance that we should know the extent of our coal - field in that ...
... Mills , Pottawattamie , Cass , Montgomery , Adams , Adair , Union , Madison , and parts of Clarke , Wayne and Appanoose counties . It was considered of great importance that we should know the extent of our coal - field in that ...
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... mill in the village and looking across the river , you will see that the strata dip from that point both eastward and westward , their most elevated point , which geologists call an anti - clinal axis , being just where you stand . The ...
... mill in the village and looking across the river , you will see that the strata dip from that point both eastward and westward , their most elevated point , which geologists call an anti - clinal axis , being just where you stand . The ...
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... mill , are not believed to be promising . The close proximity of the Eldora coal , however , and the existence of the large body of timber westward of Iowa Falls , give you a great advantage over many other towns of the State , in a ...
... mill , are not believed to be promising . The close proximity of the Eldora coal , however , and the existence of the large body of timber westward of Iowa Falls , give you a great advantage over many other towns of the State , in a ...
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... mill , which is six miles from town , the same bed of bituminous coal again appears , as docs a bed of cannel coal , two feet in thickness and of fair quality . bed lies several feet beneath the former , and is , of course , no way ...
... mill , which is six miles from town , the same bed of bituminous coal again appears , as docs a bed of cannel coal , two feet in thickness and of fair quality . bed lies several feet beneath the former , and is , of course , no way ...
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... mills ; but the stone of the quairies , although mag- nesian , is a remarkable exception in its stratification . It is fine grained , evenly and horizontally bedded , some of the layers splitting readily into slabs from half an inch to ...
... mills ; but the stone of the quairies , although mag- nesian , is a remarkable exception in its stratification . It is fine grained , evenly and horizontally bedded , some of the layers splitting readily into slabs from half an inch to ...
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Page 1 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 6 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may call him to order, in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain, and the House shall, if appealed to, decide the case, but without debate.
Page 5 - He shall preserve order and decorum ; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two members, on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the house.
Page 2 - The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House, and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Page 7 - When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated by the Speaker; or, being in writing, it shall be handed to the Chair, and read aloud by the Clerk before debated. 30. Every motion shall be reduced to writing if the Speaker or any member desire it. 31. After a motion is stated by the Speaker...
Page 16 - It shall be the duty of the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of the Senate...