Legislative Documents, Volume 21868 - Iowa Contains the reports of state departments and officials for the preceding fiscal biennium. |
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... five feet in thickness . There are at least two carbonaceous horizons in this series , one of which embraces the only bed of coal yet found in the western part of the State . The other is of limited extent , usually showing a thin seam ...
... five feet in thickness . There are at least two carbonaceous horizons in this series , one of which embraces the only bed of coal yet found in the western part of the State . The other is of limited extent , usually showing a thin seam ...
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... five per cent of bitumen and fifty - five per cent of fixed carbon ; the great variation observed in the difierent coals analyzed being due to the varying proportions of ashes and moisture associated with the combustible part . The ...
... five per cent of bitumen and fifty - five per cent of fixed carbon ; the great variation observed in the difierent coals analyzed being due to the varying proportions of ashes and moisture associated with the combustible part . The ...
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... five and fifty , in all of which they have appeared as original matter . Many of those letters were written by the light of the camp - lantern , after the field - labors of the day were over , and were consequently unsatisfactory to the ...
... five and fifty , in all of which they have appeared as original matter . Many of those letters were written by the light of the camp - lantern , after the field - labors of the day were over , and were consequently unsatisfactory to the ...
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... five hundred and fifty square miles of this county upon which no rocks appear except the very few boulders associated with the drift . It will be thus seen that a geological examination of such a county alone , disconnected from ...
... five hundred and fifty square miles of this county upon which no rocks appear except the very few boulders associated with the drift . It will be thus seen that a geological examination of such a county alone , disconnected from ...
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... five degrees with the horizon , and the boldest and most precipitous one we found , upon which the grass was growing , when tested with the clinometer proved to be only fifty degrees . There are occasional places in some of the more ...
... five degrees with the horizon , and the boldest and most precipitous one we found , upon which the grass was growing , when tested with the clinometer proved to be only fifty degrees . There are occasional places in some of the more ...
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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...