Legislative Documents, Volume 21868 - Iowa Contains the reports of state departments and officials for the preceding fiscal biennium. |
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... increases from any given maximum point of development , and that all formations are expected to be thinnest at their borders , it will be less hazardous as well as less expensive to commence such enterprises in the valleys near the ...
... increases from any given maximum point of development , and that all formations are expected to be thinnest at their borders , it will be less hazardous as well as less expensive to commence such enterprises in the valleys near the ...
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... increase in this respect will supply the demands of an increasing population . An examination of the brick of several houses in your place shows that you have a supply which is good , and no doubt abundant , of this indispensable ...
... increase in this respect will supply the demands of an increasing population . An examination of the brick of several houses in your place shows that you have a supply which is good , and no doubt abundant , of this indispensable ...
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... increased to any considerable volume , and before they have eroded their valleys to so great a depth that the tops of the trees which skirt them can not be seen peering above the general surface as one stands upon the higher prairie ...
... increased to any considerable volume , and before they have eroded their valleys to so great a depth that the tops of the trees which skirt them can not be seen peering above the general surface as one stands upon the higher prairie ...
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... increase ? " The reply is almost invariably in the negative , for the question is usually asked in relation to the ... increasing popu- lation should render them inadequate for that purpose . The peculiar bluffs mentioned as so striking ...
... increase ? " The reply is almost invariably in the negative , for the question is usually asked in relation to the ... increasing popu- lation should render them inadequate for that purpose . The peculiar bluffs mentioned as so striking ...
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... increasing by settlement , attracted hither by the natural advantages which the county affords , and also those in the immediate future to be derived from the early completion of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad , which is to ...
... increasing by settlement , attracted hither by the natural advantages which the county affords , and also those in the immediate future to be derived from the early completion of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad , which is 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...