Legislative Documents, Volume 21868 - Iowa Contains the reports of state departments and officials for the preceding fiscal biennium. |
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... lower series . The lower series only is found along eastward and northward of the Des Moines River Valley , and consists principally of shales and sandstone , together with the coal . Very little limestone is found associated with them ...
... lower series . The lower series only is found along eastward and northward of the Des Moines River Valley , and consists principally of shales and sandstone , together with the coal . Very little limestone is found associated with them ...
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... lower series , as at present understood ; eastward from which point , the upper series rapidly disappears , and the lower , with its coal , becomes accessible . This determination of the relative position of the strata of the western ...
... lower series , as at present understood ; eastward from which point , the upper series rapidly disappears , and the lower , with its coal , becomes accessible . This determination of the relative position of the strata of the western ...
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... Lower Silurian , Upper Silurian , Devonian , Carboniferous , & c .; the lowest in the series being the oldest , and the others successively of later and later origin . The strata of our State do not now lie in a perfectly horizontal ...
... Lower Silurian , Upper Silurian , Devonian , Carboniferous , & c .; the lowest in the series being the oldest , and the others successively of later and later origin . The strata of our State do not now lie in a perfectly horizontal ...
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... lower divisions . The first lies wholly to the southward and westward of the Des Moines River , occupying the surface in the southwestern part of the State over an area equal in extent to that of the State of Vermont . The second ...
... lower divisions . The first lies wholly to the southward and westward of the Des Moines River , occupying the surface in the southwestern part of the State over an area equal in extent to that of the State of Vermont . The second ...
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... lower coal measures are made up principally of sandstone , shales , clay and coal , with very little limestone ; the middle , of similar materials , but has more limestone , less sandstone , and less coal , while the upper coal measures ...
... lower coal measures are made up principally of sandstone , shales , clay and coal , with very little limestone ; the middle , of similar materials , but has more limestone , less sandstone , and less coal , while the upper coal measures ...
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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...