Legislative Documents, Volume 21868 - Iowa Contains the reports of state departments and officials for the preceding fiscal biennium. |
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... success- ively make their appearance at the surface northward . At the depth of 1125 feet , the bottom of the boring , we identified the rock as the same as that which forms the tops of the hills at Dubuque , more than a hundred miles ...
... success- ively make their appearance at the surface northward . At the depth of 1125 feet , the bottom of the boring , we identified the rock as the same as that which forms the tops of the hills at Dubuque , more than a hundred miles ...
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... successful at those points it would encourage similar enterprises still farther and farther to the westward . Yet we do not know that the maximum development of the coal beds may not be to the westward of the Des Moines river region ...
... successful at those points it would encourage similar enterprises still farther and farther to the westward . Yet we do not know that the maximum development of the coal beds may not be to the westward of the Des Moines river region ...
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... success . A short time afterward Mr. St. John called on Mr. Brown , and obtained for the State collections a full suite of specimens illustrating his experi- ments , and from which it seems almost certain that he is just upon . the eve ...
... success . A short time afterward Mr. St. John called on Mr. Brown , and obtained for the State collections a full suite of specimens illustrating his experi- ments , and from which it seems almost certain that he is just upon . the eve ...
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... success fol- lowed another , in that and adjoining States , until it has extended not only over those portions of our country where the search for petro- leum was likely to be attended with success , but also to regions where success ...
... success fol- lowed another , in that and adjoining States , until it has extended not only over those portions of our country where the search for petro- leum was likely to be attended with success , but also to regions where success ...
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... successful , because there is no reason to believe that our State will produce at best even an average amount of petroleum . The primary origin of petroleum , is believed to be without doubt in fossilized vegetable substances , probably ...
... successful , because there is no reason to believe that our State will produce at best even an average amount of petroleum . The primary origin of petroleum , is believed to be without doubt in fossilized vegetable substances , probably ...
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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...