Journal of the Senate of the ... General Assembly of the State of Iowa

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Page 214 - The credit of the State shall not. in any manner, be given or loaned to, or in aid of, any individual, association, or corporation: and the State shall never assume, or become responsible for, the debts or liabilities of any individual, association, or corporation, unless incurred in time of war for the benefit of the State.
Page 46 - All losses to the Permanent, School, or University fund of this state, which shall have been occasioned by the defalcation, mismanagement, or fraud of the agents or officers controlling and managing the same, shall be audited by the proper authorities of the state.
Page 457 - When the evidence is concluded, unless the case is submitted to the jury, on either side or on both sides, without argument, the counsel for the people must commence, and the defendant or his counsel may conclude the argument to the jury.
Page 276 - There shall be a joint committee on the library, to consist of three members on the part of the Senate and three on the part of the House of Representatives, to...
Page 14 - Council, to wait upon his Excellency the Governor and inform him that the two Houses are organized and ready to receive any communication he may have to make to them; Which was agreed to.
Page 170 - While the great mass of our northern people utterly condemn the act of John Brown, they feel and they express admiration and sympathy for the disinterestedness of purpose by which they believe he was governed, and for the unflinching courage and calm cheerfulness with which he met the consequences of his failure.
Page 87 - State in the Senate of the United States for the term of six years, beginning on the...
Page 362 - Every pleading must be subscribed by the party or his attorney; and when the complaint is verified, or when the state, or any officer of the state, in his official capacity, is plaintiff, the answer must be verified, unless an admission of the truth of the complaint might subject the party to a criminal prosecution, or, unless an officer of the...
Page 172 - Leverson appealed from the decision of the Chair. The question being, shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House, the House sustained the Chair.
Page 469 - No county, or other political or municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount, in the aggregate, exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property within such county or corporation — to be ascertained by the last State and county tax lists, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.

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