Journal of the House of Representatives of the Second Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa....: Special Session ... July 13, 1840Historical department of Iowa, 1902 - 116 pages |
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44th rule acquaint the Council act entitled amend an act Bailey Biggs bill be read bill to amend bill to authorize bill to district bill to provide Brewer Browne Clayton county clerk acquaint committee on enrollments Council adjourned Council therewith dam across Skunk Dubuque entitled an act establish the seat Fales Fleenor H. R. file Hastings Hawkins Hempstead Hepner House of Representatives House resolved Inghram Iowa City Jefferson county Johnson county Joint Resolution justice of Scott Keith Langworthy Lash Lee county Leffler Legislative Assembly Lewis Mintun motion Muscatine county nays being desired Nays-Messrs o'clock P. M. Parker Patterson Payne present session read a second read a third referred Robertson rule be suspended Scott county seat of justice second and third Secretary select committee Skunk river Speaker resumed spent therein Summers Swazey territorial road Territory of Iowa third reading title agreed Van Buren county voted Walworth Wheeler Whittlesey yeas and nays Yeas-Messrs
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Page 12 - And twenty thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, is hereby given to the said Territory, which shall be applied by the Governor and Legislative Assembly to defray the expenses of erecting public buildings at the seat of government.
Page 22 - An act to incorporate medical societies for the purpose of regulating the practice of physic and surgery in this state...
Page 5 - ... on the part of the house, to wait upon his excellency the governor, and inform him that the two houses are temporarily organized and ready to receive any communication he may have to make to them.
Page 91 - Council that a committee of two be appointed, to act in conjunction with a similar committee to be appointed by the...
Page 8 - 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 92 - Resolved, That the thanks of this Association be tendered to Z. Richards, Esq., our retiring President, for the able and impartial manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of this body.
Page 13 - I presume that they will both pass together, and probably the present session of Congress. I therefore suggest to the Legislative Assembly, the expediency of providing by law, for taking the sense of the people of this Territory, on the subject of a Convention, at the ensuing annual election.
Page 12 - Act supplementary to an Act to locate the seat of government of the Territory of Iowa, and for other purposes...
Page 34 - State, of the five per cent, of the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands within the...
Page 64 - House, the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee be discharged from the further consideration of the subject referred to them.