The Messages and Proclamations of the Governors of Iowa, Volume 2State Historical Society of Iowa, 1903 - Governors |
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... expense , for , according to the Constitution , it must be done at a general election . If the decision , therefore , is against revision , the State will sustain no injury ; if in favor of it , the genuine doctrine of popular ...
... expense , for , according to the Constitution , it must be done at a general election . If the decision , therefore , is against revision , the State will sustain no injury ; if in favor of it , the genuine doctrine of popular ...
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... expenses that might be attendant thereon . Although the Governor of the State has no authority to appoint such a Committee , yet the necessity for such an investigation was so great that I should have exercised the power but from my ...
... expenses that might be attendant thereon . Although the Governor of the State has no authority to appoint such a Committee , yet the necessity for such an investigation was so great that I should have exercised the power but from my ...
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... expense of making the selections and returns . Some of the Judges replied that there was no swamp or overflowed lands in their counties ; some that there were no competent surveyors within their jurisdiction whom they could employ to do ...
... expense of making the selections and returns . Some of the Judges replied that there was no swamp or overflowed lands in their counties ; some that there were no competent surveyors within their jurisdiction whom they could employ to do ...
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... expense might be saved . Biennial or triennial assessments might have a tendency to stimulate improvements and cause money , credits and per- sonal property to pay their proportion of taxation , which at present is not the case . The ...
... expense might be saved . Biennial or triennial assessments might have a tendency to stimulate improvements and cause money , credits and per- sonal property to pay their proportion of taxation , which at present is not the case . The ...
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... expense than is now annually appropriated for this purpose . I am pleased to be able to say that the Hospital for the Insane at Mount Pleasant has advanced rapidly towards completion , GOVERNOR JAMES WILSON GRIMES 49.
... expense than is now annually appropriated for this purpose . I am pleased to be able to say that the Hospital for the Insane at Mount Pleasant has advanced rapidly towards completion , GOVERNOR JAMES WILSON GRIMES 49.
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Page 333 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 332 - That the proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind, shall be applied, exclusively, as far as necessary, to the purpose of reclaiming said lands by means of the levees and drains aforesaid.
Page 395 - Justice of the executive authority of any state or territory to which such person has fled, and produces a copy of an indictment found, or an affidavit made, before a magistrate of any state or territory, charging the person demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime...
Page 333 - State shall cease; and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid.
Page 382 - ... copy of an indictment found, or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any state or territory as aforesaid, charging the person so demanded, with having committed treason, felony or other crime...
Page 280 - To provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states, respectively, the appointment of officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress...
Page 351 - I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 351 - Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court; and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all proclamations of the President made during' the existing rebellion having reference to slaves, so long and so far as not modified or declared void by decision of the Supreme Court. >So help me God.
Page 399 - ... treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the governor or chief magistrate of the state or territory from whence the person so charged has fled, it shall be the duty of the executive authority of the state or territory to which such person has fled to cause him to be arrested and secured...
Page 15 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads.