Annals of IowaSamuel Storrs Howe, Theodore Sutton Parvin, Frederick Lloyd, Sanford W. Huff, Charles Aldrich, Edgar Rubey Harlan Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives, 1897 |
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... appointed by the govern- ment and a system of permits to miners and smelters was adopted . For some years the smelters were required to pay six per cent . of all the lead produced . This tax was the cause of much dissatisfaction and was ...
... appointed by the govern- ment and a system of permits to miners and smelters was adopted . For some years the smelters were required to pay six per cent . of all the lead produced . This tax was the cause of much dissatisfaction and was ...
Side 73
... appointed to notify Mr. Lincoln of his second election as President of the United States . The committee consisted of the Hon . Lyman Trumbull of Illinois on the part of the Senate , and Hon . Messrs . James F. Wilson , of Iowa , and ...
... appointed to notify Mr. Lincoln of his second election as President of the United States . The committee consisted of the Hon . Lyman Trumbull of Illinois on the part of the Senate , and Hon . Messrs . James F. Wilson , of Iowa , and ...
Side 75
... appointed him postmaster at Oskaloosa . Removing to Burlington in 1865 , he was editor of The Hawk - Eye for ten years , and Sena- tor from Des Moines county in the 13th and 14th General Assemblies ( 1870 - '73 ) , and twenty years ...
... appointed him postmaster at Oskaloosa . Removing to Burlington in 1865 , he was editor of The Hawk - Eye for ten years , and Sena- tor from Des Moines county in the 13th and 14th General Assemblies ( 1870 - '73 ) , and twenty years ...
Side 76
... appointed postmaster of St. Louis by General Grant , holding the office several years . This necessitated his resignation , but at the expiration of his civil service Congress placed him upon the retired list of the regular army with ...
... appointed postmaster of St. Louis by General Grant , holding the office several years . This necessitated his resignation , but at the expiration of his civil service Congress placed him upon the retired list of the regular army with ...
Side 78
... appointed Secretary of the Territory by President Harrison . This last office he held four years . During the time Mr. Sells resided in Iowa he was one of our foremost citizens- " one of the most in- fluential men the State has ever had ...
... appointed Secretary of the Territory by President Harrison . This last office he held four years . During the time Mr. Sells resided in Iowa he was one of our foremost citizens- " one of the most in- fluential men the State has ever had ...
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Side 45 - No bill shall be passed, unless by the assent of a majority of all the members elected to each branch of the legislature, and the question upon the final passage, shall be taken immediately upon its last reading, and the yeas and nays entered on the journal.
Side 276 - So live that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of Death, Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy...
Side 276 - Why weep ye then for him, who, having won The bound of man's appointed years, at last, Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done, Serenely to his final rest has passed ; While the soft memory of his virtues, yet, Lingers like twilight hues, when the bright sun is set...
Side 61 - This perennial rebirth, this fluidity of American life, this expansion westward with its new opportunities, its continuous touch with the simplicity of primitive society, furnish the forces dominating American character. The true point of view in the history of this nation is not the Atlantic coast, it is the Great West.
Side 636 - The Legislature shall not in any manner create any debt or debts, liability or liabilities which shall, singly or in the aggregate, with any previous debts or liabilities, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, except...
Side 139 - In a Republic like ours, where the citizen is the sovereign and the official the servant, where no power is exercised except by the will of the people, it is important that the sovereign — the people — should possess intelligence. The free school is the promoter of that intelligence which is to preserve us a free nation...
Side 453 - His youth was innocent ; his riper age, Marked with some act of goodness, every day ; And watched by eyes that loved him, calm, and sage, Faded his late declining years away. Cheerful he gave his being up, and went To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent.
Side 43 - ... performance of any of his public or private duties, or rendered incompetent to give evidence in any court of law or equity, in consequence of his opinions on the subject of religion; and any party to any judicial proceeding shall have the right to use as a witness, or take the testimony of, any other person not disqualified on account of interest, who may be cognizant of any fact material to the case; and parties to suits may be witnesses, as provided by law.
Side 631 - The State may contract debts to supply casual deficits or failures in revenues, or to meet expenses not otherwise provided for; but the aggregate amount of such debts, direct and contingent, whether contracted by virtue of one or more acts of the General Assembly, or at different periods of time, shall never exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars...
Side 125 - Cedar of the loway, forty miles from the Mississippi river ; thence, in a right line to a point in the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri, fifty miles, measured on said boundary, from the Mississippi river ; thence, by the last mentioned boundary to the Mississippi river, and by the •western shore of said river to the place of beginning.