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Iowa Debtor Counties Seek Tax Relief for Railroads
The Iowa Senate debates a bill to relieve twelve counties and several cities from railroad debt by allowing them to keep state taxes on property and to apply taxes on railroad gross earnings to the debt. Proponents argue railroads expanded valuation and state revenue, while opponents warn against unconstitutional uses of funds and broad tax changes.
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Smyth
Senate
Senator Beardsley
Bulis
Senator Casady
Union Pacific Railroad
Donnan
Yeas
Allen
Beardsley
Bennett
Campbell
Casady
Cathcart
Chapin
Claussen
Couch
Dunham
Dysart
Fairall
Fellows
Griffith
Grimes
Hamilton
Havens
Hawley
Hurley
Ireland
Keller
Knoll
Larrabee
Lowry
McCulloch
McKean
McNutt
Mitchell
Moore
Mulkern
Newell
Patterson
Pierce
Traverse
Tuttle
Vale
Vermillion
West
Wolf
Atkins
Bill
Dixon
Long
Murray
Wright
Conch
Danham
Supreme Court
Highest Judicial Tribunal
Iowa
Federal Court For
District of Iowa
Supreme Court of the
United States
Commonwealth of the West
Board of Supervisors
Mississippi
Missisippi
Henry
Weishington
Johnson
Poweshiek
Lee County
Des Moines Valley
Jefferson
van Buren
Wapello
Monroe
Des Moines
Burlington & Missouri Sliver
Iganner Scott
Muscatine
Louisa
Washington
Powshiek
Cedar
Linn
Benton
Jama
Marshall
Story
Boone
Jasper
Keokuk Mahaska
Polk
Des Moles River
Dubuque
Sioux City
Delaware
Buchanan and
Blackhawk
Fort Dodge
Commonwealth
Davenport
Burlington
Keokuk
General Assembly
Illnois
Illinois
Hawkeye