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Iowa Senate Debates Railroad Debt Relief and Constitutional Limits
Lawmakers clash over relief for counties bonded for railroad bonds. Critics urge against paying a debt they call unjust, unconstitutional, and created to enrich eastern counties, arguing tax burdens should not fall on the rest of the state. Proponents claim equity and legal precedent justify relief.
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Cate
Washington
Mr. Bennett
Friends
General Assembly
Scott
Claussen
Garington & Missouri River Railroad Company
Mt. Pleasant
Hen County
Ottumwa
Page
Friends of
Bulis
Senate
Johnson
Mr. Fairall
Bennett
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Iowa
Iowa
Johnson County
Illinois
Benett
Muscatine
Fairall
Chicago Tribune
Supreme Court
Laughte
Nator Claussen
United States
Old Country
Supreme Court of the
Europe
London Times
Senator Claussen
Benn
Major Claussen
McCulloch
Supreme Court of