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Iowa Senate Debates Railroads and University Reports
In the 1870 Iowa Senate session the legislature handles petitions on railroads including Des Moines Valley and Tete Des Morns, ponders repealing usury laws, and considers railway tariff regulation. Committees report on land conveyances, swamp lands, and university affairs with recommendations for funding and expansion.
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Mitchell
John Phillips
Des Moines Valley Railroad Company
Committee On Railroads
Casady
Pottawattamie County
Committee On Agriculture
McCulloch
Pocahontas County
Grimes
Tete Des Morns Railroad Company
Davenport
Campbell
Jasper County
Committee On Ways and Means
Committee On Judiciary
Hurley
Committee On Public Lands
Register of the State Land Office
A. E. Haskell
Estherville
Iowa
Senate
J. 8. Hurley
Adams County
Moore
Supreme Court of
Hurey
Traverse
H. C. Traverse
Pierce
Committee On Internal Improvements
Thomas Mitchell
Des Moines
A. R. Prexer
Beardsley
The
State University