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Debate on state asylum funding and site choices in Iowa
Lawmakers clash over a 165 000 to 300 000 dollar expansion for Mount Pleasant or Independence Asylum. Debates cite capacity, water supply, economy, and whether to relocate or extend the existing institution amid growing patient need and state budget constraints.
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Eral Assembly
Twelfth General Assembly
Mr. Dudley
Mr. Irish
Wapello
Independence
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Dudley
Irish
Treasury
Speaker
Mr. Brown
van Buren
Billingsgate
Taylor
Buchanan
Mr. Lee
Brown
Mills
Mt. Pleasant
Wapelio
Buchanan County
Hopkirk
Edwards
Independence Asylum
Mr. Hopkirk
Mr. Pleasant
Pleasant
Mr. Traer
Mt Pleasant
General Assembly
Ee. Brown
van Wae
Estes
Board of Commissioners
Mr. Speaker
Benton
Mr. Ketcham
Morrison
Russell
Keokuk
Mr. Morrison
Lee