Legislative Summary March Session on Railroad Land Grant
The Senate debated a substitute for Senate File 170 granting land to the McGregor and Sioux City Railway Company and enabling compliance with the 1864 land grant act. The House passed bills HF 100 on fruit tree planting and HF 178 on tax assessment, while rejecting most amendments to the Dubuque and Bronx City Railroad proposal. A key House amendment extended patent restrictions to Sioux City, later widened to twenty five miles. The Senate received Governor Merrill’s communication on J A Harvey’s public lands work, and bills were introduced on deeds from other states, Cedar Falls Railroad progress, and liquor licensing. The McGregor Sioux City land grant bill passed at 5 PM after debate, with related House actions on governor’s public measures and a Congress relate to Fox and Wisconsin funds.
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Political and legal action dominates Iowa and national news
The report covers legislative activity in the Senate and House with bills on taxes railroads insurance and notary rules. It notes impeachments and presidential trials, military orders, and state calamities including a fatal house fire in Orrin Dudley’s family. It also mentions Iowa bankrupt act applications and political maneuvering around Alabama admission and the Arkansas election dispute.
Italian Government tries to curb brigandage by force
The Italian Government is endeavoring to suppress brigandage by military measures. Two Fenian prisoners have been sentenced to life imprisonment at Manchester England. The British Government refused to mitigate the sentence of Rev Mr Mc Mahon and other convicted Fenian raiders in Canada. The Union Pacific Railroad is now 27 miles west of Cheyenne near the highest summit, at 8,300 feet above sea level, with about 3,000 men employed in grading. By April the first hills will pass and the Laramie Plains lie ahead. By end of August next 315 miles of the California end should be in working order. Michigan State election on April 6 will decide the new Constitution provisions and prohibition. The city election in the same state also occurs that day.
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Hon H Price Declines Another Congressional Bid
Washington City March 2 1968 editors of Gazette Mr H Price states he will not again seek Congress after eighteen months of reiterating he would not be a candidate He thanks supporters for their liberal backing and says he would fulfill his duties through the end of his term with participation in the public service.
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Train declares himself the citys first fool at Belmont
The New York Sun quotes George Francis Train claiming he is the citys biggest fool after betting at a racecourse. He says he has faced mockery for books and politics and that his abroad ventures failed, prompting a bold claim as spectators challenge him with a wager.
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