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Title: The History of Marshall County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the Northwest, history of Iowa, map of Marshall County, constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Western Historical Co., Chicago, pub
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Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ection. The State is divided into 67 counties,independent of the Pawnee and Winnebago Indians, and of unorganizedterritory in the northwest part. The principal towns are Omaha, Lincoln(State capital), Nebraska City, Columbus, Grand Island, etc. In 1870,the total assessed value of property amounted to $53,000,000, being anincrease of $11,000,000 over the previous years returns. The totalamount received from the school-fund during the year 1869-70 was$77,999. Education is making great onward strides, the State Universityand an Agricultural College being far advanced toward completion. Inthe matter of railroad communication, Nebraska bids fair to soon placeherself on a par with her neighbors to the east. Besides being inter-sected by the Union Pacific line, with its off-shoot, the Fremont and Blair,other tracks are in course of rapid construction. Organized by Con-gressional Act into a Territory, May 30, 1854, Nebraska entered theUnion as a full State, March 1, 1867. Population, 122,993.
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iniXTlX(J PEAIEIE WOLVES IN AX IJAKLY DAY. 250 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAAND ITS AMENDMENTS. We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union^establish jztsiice, insure domestic tranquillity, ^jroy«c?e for the commondefense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of libertyto ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitutionfor the United States of America. Article I. Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested ina Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate andHouse of Representatives. Sec. 2. The House of Representatives shall he composed of mem-bers chosen ever)^ second year by the people of the several states, and theelectors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors ofthe most numerous branch of the State Legislature. No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to theage of twenty-fi

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