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W. J. Laney

Decatur County

HON. W. J. LANEY

MR. SPEAKERS Your committee appointed to draft resolutions (of respect to the memory of Hon. W. J. Laney, respectfully submit the following:

WHEREAS, The Hon. W. J. Laney, an honored member of the Seventh General Assembly from Decatur County, an honored and respected citizen in the community in which he lived, departed this life May 4th, 1905, at his home in Davis City, Iowa. He was born April 15, 1830, in Columbiana county, Ohio; came to Iowa in 1851. He represented Decatur County in the first legislature under the new Constitution, which convened in Des Moines.

Resolved, that in his death the State has lost a patriotic, worthy citizen, the community in which he lived an upright and respected man, his family a kind and loving father, and all who knew him, a generous and unselfish friend. That we extend to the family our earnest and heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement.

Resolved, that this resolution be printed in the Journal of the House, and that the chief clerk transmit an engrossed copy of the same to the family of the deceased.

E. J. SANKEY,

WM. COBB,

M. Z. BAILEY,

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