W. W. Phelps, Willard Richards, and Brigham Young legal act
Scope and Contents
Handwritten legislative act from Utah dated March 1, 1852. The item is signed by W. W. Phelps, Willard Richards, and Brigham Young. The act declares it to be unlawful to "use with disrespect the name of the deity," use unnecessary cruelty upon animals, and to be intoxicated in public. The item also declares that the breaking of these laws is to be punishable by a monetary fine or by a period of hard labor.
Dates
- Creation: 1852 March 1
Creator
- Utah (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Legal act must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Extent
1 item (2 pages)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Subject
- Phelps, William Wines, 1792-1872 (Person)
- Richards, Willard, 1804-1854 (Person)
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 (Person)
- Title
- Register of Legal act
- Author
- Leslie Evens
- Date
- 2011 December 7
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States