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Laws -- Utah -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

An act regulating elections

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318625]
Identifier: MSS SC 1954
Scope and Contents

One handwritten document. The item is a draft of a law regulating the election procedures in the Utah Territory. It is signed by Brigham Young, Willard Richards, and William W. Phelps.

Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Adams Hickman petition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310747]
Identifier: MSS SC 1288
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed petition. This petition is a "writ of prohibition" of John M. Wallace to the Honorable Charles E. Sinclair, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah, by Wallace's attorney, William A. Hickman. The item claims that Justic of the Peace, Jeter Clinton, collected illicit fines from a Utah "gambling house."

Dates: 1859
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Office of the President records on lien law, 1952

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 1 Sub-Series 33
Scope and Contents

Contains materials regarding the repeal of the lien law in Utah. Includes news articles explaining the law and the pros and cons, a report arguing for the removal of lien law, and correspondence discussing the pros and cons of the law. Dated 1952.

Dates: 1952
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Office of the President records / Office of the President records

John Willard Young legal instrument

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312263]
Identifier: MSS SC 1396
Scope and Contents

Handwritten, signed, and notarized legal answer. The item involves a court case between plaintiff H. S. Millhouse and defendant John H. Young.

Dates: 1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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