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County government -- Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

An act to create the office of a county treasurer in each county of the Territory of Utah and to define the duties thereof

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321983]
Identifier: MSS SC 2368
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legislative act passed by the Utah territorial legislature on 3 Feb. 1852. The item was signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), "Governor;" Willard Richards (1804-1854), "President of the Council;" and William W. Phelps (1792-1872), "Speaker of the House of Rep." The measure establishes the office of county treasurer in the counties of the Utah territory.

Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / An act to create the office of a county treasurer in each county of the Territory of Utah and to define the duties thereof

A bill for locating the county seat of Davis County in Utah Territory

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319383]
Identifier: MSS SC 2072
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legislative act enacted by the Utah legislature on 18 February 1852. The item was signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), "Governor;" Willard Richards (1804-1854), "President of the Council;" and William W. Phelps (1792-1872), "Speaker of the House of Rep." The act states that Farmington shall be the site for the County Seat of Davis County.

Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / A bill for locating the county seat of Davis County in Utah Territory

Request for peddler's license

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239248047]
Identifier: MSS 8438
Scope and Contents

Contains a message sent by R.O. Rasmussen of Sunnyside, Utah, to Mr. C. H. Smith, the county clerk of Carbon County, Utah, requesting two peddler's licenses for H.A. Petty and M. Becker. Material dated 1907.

Dates: 1907 June 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Request for peddler's license

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