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Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

An act in relation to Utah Library

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292041]
Identifier: Vault MSS 539
Scope and Contents Handwritten act of the Utah territorial legislature establishing the Utah Library. The librarian over the institution was under a two-year legislative appointment and was given a budget of $6000. The librarian was given authority to conduct all business relating to the library. The main purpose of the library was to provide materials for the legislature, but items could be made available to federal officials and private citizens of Utah at the discretion of the librarian. The document...
Dates: 1852

Utah laws and a constitution

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294013]
Identifier: Vault MSS 665
Scope and Contents

Handwritten laws and the "Constitution of the State of Deseret" dated 1849. The laws include an act relating to divorce, a resolution on judicial districts in Utah, policies relating to the water of Mill Creek Canyon and ferries in Idaho, and a statement of the expenses of locating government in Utah. The items were signed by important Utah politicians including Brigham Young, Willard Richards, and William W. Phelps.

Dates: 1849-1856

W. W. Phelps, Willard Richards, and Brigham Young legal act

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292736]
Identifier: Vault MSS 711
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: 1852 March 1

Legal answer

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292744]
Identifier: Vault MSS 709
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal answer filed on Sept. 4, 1871. The answer is part of a law suit with Sarah Ann Cooke as plaintiff and Brigham Young as defendant. The document is signed by Young and involves monetary debts.

Dates: 1871

Brigham Young and Orson Pratt legal answer to John C. McIntosh

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292710]
Identifier: Vault MSS 714
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal answer. This item is an answer by Brigham Young and Orson Pratt to a complaint by John C. McIntosh. The document is signed by Orson Pratt but not by Brigham Young.

Dates: 1873

Legal instruments relating to Mormons in Utah

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292769]
Identifier: Vault MSS 707
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous legal documents. The collection consists of an account balance slip signed by Brigham Young, a stock certificate signed by Wilford Woodruff, John Bernhisel, among others; an incorporation bond; a record of trespass action against Lyman E. Johnson; a record of a court action; four receipts of per diem signed by Heber C. Kimball, Jedediah M. Grant, Orson Hyde, and Parley P. Pratt; and a petition for payment to E. D. Mecham, a member of the Mormon Battalion, from the estate of...
Dates: 1838-1895

W. W. Phelps, Willard Richards, and Brigham Young legislative act

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292926]
Identifier: Vault MSS 732
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed legislative act in relation to road tax and supervision. The act is signed by W. W. Phelps, Willard Richards, and Brigham Young.

Dates: 1852

Oath for a Woman in Territory of Utah form

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227625529]
Identifier: MSS 3997
Scope and Contents

Printed form, Form of Oath for a Woman in Territory of Utah, for swearing she was not a bigamist or involved in any polygamous relationship. Form blank, printed for 188-.

Dates: approximately 1880

Parley P. Pratt legal act

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292751]
Identifier: Vault MSS 708
Scope and Contents

Handwritten act signed by Parley P. Pratt appropriating funds to the University of Deseret.

Dates: 1853

Utah Territory certificates of acknowledgement

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343193]
Identifier: MSS 31
Abstract

The collection contains printed and handwritten certificates from 1891-1892. The materials are official items issued by the Territory of Utah and acknowledge the existence of the Reed Hotel Company and the Salt Lake and Wyoming Railroad Company.

Dates: 1891-1892

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Laws 6
Politics, Government, and Law 5
Civil Procedure and Courts 4
Law -- Utah -- History 4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2