| Show IS MANTI A CITY on oil august of the car thia this uty lity brought suit against the oa ner icil and of what is ano it ne ao a u inear go o 0 round ou on t the I 1 ie char clin cliart rt t of 11 fit of license hi li it uti ill tit io lation of the pro d tit the I 1 d as 41 ao 10 A k 1 d I baith I 1 ol 01 A maulit ne 1 it nil t vh ii i nio I 1 d f I 1 it 1 I vm v m i aal nl of I 1 tilt h ight I 1 of ull til I 1 III 1 oil lids talat mantl it 14 atts as nt an alt city gilld 11 id no lio its incorporation gunthr the nit of assembly of tb tho state eState of DerL dreint ret approved ed feba feb 6 1851 bonik being i void old wid of no tn act fur for the reason lint that the act of the state of despret dast ret had never neer aten validated ali dated by the territorial legislature the CRAP w bamin before cit city jusho li LiMn ingston and a clintine clin o 0 tige to tho court of precia t ruffic 1 lii 11 en both justices justice the motion for iut but judge iland stink so to his proposition pio plo position that it lifts left a doubt it in the minds i of bouic u to know just impre the aro aront tit cluro ro neur neer mas a doubt in the igind of the editor of the wo vere here full fully Lo mined nt at the tune uio the question Iti estion ns as sprung that there wis was nothing to bo be alar nied about though nt at the tillie the pos positive itile proof was lucking laking A fi fl days das ago vo e were granted u to the la ina of win K reid and there found a musty little alume ano know n bythe by the title of session laws of the Legis legislative latiNe assembly of the territory of utah published b by y matue of nn an act net app approved january 19 1855 on page of this little volume we find this resolution NUMBER I 1 resolution BESO LOTION the iare laws of the provisional ProTia ional government lovern meat ment of 0 the state ot of deseret resolved by the legislative assembly of ahe the territory of utah that the laws heretofore passed by the visional government of the state of deseret and which do not conflict with the organic act of said territory be and the same are hereby declared to be legal and in full force and virtue and shall so remain until superseded by the action of the legislative assembly of or the territory of utah approved oct 4 1851 the same validating act may lis fauci in part ninth page ec tion 2971 of the compiled laws of utah 1888 manti was incorporated and granted a charter ter by act of the legislative Aee embly of the state of deseret approved feby 6 1651 on this same date three other cities ogden parowan carowan and provo were also incorporated on date of jan 19 1851 the city of greet great salt lake was incorporated these five cities were the only in corpo rated cities under the deseret act we have bave chown shown that their incorporation was legalized by act of the territory of utah od page of the same volume from which we quote may bo be found the act which authorizes the compilation and revision of the laws ordinances and resolutions in force under the pro visional government 0 of the state of deseret with this presentation of proof we drop the cose case our friend sutherland was so convinced of the soundness of his position thritha that ho offered to wager his law office against our print shop on an tho pro position we hau von on the flie case and fire re ready tc hecei receive a the law office f c c |
