Show C I 1 STATE 0 OF F D DESERET I I I ORGANIZED IN 1848 1818 The Tho State of Deseret Included all tho the territory within the United States within within boundaries commencing at 33 23 degrees cs north latitude where It crosses the degree longitude west of oC Greenwich thence south and west to the northern boundary of ot Mexico west to and down the main channel of ot the tho lh Gila river ri vcr or the northern north north- ern line of Mexico and on the Ute northern northern northern north north- ern boundary of Lower California to the Pacific co coast Coat t thong along along- the tho coast northwesterly to the degree d e 30 0 seconds of oC west thence north to where said line intersects tho dividing ridge e of oC tho the Sierra Nevada Ne mountains mountains- thence north along the summit of oC the Sierra Neva Nevada a. a mountains to the dividing dividing- range of mountains that separate the tho waters flowing Into the Columbia from tho waters running Into the Great Basin thence easterly along ilon the dividing dl range of mountains mountains mountains moun moun- that separate said g-ald waters flowIng flowing flow flow- lowIns Ing Ins into Inlo tho the Columbia river from the north from tho waters flowing Into the tho Great Basin on the tho south to the lh summit of oC the Wind find River n chain of oC mountains thence southeast and south by tho the dividing range of ot mountains that separate the waters flowing Into tho the Gulf of oC Mexico l from the tho waters flowing Into the tho Gulf of or Call California Cornia to tho of oC beginning as set forth Corth Inu inu in inu u map drawn by Charles and published b by order of oC the Senate of oC the United States in III 1818 ISIS This Included practically pr all the west half hale of the country from ca eastern tern Colorado to tho the coast Tho The convention con to organize a a. provisional provisional pro pro- visional government go and to formulate Cor a constitution was watt held hold in Salt Lake March 5 i IS S a n committee was named consisting consisting- of Albert AI rt Carrington on Joseph Jo eph L. L Heywood William W. W Phelps David ld Fullmer John S. S Fullmer Charles C. C Rich John T Taylor Parley P P. Pratt John M M. M and I Erastus Snow to lo draft a n constitution and on March 18 tho the convention reconvened and und the thc constitution was presented by Albert Carrington of tho the committee and was adopted An election followed and a n. Senate and House of oC Representatives was elected This assembly convened July 2 1849 1549 Its lla final dissolution occurred on April 5 1851 several se sessions being hold during during- tho period named The rho first law enacted provided for tor appointment of oC state and county road commissioners tho the incorporation of oC tho the university of oC the tho state creating creating- theoffice the tho office of recorder the office of f surveyor sur Bur surveyor cor general g and prohibiting tho the sale of oC arms arm to Indians The Tho counties of Great Salt Lake Davis Iron Sanpete Utah and Weber were created and established the cities clUes of oC Great Salt Lake Mantl tl Parowan Provo and OSden Ogden Og- Og den were incorporated as was the tho Church of or Jesus Christ of oC Latter day Saints ls An act was passed granting s a franchise franchise fran Iran chise chiso to James A A. Little John M. M Lyte Horace S S. Eldredge George Goorge D. D Grant and Little to operate a stage lino line from Ogden Ogdon south through Salt Lake Lako City Provo and ManU Mantl to tho the county scat of oC Iron county count there to intersect Inter a stage route to Cajon Pass and San Diego Ca Cal Another act was tho designating on February 1 12 Z 1851 of Union square the West Yest Side High school Is Isnow Isnow isnow now located for tor the tho building of oC a a. house louse and to provide offices for tor state officials and tho the Legislature The Tle first apportionment was a approved approved ap ap- proved January 19 1851 and it gave Salt Lake L. nine senators and twenty representatives Davis county count ono one senator senator sen sen- ator alor and two representatives Sanpete and Iron tho the same sarno Tooele ono one senator and one ono representative and Weber ebor two senators and four Cour representatives and Utah tho the same All laws enacted by the tho provisional government were legalized b by tho Legislature Leg Leg- g- g slature of oC Utah territory by act passed October 1 I 1851 |