| Show CAPITOL SITE A grant of land fur the erection of state buildings at fridays session of alie legislature shurtliff from the committee on capitol grounds reported the following resolution accepting from salt lake city lands for a site for capitol buildings for the territory of utah the city of salt lake has offered and tendered to alie territory of utah certain lands in trust for certain specified uses in worda and figures following to wit the honorable the governor and legislative assembly of the territory of utah GENTLEMEN I 1 am directed by the committees consisting of mayor F armstrong and aldermen W W riter T G webber W S mccormick james sharp and george D of ho city council of salt lake city to tender to the territory of utah in of said city under the conditions and restrictions hereinafter named the fol lowing described linda and premises to be used and devoted to tho erection of the capitol buildings of the territory or future state of utah to wit at a point feet south and 1 feet east from the southwest corner of llie norths eat of section 31 T N of R 1 E ailt lake meridian thence cast feet ab degrees E feet thence north feet thence 1000 feet thence houtla 27 decrees 45 E 1550 feet to alie place of beginning containing 19 46 acres paid tract being coin nathin the limits of llie west hall of suid section 31 also an additional one half interest in five acres of land more or les as may be necessary suitable situated on capitol hill for reservoir purposes the location of eaid land to be hereafter determined by the territory and city the said condition to be as follows to wit first acceptance of land designated and trust herein conferred under the tie condition named secona the payment of one dollar third the erection upon said land of the capil fl buildings of the territory or future state fourth that said buildings be used exclusively for territorial or state purposes fifth that the portion of the grounds not actually devoted to buildings as aforesaid be improved and cultivated as a public park sixth that whenever the purposes for which the proposed grant is made shall cease to be carried out and said grounds to be used for capitol grounds or territorial or state purposes as herein provided then the pro trust shall cease and the grant become absolutely void and no effect and said lands shall revert to the grantor on the acceptance of the trust here by proposed under the conditions as aforesaid by the governor and live assembly of alie territory of butali the mayor of said city will be authorized tn execute a proper deed of conveyance of eaid described premises to the territory of utah very respectfully M WELLS city recorder SALT LAKE CITY UTAH march L 1888 and whereas it is to the public interest that alie said offer be accepted now therefore ie it resolved Ke solved by the governor and legislative assembly of the territory orv of utah that the offer and tender of said lands by the city of salt lake to the territory of utah as herein before set forth be and the same is accepted by the said territory subject to the conditions dit ions limitations and restrictions in said offer and set forth |
