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Show Grant Sustained As President ol Church olLD.S. At a meetlne of tha quorum of twelve apoatlea held thla morning In tha Temple, at which all mem-bera mem-bera were preaent axcept Apostles Apos-tles George K. Richards and Reed Smoot, Heber J. Orant waa unanimously unani-mously auatalned aa prealdent of the Church of Jua Chrlat of Latter-day Salnta. Apostles Anthon It I-und and Charles W. Penrose were also unanimously auatalned aa first and second counselors, respectively, to the president. Tha quorum formally, hy unanl-moua unanl-moua vote, auatalned Prealdent Grant aa truatee In trust of all property and wealth owned hy tha church throughout the world. Anthon H. Lund, by virtue of the ascendancy of Apoatle Grant to the prealdency, waa auatalned aa per- manent president of the quorum of twelve apoatlea. Apoatle Kudger Clawsnn, next In Una to President Lund In apostle, hi p. waa auatalned aa acting president of the quorum. The action of the quorum of twelve apoatlea today marka the only prced;ire necessary by church authorities to install Prealdent Preal-dent Grant to tha offica of chief executive and trustee In trust of tha church. The action of tha quorum will ba ratified by mem-bers mem-bers of the church .at tha neat regular conference aaaembly. |