| Show preamble and act j I 1 in n relation to the construction of a canal from utah lake to lake whereas a large portion of the citizens of great salt lake county and vicinity vici have subscribed consid considerable erable amounts for the purpose durpos e of con strutting ting a canal connecting utah and great salt lakes for the purpose of navigation machinery and irrigating the land large bodies of which might be brought into successful cultivation if I 1 water to irrigate with could be procured and whereas the aforesaid subscribers do propose to obtain further farther subscriptions and petition for the territorial government to adopt some system I 1 of operations and appoint an agent or commissioners who shall be authorized to superintend ten d and construct said canal and award land claims I 1 to the subscribers equal to the amount which they shall pay respectively I 1 therefore to aid by our influence and desiring I 1 to encourage by our acts so ao desirable an all object SEC 1 be a it enacted by the governor and legislative assembly of the territory leantory lern tory of utah that ira eldredge jesse W fox aud and robert wimmer are auchoi authorized iced to locate the route for sid said canal solicit receive collect and disburse 1 subscriptions and generally do all other things necessary for the progress and completion of said work I 1 SEC 2 the aforesaid commissioners shall proceed without delay to locate said canal and make an estimate ol of the entire cost of its con st ruelon cion a upon n the plan hereinafter indicated SEC 3 go sud lu ld canal shall commence com menca above the rapids in jordan river where a dam shall be constructed ted across said river liver of sufficient height to cause slack water navigation to utah lake and proceed as near the base of the mountains on the I 1 west side of great salt lake valley as practicable I 1 to great salt lake and shall be of sufficient depth I 1 a and d width for tile the transportation of boats drawing two and a half feet of water and twelve feet j width of hull hall there shall also be good and sufficient guard locks aud and locks for le velling and waste gates as also large reservoirs reservoirs with good and s sufficient embankments to contain water for irrigating I 1 purposes at all convenient points SEC sac 4 the commissioners shall survey the lands which may be benent ted by tile the construction of said canal udon each side thereof likewise take into consideration the benefit arising to present holders of laud land claims and apportion the land claims according to the estimated expense and cost of said canal deservi reserving ng at each terminus and at such other convenient said canal to be located by the governor or his authorized zed agent to the amount of four sections of land to be held in reserve reserva for future use or disposal 1 I 1 SEC 5 the commissioners hhall then proceed and nd assign unto the subscribers respectively the possession of land claims and right of waiter water to irrigate equal to the precise amount which they have paid and no more accommodating locations already made as far as practicable and the residue shall be held in reserve for further subscription and it is distinctly understood that the right of water for navigation and machinery is held in reserve for future use or disposal SEC 6 the aforesaid commissioners shall make a full and complete report of their doings herein to the governor on or before the 1st ast day of october in each year and oftener if required a and id they shall hall also notify him when they have prepared pie prepared pared the apportionment that he make the rei serve of land claims and possessions above mentioned SEC 7 the expense incurred by surveying tile the land shall be taxed fixed upon the land claims an and be paid out of the subscriptions and the expense incurred by locating and surveying the proposed canal shall be defrayed by the subscriptions of the commissioners herein above appointed and in case c ase that the commissioners herein appo appointed anted do not of their or in case of a vacancy the governor is hereby authorized to appoint others in their stead approved jan 1854 I 1 the above is a true copy of the original act on file in my office A W BABBITT sec of U T resolution concerning typographical errors in the laws of utan utah bo be it resolved by the governor and legislative assembly of the territory of utah that a list of typographical errors in m the laws printed in 11 be printed and bound with the laws to be in 1854 and it if necessary a like 1 list for the laws of this session approved jan 1854 the above is is a true copy of the original resolution on file in my office A W BABBITT see sec of oaut U T AN ACT providing for the management of certain property I 1 SEC 1 be it enacted by the governor and legislative assembly of the territory of utah that the probate judge in in each county is empowered and required to take possession of all property left by any deceased or abscond ent person when there is is no iio legal claimant known or sufficiently near to see to it in season and shall forthwith appraise and make two lists of said property and keep one on file and furnish one to the treasurer of the perpetual emigrating fund SEC 2 it is hereby made tile the duty or of every person having such property in his possession or terson knowing it to be in the possession of any other person to report the property forthwith and the n name a m e 0 of f the person in possession thereof to the P probate r bate judge of the county where said possessor is at the time and said judge shall take possession of such property as soon as practicable and proceed therewith as required above SEC 3 at the edri earliest iest practicable date the probate judge shall place said property or tile the avails thereof in the possession of said fund the value thereof to remain there until proven aw away ay by a legal claimant when said judge shall give an order on oil the treasurer of the fund SEC 4 A failure to comply with the requisitions of this act may be punished by costs damages and fine adjudged by any court having jurisdiction ris approved jan 1854 the above is a true cop copy of the original act on file in my office A W BABBITT secy of U T AN ACT prescribing the times JOT for holding county courts SEC 1 be it enacted by the governor a and d legislative assembly of the territory of U utah ta I 1 that sessions of the county courts shall b be e he held d quarterly on the first monday in march J june un september and december in each year and oftener if they deem it necessary sec sac 2 the section of an all act in relation to the judiciary a approved p proved feb ath 1852 is hereby repealed approved jan 1854 the above let is a true copy of the ori original i I 1 act on file in my office A W BABBITT sec secy y of U T i general appropriation bill be it enacted by the governor and legislative assembly of the territory of be paid out of the sum appropriated by congress for defraying the expenses of the legislative assembly of this territory for the year ending june the thirtieth one thousand eight hundred and fifty four the following amounts v viz iz for compensation and mileage of the members embers of the legislature five thousand three hundred 1 and twenty eight dollars for guards for ni members embers of the legislature i the indian country in going to and from tills this session two thousand seven hundred and twelve dollars for guards for the members of the legislature through the indian country in going to and from the session of 1852 3 one thousand seven hundred and twenty eight dollars to the president of the council forty days one hundred and twenty dollars i I 1 2 2 11 1 j r 15 to james fe ferguson r so n secretary of the con council 1 I fa forty arty days oue heu hundred m d d and twenty dollars to william clayton assistant secretary of the council forty days one hundred and twenty dollars to R reynolds olds cahoon sergeant at arms of the dollars co council 11 neil forty days one hundred and twenty I 1 1 to J joseph 0 seph busby foreman to the council forty days one hundred and twenty dollars to T stephen taylor messenger to the council forty days one hundred and twenty dollars to george D watt reporter to the council forty days one hundred and twenty dollars to the read john smith chaplain of the council forty days one hundred and twenty dollars I 1 to the speaker of the house of representatives forty days one bundred and twenty dollars to thomas bullock chief clerk of the house of representatives forty days one hundred and twenty dollars to jonathan grimshaw assistant clerk of the house of representatives forty days one hundred and twenty dollars to robert T burton sergeant at arms armb of the house of representatives forty days one hundred and twenty dollars to joseph A young messenger to the house of f representatives forty days one hundred and twenty dollars I 1 to henry W lawrence foreman to the house housa of representatives forty days one hundred and twenty dollars to walter thomson reporter to the house of representatives forty days one hundred and twenty dollars to the rev phinehas richards chaplain of the house of representatives forty days one hundred and twenty dollars I 1 to james ferguson secretary of the council for forty days service after close of session 1852 3 one hundred and twenty dollars to thomas W ellerbeck assistant secretary of the council for forty days service after the close of session 1853 1852 3 one hundred and twenty dollars to thomas bullock chief clerk of the house I 1 of representatives for forty days service after the close of session 1852 3 one hundred and twenty dollars to jonathan Grims grimshaw baw assistant clerk of the house of representatives for forty days service after the close close of session 1852 3 one hundred and twenty dollars to george D watt reporter to the council a for forty days service after the c close 1 0 s e of session 1852 3 one hundred and twenty dollars d 0 U a rs to walter thomson reporter to the house of representatives for forty days service after the close of session 1852 3 one hundred and twenty dollars to edwin D woolley for services is as committee on preparing the laws and journals of the legislature of 1851 2 for printing ac forty dap days two hundred dollars for or printing the laws and journals of the legislature is latare for at 1852 52 3 advertising ae ac two thou sand nine hundred and sixty five dollars and five cents to arieh C brower public printer for sundry binting rin printing ting advertising ac and for printing the laws ws and journals for 1853 4 seven thousand four hundred and eighty dollars to thomas bullock for examining proofs and revise of the laws of ther the legislative assembly for 1852 3 12 forms at 6 seventy two dollars i to Joua jonathan thap grimshaw for examining proofs and revise of the journals J of the legislative assembly for 1852 3 9 forms at 6 fifty four dot doi lars lara I 1 for incidental expenses paid by the territorial secretary as per vouchers two thousand and ninety nine dollars and fifteen cents f or the use of council chamber and committee room for the legislative assembly from december 1852 to january 1854 inclusive eighty d dayer four hundred bundred dollars to to 0 arieh C brower for incidental printing during this session as per hill bill nine hundred and seventy seven dollars and fifteen cents approved jan 1854 I 1 the above is a true copy of the original bill on file in my office A W BABBITT I 1 I 1 secy of U T |
