Show I 1 1 I af aha ACT concerning I 1 pvc 1 be it enacted by bj the governor and legislative egi oadie Appl assembly lyof of the territory ol of utah attl I 1 I 1 1 I 1 that it isAe reby made the thea duly of the county courts to divide their several counties inta int 9 districts the convenient for ih R purpose of 6 f I 1 erecting necessary fortification a to carusd cause taxes to be levied for their erection to prescribe ahe per cent to be laid upon the valuation of property within the district and what amount shall be I 1 raised upon each lot within the survey and by poll tax on each able bodied male person over IS 18 years of age within the district when an estimate is presented to appoint a locating committee of three in each district and a nd to report to the auditor of public accounts annually by ahe ahe first day 0 of november the condition and cost of the fortifications within their counties SEG SEC 2 atis the duty of the locating com midlee tp to select survey and plot each site to be fortified to determine the kind and extent af pf the fortifications ia to be erected and ilij Un repairs ani alterations for those built orla or m P progress bogre i sp to estimate and inform orm the eburt court of the 00 amount amodt biec necessary to be raised by any one i f me mehl fitl accompanied by bit an wp ap iob ts kalua ai 0 of f V properly perty and ashlar asah liy be them the niini bei of taxable polls olli in 4 and the number numbs of lots or amoust of idnia landa iii th the le barway v from tipi timeto Ai tima meu to dired direct I 1 examine and approve op oric jot iha doings of aie the super inte noHn abu ain A in his application aaion means i and jepert re thereon to the county court to oo ip appoint poin t an n assessor Assess pr ana perin erin I 1 I 1 I 1 3 j T SEC t 3 the assessor and collector upon receiving the assessment list and ana from froin the county court snail forthwith proceed I 1 to assess all Tem Tenito tonal rial taxable PT property p at aits I 1 fair cash market value shall collect the prop erty poll and lot taxes as speedily as his boft merit ment and the necessities of the th e ease case may require whether by private or public pubic sale of property subject to taxation by giving reasonable I 1 notice of the time and place of any public sale an and d of ofa the kind of property to be thus sow sord 1 shall pay over I 1 collections to the superintendent once a month I 1 or oftener if required and an d shall be held responsible for the amou amoust amount st urta urt i pe buah 6 portions as the Loed locating ting committee Committe committeeman emay may from tirrie time to th timea remit remit 1 I i SEC 4 the superintendent shall receive and receipt for all funds paid paia him by the assessor grand and collector when in possess possession kanof ot funds 4 haal apply the same in in the most judicious maii manner his judgment will permit and also any effic len lenef b Pt timely imely and acceptable labor of those thos who thus prefer paying for which his certificate shill shall be a legal tax tender must take good and sufficient bonds of contractors and when any assessment is expended shall report to the locating J I 1 committee 1 SEC 5 all officers named indis in this act shall enter upon their at the earliest practicable date and those who collect disburse or apply means shall qualify by giving bonds payable to thin the people of df the district with approved security to the tha acceptance of the probate judge which must be filed died with and kept by tile the clerk cherkof of the county court I 1 SEC 6 all payments made or labor expended on fortifications now erected or in in i progress of erection shall be given due consideration and allowance by the Lg locating eating committee when any asies assessment js is made I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 arc Z 7 nothing in thip Act shall be construed to interfere with the operations of corpo rate bodies for the construction of fortifications inasmuch as they have provided or soon will proceed efficiently to provide for the protection protect am ibn of the persons persona and property within their limits HEBER C RiM BALL 11 I 1 president of the council J M GRANT speaker odthe of the house of representatives APPROVED january letb I 1 1855 IJ BRIGHAM YOUNG G governor governor of utah territory I 1 hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original on file in ri my mr office I 1 A W BABBITT I 1 I 1 see sec of afu ofu U T I 1 AN ACT 1 TO THE DUTY OF COUNTY SURVEYORS I 1 sze SEC 1 be it enacted by the Goer governor fior and legislative assembly of the territory tor v I 1 of utah that each county surveyor shall keep a book in which shall he be recorded all the blocks idd arid tots lots of ach survey by nun hin made imade also allo a record of all certificates by him bim given which certificates shall certify the number of block and lot with wilh the number of aches acres or rods in each ach lot and to whom given which when counter signed by one or more of these the select act men shall be filed in the count county recorders office wi thin thirty dat days i from the tate date thereof no certificate shall chill be I 1 valid unless filed in the recorders s office as provided for in thit this act the book thus kept is hereby made the property of the county and shall be delivered to his successor in office said record shall ll 11 be open to the inspection ot of any person having an interest the thee tein ein sze SEO 2 it shall be the he duty of each ach surveyor to make a sufficient corner corner of stone or wood at the southeast south east corner of each survey sunvey behim by him made and make a record record of said cahier comer ifa bb his return diagrams I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 HEBER C KIMBALL I 1 I 1 president of the council J M GRANT I 1 speaker of the he hause of representatives approved Jari uary 1855 I 1 BRIGHAM YOUNG governor OTer nor of utah territory I 1 I 1 hereby certify tint thit the fo foregoing rejoin i is a true copy of the original on file in in my mv office C e A W BABBITT secy of I 1 U T T I 1 AN ACT IN RELATION TO COUNTY RECORDERS AND AD THE acknowledgment OF instruments OF WRITING I 1 SEC gc 1 be it enacted by the governor and legislative assembly 0 of the territory of utah I 1 that the county reo reorders aders in their respective counties shall keep books in which abey shall sha record deeds and all other instruments of writing necessary and proper to be recorded by letter line and figure figare precisely as they occur therein the reir and in a fair legible manner c city it plats plata and plats of surveys shall be recorded in tal the same saine manner which books he shall duly transmit to his successor in office SEC 2 the judges of the supreme and probate courts their heir clerks the clerks of the district courts notaries Not aries public the mayors and aldermen of the several incorporated cities the county and city cily recorders and justices of the peace in in th heir e ir respective ie active jurisdiction are authorized xo io take the ae acknowledgment Cow of deeds transfers and other instruments of writing SEC 3 whenever the acknowledgment of f any instruments of writing is made the officer before whom the acknowledgment is taken shall affix his official certificate thereto the recorder shall certify on oft each instrument of writing recorded by him hain the book page 0 and date 4 ate of the record I 1 SEC 4 the county recorder shall not record any land to any person perso on application or by tr transfer apster until unlit a certificate of ahe surrey survey has been produced that such land and has been surveyed and such certificate of y has been approve approved a and d countersigned counter signed b by one or more of the select men of the coun county y V SEC 5 one p 41 lowed to persons having land surveyed 0 o enclose and fence said land ian aki a and n d aa y their S t fa lo lop sal gail adria w within i n 0 one n e year their title to said land shall be nullified and such land is common com hon and may be person applying for the same SE SEC c 6 the recorder shall be entitled to fifty cents for the firt first one hundred words and twenty penta cents for each subsequent one hundred words for each instrument of writing recorded by him including the acknowledgment and fifteen cents a a lot apt for each plot recorded including the letters letter and sand goures gures thereon the neon and the certificate of record j HEBER C KIMBALL president of the council I 1 J M GRANT speaker of the house of representatives approved january 19 1855 i 0 BRIG BRIGHAM HAM YOUNG governor of biah territory I 1 hereby certify that the forego inis ingis a true rue copy of the he original op on file in my office az A wi BABBITT I 1 sely of U T I 1 AX AW A I 1 I 1 IN RELA RELATION TrOX TO TAXES AND THE THEREOF i SEC 1 be it enacted by the governor and legislative assembly odthe territory of utah that the Terr territorial orial tax shall be one half per cent anoa assessors and Collect collectors org ip in their respective counties aall establish an ace office at the cauntay seat and shall give public notice of the time and will be in attendance to receive ta taxes aes sep 2 it shall be the duty of every person owin owing to pay the same at the office of the assessor and collector by b y the first day of september in accordance with said notice or goone sooner rif it required by the coll lector and for at ayure to do ao so shall be liable to pay te liper cent canton anthe the I 1 amount of tax due or a higher per centak cen tat the discretion t the jq cati ithe additional expenses of of collecting j i I 1 I 1 ebah C K I 1 MA ALD A LD I 1 1 president Pres idea octie I 1 I 1 J M marant 07 11 I 1 I 1 speaker speak r athe of the ks honse e of ta tives I 1 approved App royed QA 1855 I 1 I 1 ii 11 BRIGHAM B I 1 IGRA 4 L I 1 4 I 1 I 1 i 0 I 1 hereby phereby derti certify y that the foregoing tb a true copy of the original on ale in say iny office AW aj W BABBITT 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 Secy of U T T I 1 AN AM ACT I 1 V IN RELATION TO THE penitentiary SEC 1 be it enacted ly iby the governor and aa legislative Assembly bt athe territory of utah that the penitentiary jn great salt lake county shall be under the direction of three inspectors and one waran Wan Aen who shall be selected by the joint vote veto of the Legislative Assembly and w whose has e term of omee office ahill hall be two to years and until their ciupA r are elected and qualified said inspector 1 ors and warden Vf arden snail debore upon tue artrel duties of their office qualify by bonds with security to the people of the dorrit territory r in in the penal sum of conditioned for th the aita 2 ful discharge of the duties dulies of 0 their office which bonds sah be approved by and filed with the auditor of accounts which bonds bona anay be at iny any time increased by the auditor when in his judgment the public good shall require it SEC 2 tabe q inspectors and warden shall a appoint a clerk who shall he be under their direction t and they must from time to tim time e establish rulies rules and regulations for the direction of the officers of the penitentiary in the discharge of their duties for the government and aad discipline of the convicts and the custody prid and preservation of the public property and must cause a copy of all rules and regulations to he e certified by the board and delivered to the warden isze SEC 3 the warden shall have the ibe coe care and custody of the prison and of the convicts therein in conformity to their respective sehon sentences and of all public property belonging thereto and shall appoint a deputy and abid such number of oj overseers as shall be necessary for the gover government n mout and control of the convicts and the preservation pre serration of the public property which wha deputy and overseers I 1 shall b y bonds to and be approved by ana fd wi with the warden Waid bri sze SEC 4 the inspectors or one of them must visit the penitentiary it at least once a month and it must be visited ayabe by the board of inspectors once in three months and oftener if they think necessary for the purpose of inspecting and purpose ascertaining if the laws I 1 aws rules and regulations relating thereto anduly are aredus duy observed and theion evicts properly gol governed verned each of them shall at all time have slave free access to all parts of the prison and inspect all the books mid and accounts pertaining thereto i 1 I 1 I 1 sze SEC 6 0 all articles of or food clothing bedding beddings bed dingy raw materials for manufactory and other articles that may be necessary actor the use of the prison must bs the furnished by bythe the warden who is be hereby reby but authorized vodraw on the territorial treasurer for auy any ta defray such expenses and snail shall make or cause to be ma made dein in the books ot of the prison regular entries of all pecuniary or other concerns of the prison he shall keep a register of all convicts delivered into the prison I 1 their names and ages place of birth and a particular description of their persons their former occupation the which they are sentenced tind and shall report to the auditor of public accounts on or before the altof st of october in each year the number of convicts received the crime of each the age the term of punishment the kind and quality of labor of each the names of those discharged disc 0 arged and on what 9 grounds rounds the expenditures of the prison and the amount rea realized lazed from the labor of the prisoners together with all other matters he shall deem necessary HEBER C KIMBALL president of the council J M GRANT Speak Speake erot the house of representatives approved january 1555 I 1 BRIGHAM YOUNG Gover governor at utah territory I 1 I 1 hereby certify that the Sore foregoing going is is a true copy of tha original on file in my office A W BABBITT I 1 secy of U T I 1 I 1 i I 1 THE OF THE I 1 I 1 I 1 be it resolved by the Governor and legislative assembly of the Ter territory Atory of utah that daniel carn cam is hereby elected elected warden and albert P rockwood lorenzo and samuel W richards are hereby elected inspectors of the utah penitentiary in ingream great salt lake county utah territory HEBER C president of the council J M GRANT speaker of the house of representatives approved january 1855 BRIGHAM YOUNG YOUN G governor of utah caa ter territory citory I 1 hereby certify that tat the foregoing fore joing is a true copy 1 of the original on file in my office AW A W BABBITT seely secy of U T RESOL lUTION in relation to arranging and compiling the laws 0 of f utah resolved by ibe governor and legislative assembly of the territory of utah in order that the he laws in force of the present and past sessions M may ay iy te be bound in one book that a committee of one from the council and two from the house be appointed to compile and arrange the laws which shall bo be passed during the present session and which have heretofore fore abeen been passed by the legislative assembly of this territory and by the provisional government of the state of deseret omitting such as are obviously repealed and presenting a schedule of those portions designed to be reprinted and fd of the parts deemed proper to omit in in season for the action of this assembly upon their doin doings S I 1 HEBER C KIMBALL president of the council J M GRANT speaker of the house of representatives approved Approve il december 23 1854 I 1 I 1 BRIGHAM YOUNG 4 governor of utah territory 1 I 1 chereb hereby tle certify tiby that the foregoing forego mg is a true copy of bf the f tin on file in my Y fal A W seely secy of U T I 1 AN ACT TO AND AMEND ICA AW 9 ACT RELATING TO THE U UNITED N I 1 STATES COURTS TOR FOB THE OF UTAH APPROVED JANUARY 13 1854 1 l fie it enacted by oy the Governor and legislative assembly serab r Y of the territory of utah that section 1 of the above named act is is hereby amended to 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