| Show SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE BISHOPS IN EVERY STAKE OF ZION AND tiar counselors at april conference 1851 by unanimous vote edward hunter was appointed 11 residing presiding bishop and on the of june following the first Bish bishops opar opas meeting was held in salt lake city since that time to the present a record of tha theu minutes of the bishops meetings has been preserved on the lith of april 1852 during conference brother hunter was ordained the presiding bishop of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints on the of june 1883 begill he will be ninety years old the bishops record is said hald to be the most complete and ex licit elicit of any in the church 9 in that book the ordination of every bishop and conns couns elor elon now acting should appear also of those who at any time timo did aci aoi in either of those capacities bince since 1851 all those whose ordinations have been attended to at the bishops meeting also others that have taken place elsewhere and communicated to the clerk are already recorded but there are doubtless a great num ber whose ordinations have never been forwarded and consequently do not appear in in the record As that book is the only legitimate one of a general character where all such ordinations should be found more especially for the benefit of future generations it is earnest earnestly lyra iyra requested that eveva everyone one oue that over ever acted as bisho bishop or bishops counselor and also afi adl nil nii those who now all fill either of those positions forward to bishop hunters office written in a plain legible hand the name namey place and date of ordination and 07 whom ordained or bet apart at the earliest possible date GEORGE georae GODDARD clerk |
