| Show THE CHURCH CASE the territorial supreme dourt held a session sea sion august 21 among ti acne ne papers t that bat have been submitted by receiver dyer in the church case are the following following THE GAS STOCK the superintendent of the gas mw company sends to the receiver this avis adli aid ad beffre action the rec receiver elier wh asktis the dalce rid vice of the court as to what course to pursue Euel enclosed geed please find copy of notice calling meeting of stockholders for the purpose thel therein ein specified it has been necessary to enlarge the gasworks to meet the growing demand for gas as to do this it will be necessary to obtain the money required by the sale of an issue of the first mortgage bonds to run not less than ten on years and it may be advantageous vant ageous to make them run twenty years unless our corporate existence is extended beyond its present termination may 26 1897 being less leas than eight years from the present time such bonds could not be honestly placed As it has always been exceedingly difficult to get the stockholders to meet except some four or five it may be highly necessary to have bave the vote of the shares you hold as receiver and I 1 trust you will willbe be duly authorized to vote said sapek at the meeting aforesaid and be present accordingly at the time stated if possible TAXES ON SHEEP in the supreme court of the territory of utah the united states of america plaintiff Vs va the late Corpor corporation atlon of the church of jesus christ of latter jay day saints et al defendants to the Hono honorable raft supreme court the undersigned undersigner under signed receiver in the above entitled cause reports and represents to the court that he has received notices of the assessments of the sheep now iu in the hands of lessees lessels from him and demand made upon him for the payment of the taxes and it is probable that other demands of a like nature will be made in view of such assessments and demands for taxes and the probability of others being made the receiver respectfully asks that that the court direct him as to what action shall be taken in reference thereto upon the whole or any portion of the said sheep and upon an any y and all other pro property perty now in his hands as receiver claims however have been made for taxes upon sheep both in this territory and the Terri territory tor of wyoming okiu an and d I 1 looking 00 king to this 9 end he had 9 at jt the he time of making the leases last fall the following clause inserted the said sheep shall be herded and kept by said party of the second crt part in the said territory and not be removed without the written consent of the said mid party of the first part I 1 and according to the terms of the lease made with these par parties ties there was restriction on the right to remove them from the territory of utah and that in view of the precaution then taken by bayeur your receiver I 1 respectfully submit to the court whether by terms of the sald said lease the said parties ought to be reimbursed out of the f funds u ads in the hands bands of there the receiver celver for tiny any taxes that may have been assessed upon the said mid sheep in consequence of their removal from the said territory and in violation of the restriction in the lease respectfully franx H dym Ree receiver elver threatened SECOND SHEARING tal I 1 it su supreme preme court of utah the united states of america plaintiff via ve the late corporation of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints et al defendants to b the me honorable supreme court cour your receiver in the above entitled cause reports to this court that he be has heard that some of the sub lamees lessees of W aj L pickard Pi ekard who have in charge sheep legged leased to mr pickard ekard Pi are threatening to shear the sheep a second time this fall and then deliver the shorn sheep under the lease on receiving such information your receiver addressed mr pickard a letter of which the annexed is is a copy and iso telegraphed to two of the sub lessees lessels copies of which are hereto annexed and also sent copies of the said telegrams to other parties to whom the receiver himself had leased your Y our receiver asks the direction of the court as to whether he should take action and what action to restrain the shearing of the said sheep or rely upon of mr pickard to deliver the sheep in as good condition as when received by him which were unshorn sheep your receiver is advised by his counsel that mr packard is responsible under tinder the terms of the lease and would be required to return the sheep I 1 in anthe the same me condition as when he be received them but the receiver begs leave lea veto to submit the matter to this court respectfully FRANK H DYER receiver SALT LAKE crry CITY aug 19 1889 in his letter to mr pickard ekard Pi the receiver states that in his opinion the sheep if shorn could not possibly survive the winter and calls attention to the fact that the contract requires the sheep to be returned in as good condition as when they were leased that if they are shorn it will be a violation of the contract and that mr pickard will be held responsible for any loss the telegrams to the sub lessees lessels warns them not to shear the sheep advertising BILLS at session the court approved the following bills for advertising ver g for bids for the church sheep 9 8 beaver etonian 1000 utah valley Oae ette 1000 provo enquirer liggan journal 1080 1050 utan man commercial 1800 1500 ogden standard 2100 lake herald salt lake trifuna LEASING THE SHEEP in regard to leasing the church chuoc h sheep for the year beginning sept 1 1889 the court made the following order the following bids for the sheep in the hands of frank H dyer receiver are acceptable to wit samuel bennion head in the hands bands of H armstrong and wm taylor at 51 cents per head wm win A bills 2788 head now in his hauda hands at 50 cents cente per head edward steadman head now nw in his hands and 81 head bead in 16 J hands of weber steadman ida f wt WO in the hands bands of J J freeman Pree maB at 50 cents per head and 24 OS hw 4 in the hands of wm grumpy crump al ta AW cents per head B R H winder murray salt lala county 00 head in the hands em simon hibbard at 35 cents new head and 40 cents per head for in the hands of wm parker barker job john n goord and james P tilson payson city havid bead la 11 hands of thomas wright at abol at 40 cents per head G W ivory fountain greci utah head in hands of geo georg 7 farnsworth at 49 40 cents per beada head heber A smith and J H day draper utah the remainder at 40 cen cents ta per head to w wit it ahr three hua dred d red and forty one head in hand of chas peterson illiard billiard wj W yos W in hands of T thompson om 80 near 1 park city in hands ha 0 of f anew J B hunter idt mt pleasant utah ft a hands of geo W bean ataman Holder oldell ol deol millard county head in handy 0 of john irvin west jordan SOS li head in hands of geo W bryan 3 ryma near coalville Co alville in hands of jae jaa NI hol hoi near mountain dell and 2504 in hands bands of B R Me mclaren Laren the receiver will proceed to exe cute leases to the fore foregoing rig par H in accordance with the their r bids herb hereof by y accepted and wi with th t the h e 1 rde r afi the court heretofore made i aej an L in all cases requiring the lessees lessels to se ae cure the performance of their respective spec tive leases by bond with good and sufficient sureties to be by ham approved in case any of the going bidders fail to comply with their bids the receiver will will proceed to lease any sheep left on his haab by such failure on the best terms Y obtainable in all such cases ing ehg good security from the lessels lessees les sees A PROT PROTEST EST the following bid was submitted for the defendants by bishops pw lr ton burton and winder but ates U not accepted accept od it is in the nature of at i a protest against thet the course being PU pursued by the court 1 in the supreme court of the theto aw 41 j of utah A united states vs the late qa 1 horation po ration of the church of jesus 1 i christ of latter day saints and others defendants tot to the burt the petition of wm B 4 B R T burton and john B R der in behalf of said defendants defend ante and the intervenors in this sul suit re KB 1 fully shows 1 I 1 5 that in 16 ria re letting the sheep lowi p in the hands bands of the re receiver celer due regard should be hadfy the probability that a decision will be rendered hy the federal supreme court at early date the next sess session lorl ultimately the right to said gald sheela 1 should said decision be in favor of lor defendants or intervenors inter venore they 1 would be entitled to and t sire the immediate possession of said add fv H sheep if sald said sheep are let to M petitioners petition ers any inconvenience rai r suiting from such decision wih beef avoided on the other I 1 hand if isike decision is adverse to the dc ale ints ants petitioned are ready to ample 2 pits security for the del delivery of X the e sheep ahee p to the proper part parties leg entitled thereto at termination of 06 tract or lease petitioners Petition ers offer in consideration of the use increase of and wool from sheep to receive care for and hold said sheep until the first daar of september 1890 and pay at the rate of 25 cents per head and at the time last aforesaid ritu return rn the ithe same number of sheep and in as good condition abild na to lp klie give security to the ettl of the court for the fulfillment at a t toe e agreement |
