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Show Interesting Records Dug Up At County Court House First Tax Ltvltd in Ciciii Amomtid ti $35, Mi It Wis Not Ail Paid, Otfw Inttfistlrx Ficts RMtflid. While rummaging around at the county court house the other day, the first oftlcial record of Cache county came to view. A single small book contains all the records of all business transacted from 1857 to 1878, and while the whole Is tilled with matters of Interest In-terest to those who like to make comparisons, com-parisons, the first fow pages detailing the organization of Caoho county, and incidental business matters, Is of exceptional ex-ceptional Interest. It is not possible to give these pages In their fullness, but of tho first few meetings of the county court held at the original cqunty seat, Wellsvllle, and subsequent subse-quent meets at Logan In I860 mention will bo made. A comparison of the taxable property and rate of taxes In 1857 with that of 1007 Is rather striking. strik-ing. Briefly the first record shows: Cache county was organized on the 4th day of April, 1857, at Wellsvllle, Peter Maughan, probate Judge, presiding. pre-siding. The llrst ofllcers named were IVm, Gardner, Orange D. Thompson and John T. Garr, selectmen; Wm. Garr, sheriff; Francis Gunnell, recorder; John Maughn, treasurer. The court then entered tho follow ing "Act In Relation to Precincts:" Section l.Ue It enacted by the county court of Cache county, that all that portion of territory bounded as follows: fol-lows: Commencing at the Intersection of the line on Bear river between Box Elder and Cache counties; thence In a southerly direction along tho dividing ridge to the cast and west lino between said counties; thenco east on said line to Oregon; thence north to a parallel, line of the place of beginning, shall be designated and known as the Wellsvllle Wells-vllle Precinct." The precinct officers appointed numbered num-bered among them two "fence-viewers.'.' Wm. Maughan and Zlal Rlggs. The first (ax levied amounted to one-half one-half of a per cent for territorial revenue. reve-nue. Geo. W. Bryan was named as the llrst assessor and collector, and was allowed 10 per cent for collecting. At the second meeting of the county selectmen, Juno 1, 1857, the clerk was ordered to post notices for the election of "two councillors, for Cache, Malad, Box Elder and Weber counties." At the regular term of court held at Wellsvllle on Monday, September 7, 1857, It was ordered that "all terrf-torial terrf-torial taxes shall be nald in'cash nr territorial scrip; and tho county scrip In cash, county orders, or wheat at $1.50 per bushel." At this session It was reported that tho following ofllcers had been elected at the previous election: . John M. Bernhlsel, member to congress. con-gress. Lorenzo Snow, Lorln Farr, councillors; Jonathan C. Wright, representative rep-resentative to Legislature. On December 7, 1857, at another meeting the Assessor and Collector reported county taxes paid as 135.00; territorial taxes, 110.00, , At this meeting It was ordered that "thero shall be $12 of delinquent ter-" rltorlal taxes for the year 1857 paid out of the county revenue for the current year, for reasons that the taxpayers tax-payers of said delenquencey having gone south In the general pove and not returned to this county.." Logan precinct, Providence, Hy rum, Wellsvllle,' Mendon, Smlthfleld, Richmond, Rich-mond, and Franklin precincts were created at this meeting. On March S, 1800, Logan was designated desig-nated as the county seat and on June 4, I860, the first county court was held in this city. In 1800 the total taxes levied reached reach-ed $047.38. A fact of interest is that the first record is In as perfect clerical conditions condi-tions as later books. Thechirography is very good, and though the inks of those dajswerc hardly the equal of the Ink of today,the wrlling Is as legible as it w"as tifty years ago. |