The 17th Utah Territorial Legislature was elected on August 5, 1867.[1]
Session
editThe legislative session convened on January 13, 1868, at the State House in Salt Lake City, and ended on February 25, 1868.[2][3]
Members
editName | County | Office | Notes | ||||
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Territorial Council: | |||||||
Ezra T. Benson | Cache | ||||||
Thomas Callister | Millard | ||||||
Albert Carrington | Salt Lake | ||||||
Hector C. Haight | Davis | ||||||
Leonard E. Harrington | Utah | ||||||
Orson Hyde | Sanpete | ||||||
Aaron Johnson | Utah | ||||||
George A. Smith | Iron | President | |||||
Abraham O. Smoot | Salt Lake | ||||||
Erastus Snow | Washington | ||||||
Lorenzo Snow | Weber | ||||||
Wilford Woodruff | Salt Lake | ||||||
Joseph A. Young | Salt Lake | ||||||
Territorial House of Representatives: | |||||||
Reddick N. Allred | Sanpete | ||||||
William W. Cluff | Summit/Green River | ||||||
David Evans | Utah | ||||||
Lorin Farr | Weber | ||||||
Jacob Gates | Washington | ||||||
Thomas H. Giles | Wasatch | Elected December 9, 1867[4] | |||||
Christopher Layton | Davis | ||||||
Francis M. Lyman | Millard | ||||||
Peter Maughan | Cache | ||||||
Philemon C. Merrill | Davis | ||||||
Jonathan Midgley | Juab | ||||||
Joseph S. Murdock | Wasatch | Elected August 5, 1867, resigned prior to session[4] | |||||
William B. Pace | Utah | ||||||
Orson Pratt | Salt Lake | ||||||
Enoch Reese | Salt Lake | ||||||
Charles C. Rich | Richland | ||||||
Albert P. Rockwood | Salt Lake | ||||||
James Henry Rollins | Beaver | ||||||
John Rowberry | Tooele | ||||||
Joseph F. Smith | Salt Lake | ||||||
Silas S. Smith | Iron | ||||||
George Taylor | Sanpete | ||||||
John Taylor | Salt Lake | Speaker | |||||
Albert K. Thurber | Utah | ||||||
Chauncey W. West | Weber | ||||||
Jonathan C. Wright | Box Elder | ||||||
Brigham Young Jr. | Salt Lake |
Major Legislation
editAppropriations
edit- Territorial Appropriation Bill (February 21, 1868)
Criminal Laws
edit- An Act concerning Libel (February 21, 1868)
Incorporations of Cities and Counties
edit- An Act changing the name of Richland County to Rich County (January 29, 1868)*
- An Act changing the name of Great Salt Lake City and Great Salt Lake County (January 29, 1868)
- An Act to incorporate Deseret City, in Millard County (February 3, 1868)
- An Act incorporating the City of Smithfield, in Cache County (February 6, 1868)
- An Act incorporating Richmond City, in Cache County (February 6, 1868)
- An Act incorporating Kaysville City, in Davis County (February 13, 1868)
- An Act incorporating the City of Morgan, in Morgan County (February 13, 1868)
- An Act incorporating Parowan City, in Iron County (February 13, 1868)
- An Act incorporating the City of Ephraim, in Sanpete County (February 14, 1868)
- An Act incorporating Cedar City, in Iron County (February 18, 1868)
- An Act incorporating Franklin City, in Cache County (February 19, 1868)
- An Act changing the County Seat of Morgan County (February 19, 1868)
- An Act incorporating Mount Pleasant, in Sanpete County (February 20, 1868)
- An Act amending the Charters of the Incorporated Cities in the Territory of Utah (February 21, 1868)
References
edit- ^ "Annual Election for 1867". Deseret News. July 31, 1867. p. 8. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Legislative". Deseret News. January 15, 1868. p. 1. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "The Past Session". Deseret News. February 26, 1868. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ a b "Proclamation". Deseret News. November 20, 1867. p. 8. Retrieved March 10, 2024.