17th Utah Territorial Legislature
The 17th Utah Territorial Legislature was elected on August 5, 1867.[1]
Session
[edit]The legislative session convened on January 13, 1868, at the State House in Salt Lake City, and ended on February 25, 1868.[2][3]
Members
[edit]| Name | County | Office | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Appropriations
[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.