Legislative assembly. Oficers of. Officers of ter ritory. Libraries. Also that he furnish each member of the present Legislative Assembly with two copies of the laws, and one of the journals. Also that he furnish each officer of the Legislative Assembly with one copy of each. Also that he furnish each civil officer of the Territory with one copy of the laws. Also that he furnish the Utah Library, and the Library of the University of Deseret each, with five copies of each. Approved, March 6, 1852. delinquent tax Resolved by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Collector to re Territory of Utah, That the sum of one hundred and fifty eive orders endollars be, and is hereby appropriated, to be applied on the state road in the north part of Great Salt Lake County; to be under the directions of the Territorial road commissioner. And the Territorial, collector is hereby required to receive orders to the amount of one hundred and fifty dollars for labor on said road in payment of delinquent taxes due the Territory. Approved Jan. 30, 1852. Secretary to apply for weights and measures. RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO WEIGHTS AND MEAS- Resolved by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, That the Secretary of the Territory of Utah, be requested to apply to the Secretary of the treaof the United States, to furnish the Governor of this Territory with a full set of the standard weights and sury measures established by Congress, to be kept for the use of this Territory. Approved March 3, 1852. RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE Resolved by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, That the sum of five hundred dollars be, and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to the surveyor general of the Territory, for his official service, due from the date of his appointment to office, to the first day of August, 1851. Approved March 3, 1852. RESOLUTIONS TO REVISE AND CLASSIFY THE LAWS classify the Resolved by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, That a Joint Committee of the two committee to Houses of the Legislative Assembly, to consist of three revise and members of the House of Representatives, and two mem-laws of Desere bers of the Council, be elected by the joint vote of the Legislative Assembly, whose duty it shall be, to revise and classify the laws of the State of Deseret, which have been legalized by this assembly, so as to apply to the Territor-who shall act ial organization of the Territory, and that they be, and during recess are hereby authorized to perform said duty during theassembly. recess of the Legislative Assembly, and make report to the Legislature on the first Monday of January next. Approved Oct. 4, 1851. of legislative RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO WILLIAM M. LEMON'S Resolved by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, That all lands within this Territory, that were surveyed by the late William M. Lemon, county surveyor of Great Salt Lake county, which have not been returned in the office of the surveyor general, the claimants of such lands are hereby required to present such claims with the claimants names, tracts, parcel, piece or parts of land so claimed, to the surveyor general, by or before the first day of June, A. D. 1852. All pieces and parcels of land not known in said office after that date, will be only known as unsurveyed land, subject to be given out to ap plicants. Approved March 3, 1852. MEMORIAL SIGNED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLA TIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTAH, TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 29, 1851. To Millard Fillmore, President of the United States, of North America. The undersigned, members of the Legislative Assembly for the Territory of Utah, do hereby most respectfully beg leave to show, that, whereas, two of the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States for the Territory of Utah, and the Hon. B. D. Harris, secretary of the Territory, have removed from the Territory of Utah, and consequently vacated their offices within the same: therefore your memorialists do most earnestly solicit, and pray the Chief Executive of the United States to fill those vacancies as speedily as possible. Accumulated influences of a disagreeable nature may be regarded as our apology for trespassing upon the attention of our highly honored Chief Magistrate at this time. The vacating of important public offices in a manner as unwarranted as it is unprecedented at this peculiar crisis of our colonial settlement and government, have created mingled sensations of an extraordinary character, which we wish briefly to pour into the bosom of the National Executive. Immediately consequent upon the settlement of this colony, a large and heterogenious emigration followed upon our heels, remaining here a shorter or longer time, imperatively requiring the establishment of an efficient government, for the speedy protection of life, peace, virtue, and property. In addition to a transient and ungovernable emigration, almost constant Indian depredations have plead like the irresistable maw of death for the institution of some formidable or der, and power of government amongst us. A provisional government was accordingly formed, which has met the exigencies of the people, and secured general tranquility, order, and satisfaction. And when the announcement of a Territorial government, under your fostering hand, reached us, it was hailed with shoutings and firing of cannon. But, sir, the officers appointed sufficiently early to have reached here last winter, did not arrive till July last, when measures had been taken by the Governor of Utah, for taking the census, and securing an election of delegate to Congress, and members of the Legislature, without the seal of the Hon. Secretary of the Territory. And now, in the very dawn of the arrival of the government officers, and of our hopes of an efficient Territorial government, we are most seriously embarrassed with their unprovoked departure from the limits of the Territory, taking with them the judiciary, the public seal, and public fund, leaving us in a more crippled condition, if possible, than previous to their arrival, thereby tantalizing a people of more than spartan intrepidity and fortitude, that have long been struggling against the most invincible difficulties. The first demand upon the honorable Secretary, for stationery, desks, and such contingent expenses as might necessarily accrue in the outset of a Legislative Assembly, has been peremptorily refused. Not only so, but all the authorities of the Territory, including the Governor and both Houses of the Assembly and Marshal, have been set at nought, as exercising their functions illegally and unconstitutionally. (See document marked No. 8.) Thus, sir, when we have looked for the fostering aid of such a functionary as the honorable Secretary, and for a fellow citizen, worthy the honor conferred by our illustrious Chief Magistrate, we have been annoyed with the technics, of legal quackery, and our respectful address for stationery, &c., has been responded to, not as to legislators of the undivided choice, and sole representation of a sovereign people, who know the right of franchise, and of self government under the constitution, but as to men who ape authority that does not belong to them. Although we are ipso facto honored with the choice of a soverign and free people to be their representatives in Legislative Assembly, and the refusal of a captious stranger to accredit us with the fact, does not shake the truth, still a studious violation of etiquette when it is designed to convey burlesque, contempt, and indignity, upon a legislative body, is calculated to alier ate a people from such functionaries. Your memorialists being aware of the difficulty of sending men from the states to fill the vacancies that have accrued from the removal of the two honorable Judges, and the Hon. B. D. Harris, during the period of many months to come; and feeling cautious against any possible future removals like those which now embarrass us with the want of a Territorial seal and funds to meet constantly accruing expenses, and also the want of a full Supreme Court of the United States for Utah Territory; and desirous to dwell in peace and unfeigned loyalty to the constitution and General Government of the United States, do therefore pray our highly honored Chief Magistrate to appoint men to fill the aforesaid vacancies, by and with the consent of the Senate, who are indeed residents amongst us, in order that we may enjoy the full administration of every department of government speedily, as the prosperity of the Territory shall require. And your memorialists, as in duty bound, will ever pray. A. L. LAMEREAUX, GIDEON BROWNELL, JAMES G. BROWNING, CHARLES SHUMWAY. DAVID FULLMER, WILLARD RICHARDS, President of the Council. HEBER C. KIMBALL, W. W. PHELPS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALBERT P. ROCKWOOD, EDWIN D. WOOLLEY, DANIEL SPENCER, |