ACTS, RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS, PASSED AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE ARTICLES OF THE CONFEDERATION, THE ORDINANCE OF 1787, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, THE NATURALIZATION LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PROVISIONAL STATE OF DESERET, THE DESERET LAWS, AND THE ORGANIC ACT OF UTAH

First edition. 8vo. 8" x 6." Bound in later tan buckram over heavy boards, red and black spine labels, gilt lettering, 460 pp., index, addenda. This volume collects the first laws of Utah Territory, established by Mormon settlers as the State of Deseret in 1849 and organized as Utah Territory by the Federal government in 1850. Contains acts and laws of Deseret, 1850-1855, while Brigham Young was Governor of the State of Deseret. The laws of the fourth annual session were not printed separately; they only appeared in this compilation. Topics of laws (with punishments) include: gambling; gunpowder; kidnapping; lewdness; enticing a female to house of ill fame; etc. Also covered are many non-criminal activities such as: free schools; roads and bridges; ferries; cutting timber; land and water grants for Brigham Young, etc. It also contains the first published versions of the constitution of the State of Deseret and the 1851 Ordinances of General Assembly. Topics of laws (with punishments) include: gambling; gunpowder; kidnapping; lewdness; enticing a female to house of ill fame; etc. Also covered are many non-criminal activities such as: free schools; roads and bridges; ferries; cutting timber; land and water grants for Brigham Young, etc. …