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1870 Act for the Relief of the Inhabitants of Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah

Title

1870 Act for the Relief of the Inhabitants of Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah

Description

Salt Lake City is exempted from the 5,000-inhabitant land limit, allowing land entries for up to 15,000 residents, including school section 36 with indemnity provisions.

Type

Correspondence
Government/Legislature

Sender

[Brigham Young]

Recipient

Inhabitants of Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah

Date

1870 July 1

Location

Salt Lake City, Utah

CHAP CXCIII.-- An Act for the Relief of the Inhabitants of Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the words "not exceeding five thousand in all," contained in an act entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands," approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, shall not apply to Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah; but said act shall be so amended and construed in its application to said city that lands may be entered as provided in said act for the full number of inhabitants contained in said city not exceeding fifteen thousand; and as the said city covers school section number thirty six, in township number one north, of range number one west, the same may be embraced in such entry, and indemnity shall be given therefor when a grant shall be made by Congress of sections sixteen and thirty six, in the Territory of Utah, for school purposes.

Approved, July 1, 1870.