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17th Utah Territorial Legislature

The 17th Utah Territorial Legislature was elected on August 5, 1867.

Session

The legislative session convened on January 13, 1868, at the State House in Salt Lake City, and ended on February 25, 1868.

Members

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	Box Elder
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		title=Proclamation	newspaper=Deseret News	date=November 20, 1867	url=https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2600317	page=8	access-date=March 10, 2024}}
Christopher Layton	Davis
Francis M. Lyman	Millard
Peter Maughan	Cache
Philemon C. Merrill	Morgan
Jonathan Midgley	Juab
Joseph S. Murdock	Wasatch		Elected August 5, 1867, resigned prior to session
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

Appropriations

Territorial Appropriation Bill (February 21, 1868)

Criminal Laws

An Act concerning Libel (February 21, 1868)

Incorporations of Cities and Counties

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

(July 31, 1867). "Annual Election for 1867". Deseret News.
(January 15, 1868). "Legislative". Deseret News.
(February 26, 1868). "The Past Session". Deseret News.
(November 20, 1867). "Proclamation". Deseret News.

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