AGENCY: Centennial Commission (1947)

SERIES: 27755
TITLE: In Commemoration Of Utah's First Centennial
DATES: 1947.
ARRANGEMENT:

DESCRIPTION: On December 11, 1855, Brigham Young, First Governor of the Territory of Utah, spoke as follows to the Fifth Territorial Legislature in the original capitol building at Fillmore:

"Be it our aim so to direct our political affairs as to promote union, integrity and independence to the Territory, industry, knowledge and truth to the people. Thus shall we secure to ourselves peace and freedom, and transmit to our children those free institutions which we received as a rich legacy from our fathers."

We, the Eighth Governor and members of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Utah, in commemorative session at Fillmore this eighth day of March, 1947, do hereby affix our signature in re- affirmation of the noble principles by our first chief executive.

Governor

Members of the Senate

Members of the House

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain for 1 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Publications, GRS-1678

AUTHORIZED: 08/29/2011

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Aperture cards: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This is a single aperture card deemed very valuable. No paper copy found as yet. Contains signatures of governor and legislature to honor centennial.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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