AGENCY: Salt Lake County (Utah). Probate Court

SERIES: 3934
TITLE: Land claim record books
DATES: i 1871-1894.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological

DESCRIPTION: These volumes record the procedure by which occupants of land in Salt Lake City could obtain title to their land which was classified as part of the public domain. The procedure was established under the Federal Townsite Act of 1867 (14 Stat. 541) and amended for Salt Lake City's larger land base in 1870 (16 Stat. 183).

Three volumes of declaratory statements show statements filed by individuals to claim ownership. One volume records a court hearing to determine land ownership. The outcomes of the hearings were recorded in volumes of adjudication records. The final volume in the series constitutes a docket which records a scant summary of all these events in an attenuated form.__The volumes include such information as the name of the claimant to the land, the legal description of the land, witnesses or corroborating evidence of the claim, dates, and findings.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Agency Record Center permanently and then microfilm.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Agency Record Center permanently.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This disposition is based on the legal and historical trail provided to how Salt Lake City's first settlers acquired title to their lands.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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