AGENCY: Lieutenant Governor

SERIES: 394
TITLE: Conveyances to the state of Utah register
DATES: 1892-1910.
ARRANGEMENT: Roughly chronological based on when the land was selected or lost.

DESCRIPTION: This register documents land conveyed from the Federal Government to the State of Utah as provided in Congressional Acts. An Act passed 16 July 1894, which authorized the people of Utah to form a constitution and state government, also granted to the state, 500,000 acres for building permanent reservoirs, 110,000 acres for the University of Utah, 2000,000 acres for the establishment of an agricultural college, and 100,000 each for the establishment of an insane asylum, and a variety of other public institutions (Statutes at Large, Treaties, and Proclamations of the United States, vol. 28, chap. 188). The lands were to be sold and the money put in a permanent fund which would generate interest to support the proposed purposes. The lists in this register provide a legal description of selected land, indicate the date the land was selected (or lost) and document authorization from the Secretary of the Interior.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This register documents land conveyed to the State of Utah from the Federal Government at statehood.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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