AGENCY: Department of Natural Resources
SERIES: 9994
TITLE: Land law review commission records
DATES: 1984-1985.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphanumerical.
DESCRIPTION: These records are kept primarily in two three-ring binders. At their first meeting, commission members received a manual (binder) containing the 1894 enabling act passed by the U.S. Congress authorizing the Territory of Utah to write a proposed state constitution and the requirements for such a constitution, the state constitution, the 1982-1983 annual report of the Department of Natural Resources, a land status map, and copies of Titles 24 and 65 of the Utah Code Annotated dealing with state lands. Contents of the second binder are organized into six sections separated by tabs. The first section contains a letter from Governor Scott M._Matheson, who appointed the committee, outlining objectives, a list of procedures, and a list of committee members. The second section is labeled Responsibilities of Trust Management, the third is labeled administration, the fourth is labeled minerals management, the fifth is labeled real estate management, and the sixth is labeled resource management. Also kept in the second binder are minutes of the commission's initial meeting, and a list of proposed objectives for the commission. Various loose papers include the agenda for the commission's second meeting (May 11, 1984), a letter to the director of the Division of State History soliciting support for the commission's proposed bill, a briefing paper prepared for members of the legislature's Energy, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Interim Committee, and a draft copy of the 1986 state land law act.
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
Disposition based on the permanent nature of land records and their legal and historic value in helping determine land and/or water rights.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public