The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-09

passage of said act, the said personal
property had been used for and de-
voted TO the PRONUNCIATION. spread
and maintenance Of the doctrines,
teachings, tenets and practices OF The
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day
Saints, aud The doctrine Of polygamy,
was one of the teachings; but only q
! portion of ihs members of said corpo
ration, not exceeding 90 per cent, were
! engaged IN the actual practice of poiyg-
amy. That since the passage OF the act
the N mbership of said Church has
heen practically the same as before.
That certain of the officer Of said re.
iigious sect. regularly ordained and
certain public preachers and teachers
OF said religious sect, who are in good
standing, and who are preachers and
teachers, concerning the doctrines and
tenets OF said Church, have, since the
passage of The act OIL Corgress of Feb
ruary 10. 1887. promulgated, taught,
spread and upheiu the same doctrints,
tenets and practices including the doc
trIbe of poiygamy. as were formerly
promulgated, taught and upheld and
the same teachings have not been re-
pudiatsd or dissented from by said vol
untary religious sect, nor have their
teachings and their preachings or their
actions created any division or schism
IN said voluntary religious sect. -.
That eny dedication or setting aside
of any of the personal property hereto
fore set out as having belonged 10 the
late corporation. to the uses and pur-
poses OF, or ia trust for the members
of the late corporation, or any OF
them, wolld practically and ia effect
be dedioation and setting aside of
said personal properly to the uses Of,
and fer the purposes of, and in trust
for, the unincorporated religious sect
known as the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints.
That at the commencement OF this
suit that all of said personal property
was in the possession of William B..
Preston, who held it in trust and for
the benefit of said corporation.
That all of the above described prop
erty, real and personal, is now in the
possession of frank II. Dyer, receiver
Of this court.
That of the above described real es-
tate, the following tract, including the
buildings thereon, situated in the
County of Salt Lake, Territory of Utah,
and being all of block 81. plat A. Salt
Lake City survey, was used exclusively
for the worship of God, according to the
doctrines and tenets Of the Chu CHI of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
That several proceedings have been
instituted by and with the advice and
consent of this court by information on
behalf of the United States of America,
in the Third District Court of said Ter
ritory of Utah, for the purpose of hav-
ing declared and adjudged forfeited and
to the govern nent of the
United States all of the above described
real estate, excepting the said block 81,
by virtue of an act of Congress. entitled
AN act to amend Section 1852 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States,
in reference to b!gamy and for other
purposes" which proceedings are now
pending in said court, and u1d3ter-
mined.
IT IS THEREFORE ADJUDG3D AND DECREED
oy the court upon the facts ascertained
and declared as aforesaid, as follows, to
wit:
That on the 80 day of March, 1887, the
of the Church of Jesus
Christ OF Latter-day Saints became and
The same was dissolved; and that since
said date, it has had no legal corporate
existence.
2-It is Furthermore adjadged
and decred that the follow
ing alleged deeds hereintofore set
put, were executed without authority,
and that no estate in the property set
put in said deeds IS passed by the same
Or any of them. The deed dated June
30, 1887, from ] )hn Taylor, trustes-in-
trust, to w. 8. Preston, Robert f. Bur
ton ard John R. Winder, as trustees,
'or the property described as the Tenn
pie Block; the one from Theodore
Mexican, to the property known as the
1ardo House and grounds; the deed
rom r. T. Burton and wife for the
property described as the Tlthing |
House and grounds. And it is, there
'ore ordered, and decreed that said |
alleged deeds and each of them be, and |
he same are hereby annulledr can
,elled and set aside.
st is further adjudged ard de-
creed that block 81, known as the Tenn
pie Block, be and the same is hereby |
yet apart to the voluntary re gious |
and unincorpJrated sect
md body known as the Church of
Tesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and |
hat the said W. b. Preston, Robert I.
Burton and John R. Winder, trustees
appointed by the Probate Court of Salt
lake County, as hereinb3fore set out,
10 hold, manage and control said prop
rty, so set aside. And it is ordered |
hat Frank II. Dyer, receiver, do sur
ender and deliver possession and con-
rol of all the property so set aside, to
he trustees Aforesaid.
4. - 1t is further adjudsed and
lecreed that except as to the Temple
3lcok aforesaid, the petitions OF the
rustees, Preston, Burton and Wlnder,
,e and the same are refused. And it is
djudged and decreed that the balance
# the real estate has not, nor
las any of it ever been, used
8 buildings and grounds appur
enant thereunto for the purposes
f the worship of God, or of parsonages
onnected Herewith, or for burial
rounds, by the late corporation; nor
3 the said real estate. except as set
side, or any part thereof, necessary
Or such purposes for the unin5orpor
ted religious sect known as the Church
{ Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Sit is further adjudged and decreed
hat all of the real estate set out in the
ndings of fact her3inbefore was the
ropartv of nd heIon god tO the late cor