The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-18

There were present. Va
elected board, John r. Winaer. p'eSi
dent. Francis Armstrong, w. Il. Rove,
lanes II. MoyIe, E. NJ. Weller j. ID.
po+ore Arthur L. Thomas and Hector
w Haight, directors. The members OF
the hoard absent were Nelson a.
Er,nev J. A. Bean, Charles Read and
Smith Parker.
The president called the meeting to
order.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
,rnon the nomination of Mr.. Arm
strong. Heber NJ. Wells was elected
secretary OF the society.
Upon the nomination of Mr.. Weller
Elias A. Smith was elected treasurer OF
the society.
Mr.. Movie moved that the office OF
vice-nresident be created, and that an
incurnhent to that position be elected
by the board. Carried.
TTnon the nomination OF MI. Rowe
Francis Armstrong was elected wee
president of the society.
THE LEGAL STATUS.
The acts recently passed by the Leeis-
Iative Assembly. relative to the society,
were then read, as follows:
AN ACT
amending Section 2, Of an act lEcor-
porating the Deseret Agricultural ana
Manufacturing Society, approved jan
uary II, 1856, approved March 8. 1888;
SECTION l. Be % enacted 9y me
Governor and Legislature ASSemety q
Ike Territory Of Utah, that Section 2 o.
ian act Incorporating the Deseret
Agricultural! and Manufacturing
Society. approved January II, 1896 Is
hereby amended to read as follows:
SEC 2-There shall be presl-
dent and eleven directors, who shall be
elected by the Joint yots Of the present
Legislative Assembly and blenniaily
thereafter bv a Joint vote OF said AS
sembiy; said board may elect
Treasurer and Secretary and such
other officers as they may deem netes-
sary.
SEC. 2-This act shall take effect from
and alter It's passage.
A RESOLUTION.
Accepting from Salt Lake City land
for the site of Agricultural Fair Grounds
for the Territory OF Utah and making
appropriation therefor.
Whereas, The City OF Salt Lake has
offered and tenIered 70 the Territory
of ~Utahs certain lands in trust for
certain Specified uses in words and
figures following TO wit.
The Honorable the Governor and Eegi8Ia-
tive assembly Of Utah:
Gentyemen-I am directed by select
committee Of the City Council of Salt
Lake CITY, consisting Of Mayor f. Arm
strong, and Aldermen w. W. Riter,
Thomas G. WebbeT W. s. III ;COruick.
James Sharp aud George D. Piper, to
offer and tender to the Territory OF
Utah in behalf OF the City OF Salt Lake
under the conditions, limitations ana
restrictions hereinafter named, the fol-
lowing described lands and premises 10
he usad and devoted to the erection OF
nerms nent Territorial or State fair
bindings, to wit: All OF Block %, Plat
r. of Salt Lake City Survey, containing
ten acres of land; the same being known
and designated as the Tenth Ward
Snuare in said city, the said conditions,
Limitations and restrictions to be as
follows, viz: ~ Acceptance by the
Governor and Legislative Assembly OF
the premises designated and the trust
herein conferred, ~ The payment Of
81. (3l That the sum of $4,000 b
appr0priated bv the Governor and
Legislative Assembly OF the Territory
and be expended in tie years 1888 and.
1889 for the erection OF permanent
Territorial, or State fair buildings, and
for the improvement Oh SAID and. ~
That such buildings and land be used
exclusively for Territorial or State faI:
purposes. ~ That thu portion OF the
grounds not actually devoted to build
ings as aforesaid be improved and cul-
tivated as O public park. (G) That
whenever the purposes for which the
nroposed grants made shall cease to be
carried out, and said grounds cease to
be used for said Territorial or State
purposes, as herein provided, then the
proposed trust shall cease and the
grant become absolutely void and OF no
effect, and said lands revert to the
grantor.
On the acceptance of the trust herein
proposed and of the Legislative As
semblv of the Territory of Utah, The
mayor of said city will be authorized to
execute a proper deed of the convey
ance of said described premises 10
the Territory of Utah.
Very respectfully.
HEBKE M. WELLS,
City Recorder.
SALT LAKE CITY, March Z, 1888.
And wIoreas, It is to the Pablo in
terest that the said offer be accepted;
now, therefore. be it
Resolved, By the Governor and Legisla-
tive Assembly of The Territory Of Utah:
That the offer and tender of said land
bv the City Of Salt Lake to the Terri
tory of Utah, as hereinbefore set forth.
be, and the same is hereby accepted by
the said Territory, subject to the con-
ditions. limitations and restrictions in
said offerf specified and set forth, and
be it further
ResoIved: That the sum of $50 COO is
hereby appropriated for ,ha purpose of
erecting suitable fair buildings on the
above mentioned land, and that said
nonev shall be drawn and expended by
the Deseret Agricultural and Manufac-
a.-;.,c. Cooiafv II, y,ursUaDcp 0f the nY0-