Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-31

and nuy thousaud dollars DO used for
, the erection NJ part of the projected
huiidings, which shall he suitable f1i
and shall he devoted 20 tho uurrnscs o.
| the said law department, ami that the
residue VI the property, or fund, 10 thert
/ be- any, be- set aside for the purpose OF
| fotmiug aud maintaining n law library
/ In connection with the said law depart.
ment. it IL lurther suggested that the
/ fund he PLACED In the hands Of the
| trustees of Young University To be
used by them IN accordance with thu
terms Of these requests, and under
, such regulations aud restrictions ~
your honor and the Supreme court oil
the Territory may deem prudent. The
power 10 no uiuaio professors might be
lodged in the justices Of the supreme
court, or In sucn other body OF officials
~ may be- selected.
n sof course unnecessary 30 sug.
g,st ~ your honor that n the disposi.
ton here outlined does not Tor any
reason meet with the approval OF
either yourself or The Supreme Court,
tho fund miaht still he vested In the
trustees Of Young University TO be- um
ployed either generally In the pufsuit
~ the objects Of that Institution, or Ia
some special course or c0uffes TO he
named by your honor and approved ~
the court.
twin be seen from the accompany.
ing deed that the said univerEiiy did
not exist At tho time Of the dis 0luiion
OF the aforesaid corporation, and that,
therefore, the objects and purposes for
which your petitioner now asks that
this property be devoted were not
among the objects aud purposes fOr
which said personal property was
originally acquired. Nor can II b.
urged that the uses aud purposes for
which your petitioner now seeks a.
have this fund devoted are, in whole
Or In part, opposed 10 public policy or
good morals, Ot that they arc contrary
10 the laws ~ the United States.
From the facts stated above, IL will
no doubt result that the students en-.
rolled NJ Young University will be,
almost without exception, IN fmhers Of
the Mormon Church and, therefore.
either Themselves donors or tho OLE
spring VI donors % tho fund In quos-
ton,
This fund was contributed by Nor.
mou. ani handled by Mnrmons with
use aud benefit OF Mbrmnns. The
supreme Court Of tho United States
has declared these objects aud pufp0scu
20 bc wholly of In part Objectionable;
but has nowhere drclArui, nor, In.
deed, can Il reasonably be- said that
objects aud purpose canuOt be found
lu which a niui devoted exclusively
by MJrmons may be employed 10y
Mormou' COR the ice aud benefit Of
Niofmpns upon trusts aud charities
not only free from legal objection
but In every respect clmmCudajlc.
II would seem, In view oi the
premises aud Ia the light " the history.
VI the timrH that there Il no object or
purrosv either more appropriate or more
useful aud more free from legal aud
other objections to which this fund can
bee applied than Ia teaching the youth
Of thu hsiter.day Sai1ts tho principles
Of constitutional ami other law.
THIS suggestion h sul united 70 your
honor In the confident belief That the
iispo.iiion asked furnishes pufp1se
lawful la character nearly correspond.
lag n the purposes for which the nnd
was originally dedicated aud acquired,
aud which viii not ouly bee npplnuicd
ny inc ontifo b)uy OF tue Latter
day Saints but viii bo favored
by the American people, who,
while approving, II may he, the
diversion Of the fund from IT, original
objects and purposes, viii View with
digiav1r any deposition VIII lch, 10y III.
vert,ug II, even In part, To those VIII
have not contributed dollar towards
n, will prevent tho donors nom using
It In n lawful and mefltorious manner
among Themselves.
WILLARD lOuNg,
by RICHARD w. IOUNu,
Attorney for petitioner.
Territory Of Utah, I.
County of salt Lake.
willard Young, being duly sworn,
says 1 am PRECEDENT " Young Uni.
vor.ity mentioned In the foregoing PC.
Triton; that | have read tho said pc.
titiou aud know the contents thereof
aul that tho statements Of facts mate
therein arc true OF my own nwlrdgc.
WILLARD iuUNu,
Subscribed aud sworn 10 before me
this 3)lh day q October, 1891.
RICHARD w, NOuSu,
LsEALl Notary Public.