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TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



tonal Legislature in conferring criminal juris- 

 diction ami tlie power to issue writs ot' kabeat 

 eorpat on probate courts, and by their . 

 (fjout interference with tlie administration of 

 justice. Tuis action on the part of the Legis- 

 lature was deemed by the President to be 

 clearly beyond the power or authority of that 

 bo.lr. 



The present Territorial government is as fol- 

 lows : Governor, George L. Wo tury, 

 George A. Black; Marshal, George It. Ma\- 

 well; District Attorney, William Carey; Chief- 

 Justice, Ja:iu"< B. Mclvean; Associate Justices, 

 Philip 11. Ivnjrsm an 1 Jacob S. Boremau. 



The Legislative Council is composed of thir- 

 teen members and the House of Representa- 

 of twenty-sis members, all of whom are 

 Mormons. 



More grain was harvested in Utah in 1878 

 than ever before in one season. The land 

 now cultivated amounts to 225,000 acres, an 

 increase of 75,000 acres over the area under 

 cultivation in 1809. The total value of farm 

 products the past year was not less than 

 $6,000,000. Utah has a system of irrigation 

 more extensive than that of any other Territory, 

 while from the mountain-streams alone the 

 area of land susceptible of irrigation is tenfold 

 greater than that now used for agricultural 

 purpose*. 



Manufacturing interests are increasing in 

 every branch. Twelve thousand pairs of boots 

 and shoe* were made the past year by two fac- 

 tories. There are in the Territory numerous 

 flouring, saw, and planing mills, and eight 

 woolen-mills, which manufacture largo quali- 

 ties of superior cloth. Water-power is abun- 

 dant. 



The mines of coal, iron, and silver, however, 

 constitute the basis of the Territory's wealth. 

 The mineral belt of silver bearing ores tr.i 

 the Territory in a northeast ami southwest di- 

 rection, and is probably 50 miles in width by 

 250 miles I"-' :. It is estimated that the yield 

 of silver mines in 1*73 was $3,055,4 I". 



The most valuable coal Melds yet discovered 

 are situated in San Pete County. The coal is 

 bituminous, dense and compact, and possesses 

 excellent coking qualities. The H-MMI now 

 work -s three feet six inches in thick- 



ness, and is d.-v.-'oped by a level 900 feet long, 

 running parallel with the strike of the vein. 



More extensive deposit", but said to be of 

 interior quality, lire found in Castle Valley and 

 on the western slope of the Walis itch ranav, in 

 Iron Connty, where one vein has been opened 

 at intervals a distance of fifteen mile - south- 

 erlv from the head of ( cdar Creek Canon. 



Bodies of iron-ore are found in tin- vicinity 

 of the iron-springs in Iron Connty. They oc- 

 cur in the form of ledges, standing nearly ver- 

 tical, varying from five to twentv feet in width; 

 and, by reason of the more rapid disintegration 

 of the granite wnll-i on either side, stand at 

 omc points from 10 to 30 feet above the for- 

 mation. These outcrops are from 800 to 1,500 



feet in length, and their extremes are about 

 ten mile apart. 



The mountain-slopes are covered for hun- 

 dreds of feet with fragments of this ore, vary- 

 ing in weight from a few pounds to man. 

 The ore is chietly magnetic, and is said to \ ield 

 65 per cent, of metal. All necessary iluxes 

 are near for the proper treatment of the ore. 



Railroads in several directions are in prog- 

 ress without aid from tii i (u>\ em- 

 inent or local taxation. Six separate lines of 

 railroad with an aggregate length of .'JtiO miles 

 are in operation, and two more I'm 

 and the other 20 miles long, will be completed 

 during 1874. 



WASHINGTON. The present Territorial gov- 

 ernment is as follows: Governor, Elislm P. 

 Ferry; Secretary, Henry G. Stnive; Chicf- 

 Justice, O. Jacobs; AjHOoUto-JnstioM, R. S. 

 Greene, and J. R. Lewis; Marshal. K. S. Kear- 

 I'nited States District Attorney, S. C. 

 Wingard; Superintendent of Indian Alt'airs, 

 K. II. Milroy; Surveyor-General, William 

 McMicken; Collector, J. R. Hay den; Auditor, 

 J. M. Murphy; Treasurer, E. T. Giiim; The 

 Territorial Legislature comprises 6 Democrats 

 and 8 ins in the Council, and -Jl Dem- 



ocrats and 9 Republicans in the House. The 

 capital is Olympia. 



Among the measures passed by the Legisla- 

 ture at its session in the autumn, were : 



An act to locate a Territorial road from 

 Klickitat Prairie, in Lewis County, tia Eden 

 Prairie, to a point on the Northern Pacific 

 Railroad, at or near the 25-mile post of said 

 road, from Kalama, in Cowlitz County, and 

 an act submitting to the voters of Washing- 

 ton Territory at the next general election, a 

 proposition for calling a convention to form a 

 State constitution, and apply for admission of 

 the State of Washington into the Union. 



Stronit clforts were made to secure the pas- 

 sage of an act extending to women the right to 

 vote; but the bill was lost in the House, the 

 vote being 12 for and 18 against it. 



The financial condition of the Territory is 

 shown by the following statement from the 

 Treasurer's report : 



ToUl each iwlpm for two yotm ratlin:; Sep- 

 tember SO. 1s~t $76.511 08 



Total dlnlmnwmcnU 7S.895 81 



Itatonco In Trramry $.1,80525 



Anvint f nii'nlatuiluK warrant* 



I IsTI $83.60084 



Amount of liiiiT-rKl on warrant! 

 October 81, 1871 S.078 TO 



Total debt. Octtiht-r 31, 1*71.,.. $88,686 1 



OiitxtuniMnir warrant*, September 

 80. I 



Rnlnncp of old IKKHC $S,070 *J! 



IntoroM on mme 41809 



Amount i if r.irtiT'a Irine 84,881 80 



Intvtvitt on came 2.577 S7 



Total debt, September 80, 1878. $23.717 77 



Redaction of debt $8,88 9S 



The assessed value of property in 1871 was 

 $11,582,980, and in 1873, $14,125,050. 



