United States. Board of Registration and Election in the Territory of Utah Account ledgers, i 1882-1894.

These volumes record the financial transactions of the Utah Commission, a federally appointed commission which monitored Utah's elections from 1882 to 1896.

The expenditures relate primarily to paying voter registration and election officers. The several volumes are titled somewhat differently after the initial ledger for registrars and judges: One volume is entitled "payment record," one pertains to vouchers, two are bill records, and five are entitled "officers records." Each volume has columns in which are recorded the year, person's name, office title, and amount. Most also refer to the election date or registration period during which services were rendered. Officers records also record the post office of the individual (registrar, election judge, etc.) and the check number. The payment record also includes check number, payment date, and mailing date.

Contingent expenses are recorded toward the back of five of the volumes. These include such things as travel, printing,telephone/telegraph, coal, rent, furniture, janitorial and clerical services, matches and soap, chloride of lime, and other incidentals. Columns record check or bill number, date, person or company, item or account category, and remarks for details.

Registration officers for each county are listed at the back of the payment record; in other volumes they usually are entered under each individual county. A list of municipal elections held appears at the beginning of the 1892 officers record. Legislative apportionment appears at the start of the 1893-1894 officers record.