Aurora (Utah) Ordinances, 1914-

0.20 cubic foot

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

This series contains a bound copy of the codified ordinances adopted by the town council in 1914 when the community was incorporated as a town.

Scope and Content

This series contains a bound copy of the codified ordinances adopted by the Town Council in 1914 when the town was incorporated. The ordinances function as laws or statutes regulating such matters as town officers and their compensation, quarantine physicians, irrigation ditches, nuisances, dogs, general revenues, poll taxes, cemeteries, general licenses, justices of the peace, crimes and punishments, streets, and posting ordinances. Each ordinance typically includes legal definitions, the body of the ordinance, signatures of the Town Council president and clerk, and date of adoption. This series also includes an ordinance extending the corporate limits and defining the boundaries of the town dated from 1915.

Arrangement

Chronological by ordinance adoption date.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Use Restrictions

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Custody History

The records in this series dating from 1914-1915 were discovered among municipal records of Sigurd Town and transferred to the State Archives in March 2018.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.

Processing Information

This series was archivally processed by Riley K. Mills in September 2018.

Indexing Terms

Container List

Disc	Box	Folder	Description
pending	1	1	Ordinances of the Town of Aurora; 1914 Apr 27-1915