Salt Lake County (Utah). Probate Court

These volumes record the procedure by which occupants of land in Salt Lake City could obtain title to their land which was classified as part of the public domain. The procedure was established under the Federal Townsite Act of 1867 (14 Stat. 541) and amended for Salt Lake City's larger land base in 1870 (16 Stat. 183). Three volumes of declaratory statements show statements filed by individuals to claim ownership. One volume records a court hearing to determine land ownership. The outcomes of the hearings were recorded in volumes of adjudication records. The final volume in the series constitutes a docket which records a scant summary of all these events in an attenuated form.__Thevolumes include such information as the name of the claimant to the land, the legal description of the land, witnesses or corroborating evidence of the claim, dates, and findings.

These volumes record the procedure by which occupants of land in Salt Lake City could obtain title to their land which was classified as part of the public domain. The procedure was established under the Federal Townsite Act of 1867 (14 Stat. 541) and amended for Salt Lake City's larger land base in 1870 (16 Stat. 183).

Three volumes of declaratory statements show statements filed by individuals to claim ownership. One volume records a court hearing to determine land ownership. The outcomes of the hearings were recorded in volumes of adjudication records. The final volume in the series constitutes a docket which records a scant summary of all these events in an attenuated form.__The volumes include such information as the name of the claimant to the land, the legal description of the land, witnesses or corroborating evidence of the claim, dates, and findings.