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UNITED STATES

-UTAH

Books of Reference.

The Reports of the various Administrative Departments of the State.

Census Bulletin, No. 48, Census of Manufactures, 1905. "Washington, 100r>.

Annual Reports on the Trade of Texas in "Diplomatic and Consular Reports." London.

Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide, 1911, published by A. H. Belo & Co., Dallas, Texas.

Gannett (H.), Gazetteer of Texas. 2nd Ed. Washington, D.C., 1904.

Garrison {Gr. v.), Texas. In ' American Commonwealths ' Series. Boston, Mass., 1903.

Simonds (F. W.), The Geo^'raphy of Texas. Boston, Mass., 1905.

Wooten (D. G.) (editor), A Comprehensive History of Texas, 1(385-1897. 2 vols. Dallas Xexas, 1898.

UTAH.

Constitution and Government.— Utah, which had been acquired by the United States during the Mexican war, was, in 1847, settled by Mormons, and on Sept. 9, 1850, organised as a Territory. It was admitted as a State into the Union in 1896.

The Legislature consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives ; but the Constitution provides for the initiation of any desired legislation by the legal voters or such number of them as may be determined by laAV, and such voters may require any law passed by less than a two-thirds vote of each House of the Legislature to be submitted to the voters of the State before coming into effect.

The Senate (in part renewed every two years) consists of 18 members, elected for four years ; the House or Representatives has 46 members elected for two years. Qualified as electors are all citizens, male or female, who, not being idiots, insane, or criminals, have resided one year m the State, four months in the county, and 60 days in the precinct in Avliich the election is held.

Governor. —V^illiam Spry, 1913-17 (6,000 dollars.)

Secretary of State. — D. Mattson.

There are 27 counties in the State. The Capital is Salt Lake Cit5^

Area, Population, Instruction.— Area, 84,928 square miles, of

which 2,601 square miles is water. The population in 1900 numbered 276,749, of whom 2,623 were Indian, 672 Negro, 572 Chinese, and 417 Japanese. There were 53,777 foreign-born, of whom English and Scandi- navians were the most numerous.

Years

Pop.

Per sq. mile

Years

Pop. Per sq. mile

1880 1890

143,963

207,905

1-8 2-6

1900 1910

276,749 373,351

3-4

4-5

The population is largely confined to irrigated regions and mining districts. In 1910 it included 196,857 males and 176,494 females; 63,404 were of foreign birth, 1,148 were Negroes, 3,123 Indians, .373 Chinese, and 2,105 Japanese. In 1909, 2,752 immigrants arriving at United States ports gave Utah as their destination. Of these 1,381 were Anglo-Saxon, 632 Latin, 172 Slav, ;-'88 Greeks, and the 179 others were Jews, Mongolians, or cosmopolitan.

The largest city is Salt Lake City with a population of 92,777 in 1910. Ogdenin 1910 had 25,580 inhabitants.

Latter day Saints form about 75 per cent, of the Church membership of the State. There are Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists Baptists, and Congregationalists in small numbers,