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Show length ot time and tb,'e,. \)egan to' P'$ the fiOldil,\g$ of Qtbei(' tr$ thus,. large1: indi'd.®U ta b_ th., ,1ttl_. C(!llil1H teed title in e tIlen 'the Mormon.. piOIll3f)rs eame to Uth in 1$47 the terr1t'"1' I wt.$ stUll pa.," 0f _. fhe' Uni d 'ta.ws Q\rttidaed tfbt is nov Utah1 e.G a Iult of tbe t)r ot hf4QQe mda1 u ISL8. 'Q1f< applfOldmately twenty·t;'VlO years the ns lte;re t t.e.,hnic:,ally $peaking, squattera on the public -main be,oQt1$e a land "ittee 'Wo nQt eert.a.blish.ed , l» utah until 1B69 £"11 the lillng t legal 4e$d$. f 'fbe lliB:tati. pa.se,$d bI tbe fe4$ lo.tlt t:o the o II!, ' t.a:Udng t land d'1d !not ltt iih elt-u4tien prevet in utah. Au prmou$l, atated, the PQli«1 Qt, th MormoA Church, .8 to grant farm lands oonsisting Q£ _n to tirte. atiJ'B$ to _ell f. tt.tiJ" ,;(fij:r of l.e:nd distribution did not tit th. . r\U.:rnt$ .t to",b U the Pretion Act ol184J.' _4.1 the Homested Aot of 1862.4 htotb ditt4 imllt111hich arGsa Wet, aus to the [Get th4t the MormO-h$, did not liv on their faml_ds bu.t ,r$lidei ill 11illscae Jnd c'ut_ .h dq to tbeiJ" tltna lands whi$h \las in opPG,i tiotl to e a latflh . mtrt;bcd uafl b1 the Mormons to aQq'UU' land W'Q$ to haV$ « p of p$Opl$ who cl Applied Geog$ W.J -tend :r.lid... e£ th$ t.d Stat$$ as Ollin$. to Utah '0 P. 19'O,· tap. !lPri"a :U1l' Ju1:f_ 19S2, 2hj. ti<Lit p" fltt4 "!h PreiQ!l Aot $tated. that an intij:ndaal had the right to file a elaim for 160 'a.¢res ba" occupying the land tor abc mQns aft which time th$ land could b$ bought twa the gov$rnmt ter .l.2 P$J! acre. It'he &m$$t.ad Aet Eltated tb&$ 16€i QO!,__ w<i><ldd be d-ven to settlsX's alter five ,,an.t of developma.nt tor the PQt of stf1lll tee. |
