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Show 69 thera look upon the surveyors aa intruders, and feel 1 inimical to their work. According to the foregoing accounts it ie evident that though the Mormons wanted title to the country, yet they resented the presence of federal authority. Mr. Burr further wrote: " The exclusive right to every conceivable canon haB been granted by the legislature to the favorites of the Mormon church, who compel the settlers to pay high prices for the privilege of getting their wood from then. They have erected saw mills in many of them, and the timber is fast disappearing." Mr. Burr submitted an estimate of 561,000 for expenses incident to the survey of the public lands in the Territory of Utah, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2 1853. Though large tracts were surveyed, the Indian title remained unextinguished for a number of years to come. House Executive Documents, Jk Cong., J&. Seas, pt. I, Doc. 1, p. 5^ 3 ( 893). 2 Ibid., p. 5^ 9. Bancroft, Hubert Howe, History of Utah, p. 4S5, Utah Territory: Acts, Resolutions and Memorials, March 6, 1S52, and Jan. 6, IS62. |