OF UTAH BY GEORGE THOMAS, A.B., PH.D. PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF UTAH D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO INTRODUCTION A State, according to Woolsey, is a community of persons living within certain limits of territory, under a permanent organization which aims to secure the prevalence of justice by self-imposed laws. The organ of the state by which its relations with other states are managed is the government. So when we speak of the State of Utah we mean the territory, the people, the government, and the laws. Territory. To be a state a community in these days must have a permanent abode. The boundaries of the territory must be defined with reasonable accuracy. The people who constitute the community must have a settled abode. Wandering tribes like Indians would not be considered a state. People wandering to and fro without a fixed habitat like the Indians could not constitute a state. The people, with their customs, institutions, and political and religious ideas, make the written and unwritten constitution and laws. In our land, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, our institutions are very similar. This is due to the fact that our people live and think very much. the same. Laws. In state and nation we have two kinds of laws: the fundamental laws, commonly known as constitutions and voted upon by the voters; and the ordinary laws made by the legislatures. Constitutions can generally be 699468 |