History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

442 UTAH AS A TERRITORY.
same term, and became ex officio president of the sen-
ate; a secretary of state; an auditor; and a treasurer. 7
The judiciary was to consist of a supreme court, and
such inferior courts as the general assembly might
establish. A chief justice and two associate judges
were to be elected by a joint vote of the senate and
house of representatives. 8
All free white male residents of the state over the
age of twenty-one were allowed a vote at the first
election, 9 and all between the ages of eighteen and
forty-five, except those exempt by the laws of the
United States and of the state of Deseret, were to be
armed, equipped, and trained as a state militia, embodied
a few weeks later in the Nauvoo legion, which
was now reorganized and divided into two cohorts,
each cohort containing four regiments, each regiment
two battalions, and each battalion five companies,
Daniel H. Wells being major-general, and Jedediah
M. Grant and Horace S. Eldredge brigadier-generals. 10
7 The returns of each election for executive officials were to be sealed up
and transmitted to the speaker of the house of representatives, who, during
the first week of the session, must open and publish them in the presence of
both houses. They were required to take the same oath or affirmation as did
the members of the assembly. Id., 60.
8 The judges were to hold office for four years, or until their successors
were elected.
9 No person in the service of the U. S. government was to be considered
a resident on account of his being stationed within the territory, unless
otherwise provided by law. Vote was of course by ballot. Utah, Acts Legist.
(ed. 1855), 53.
10 Military districts were organized, one in each county. At the first there
were only sufficient men in each district for a company or battalion. As the
number increased, a brigade was formed, with a- brigadier-general in command,
and afterward a division, in charge of a major-general. Each disti'ict
made returns direct to the adjutant-general's office. Wells' Narr., MS., 10.
In May, Charles C. Rich and Daniel H. 'Wells of the committee on military
affairs reported that they had organized the legion. Grant was brigadier-general
of the first cohort, John S. Fullmer being colonel of the
first regiment, Willard Snow major of the first battalion, and George D.
Grant captain of the first company, first battalion. The first regiment consisted
entirely of cavalry, and the first company, first battalion—termed lifeguards—of
selected men, whose duty it was to protect Salt Lake City and its
vicinity from Indian depredations. Eldredge was in command of the second
cohort, with John Scott as colonel of the first regiment, Andrew Little major
of the first battalion, and Jesse P. Harmon captain of the first company, first
battalion, called the silver grays, and composed of men over 50 years of age.
The second and third companies of this battalion were artillery. The second
company, second battalion, of this regiment was termed the juvenile rifle
company, and consisted of youths under eighteen. Hist. B. Young, MS., 79;