Law Enforcement Agencies of Utah - Weber County Sheriff's Office, Utah Highway Patrol, Salt Lake City Police Department (Paperback)

Chapters: Weber County Sheriff's Office, Utah Highway Patrol, Salt Lake City Police Department, Utah County Sheriff's Office, Utah Transit Authority Police Department, List of Law Enforcement Agencies in Utah, Utah Department of Corrections. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Weber County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency in Weber County, Utah. The State of Utah was governed as a territory from 1847 until granted statehood in 1896. In January 1850, the first counties in Utah Territory were established; Weber County was formed first. The county's territorial sheriff had responsibility for all Weber County boundaries as defined by the Utah Territorial Legislature in October 1850. The county was immense. The 42nd parallel, the southern boundary of the Oregon Territory, current southern boundary of Oregon and Idaho, became the northern boundary of Weber County and was also the northern boundary of Utah Territory. The western boundary of Utah Territory was the Sierra Nevada in California, which also became the western boundary of Weber County. The county also acquired new territory to the east with the county boundary being set where the Weber River "enters a canyon about four miles below the ford on Emigration road." The southern boundary of the county ran through a point at "the junction of the county road and the head water of Rocky Creek, being about two miles south of the mouth of Weber River Canyon. This boundary line extended west to California. In 1855, due to additional growth, the boundaries were changed. The area in Weber County that now is Davis County was defined as Davis County. In 1862, the area of Box Elder County was formed, thereby reducing Weber County's size further. In 1866 Weber County lost a piece of land that b...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=18780595