Education - Resignation of John W. Young as Trustee of Brigham Young College, 18 February 1897
WHEREAS, John W. Young was heretofore appointed a Trustee of the
Brigham Young College, at Logan, Cache County, Utah, and has been holding
said office under the provisions of a certain Deed, creating and endowing
said College, dated July 24th, 1877, executed by Brigham Young, as party
of the first part, and Brigham Young, Jr., and others, parties of the
second part; and
WHEREAS, since the execution of the said deed, the said Brigham Young
has died, and his estate has been fully settled up by the executors of
his last will and testament, and said executors have been fully dis-
charged from all responsibility connected therewith, and, under the pro-
visions of said deed, the Trustees of said College now "hold their office
during the will and pleasure of the President of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints, who believes in and carries out all the re-
velations given by the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., and President Brigham
Young;" and
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the undersigned, who is now the President
of said Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the best interests
of said College require the removal of the said John W. Young from the
office of Trustee of said College, and the appointment of Orson
Smith to be his successor in said trust and
fill the vacancy created by such removal;
NOW THEREFORE, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested, I,
Wilford Woodruff, "the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
Day Saints, who believes in and carries out all the reveletions given by
the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., and President Brigham Young," do hereby
remove the said John W. Young from the said office of Trustee of the said
Brigham Young College, and do appoint Orson Smith
to be his successor in said office of Trustee of said Brigham Young Col-
lege, and to fill the vacancy occasioned by said removal, with all the
right, title, power and authority in the said Joh Orson Smith
that were vested in and held by said
Trustee hereby removed.
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President of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints.
