Ordinances of the High Council
(1847-1849)

"Collected by Dale L. Morgan, these were published as Appendix B, Ordinances of the High Council in The State of Deseret, 8 Utah Hist. Q. 234-239 (1940), and later reprinted in THE STATE OF DESERET (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press with the Utah Historical Society, 1987). The High Council, also known as the Legislative Council was appointed by the church authorities on September 5, 1847 and functioned until December, 1849."