Poland Act
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The Poland Act (18 Stat. 253) of 1874 sought to eliminate the nearly total control The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had over Utah's justice system. Sponsored by Luke P. Poland of Vermont, the Act redefined the jurisdiction of Utah courts, restricting the formerly powerful probate courts, which had taken no action concerning the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre, to their traditional jurisdiction. The Act also eliminated the territorial marshal and attorney, giving their duties to a U.S. Marshal and U.S. Attorney. Finally, the Act opened up Utah juries to non-Mormons.
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- Mormon War (1838 Missouri)
- Extermination Order (1838 Missouri)
- Illinois Mormon War (1844-1845)
- Mormon Exodus (1846-1857)
- Utah War (1857-1858)
- Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act (1862)
- Reynolds v. United States (1879)
- Edmunds Act (1882)
- Edmunds-Tucker Act (1887)
- The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. United States (1890)
- 1890 Manifesto
- Smoot Hearings (1903-1907)
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