businesses

Scope and Contents

This is a record of franchises which were granted to various electric power, railroads, and phone corporations in Davis County.

Scope and Contents These are oaths of office for officers of companies incorporated to due business in Davis County. While most County Clerks filed the oaths of office with the incorporation case files, the Davis County Clerk filed the records separately. The oaths of office were signed by the corporation officers as a promise to abide by the laws of the land and the Articles of Incorporation of the company they represented. Case files, of which the oaths of office are a part, are created during the length of...