AGENCY: Salt Lake City (Utah). City Recorder

SERIES: 25113
TITLE: Proof of publication records
DATES: 1888-
ARRANGEMENT: Roughly numerical by bill number and generally chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: These are affidavits of publication and requests from City departments for the advertisement of various services required. These are paper copies, filed by the department, then chronologically. The information in these records include the request from the department with an attachment of the wording of the advertisement, the affidavit of publication from the Newspaper Agency Corporation, or similar type of company, and a copy of the advertisement as it appeared in the newspaper ad.

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain for 6 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: For records beginning in 1871 through 1892. Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Paper: For records beginning in 1970 and continuing to the present. Retain in Office for 6 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Administrative

The records dating from 1888-1892 have permanent historical value as surviving representative documentation of the process of publishing notices by municipalities throughout the state.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public