Murray is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray,the city had a population of 50,637 as of the 2020 United States Census. Murray shares borders with Taylorsville,Holladay,South Salt Lake,Millcreek and West Jordan,Utah. Once teeming with heavy industry,Murray's industry mix has now shifted significantly toward healthcare,retail,and professional,scientific,and technical services. Known for its central location in Salt Lake County,Murray has been called the Hub of Salt Lake County. Unlike most of its neighboring communities,Murray operates its own police,fire,power,water,library,and parks and recreation departments and has its own school district. While maintaining many of its own services,Murray has one of the lowest city tax rates in the state.
Reynolds v. United States,98 U.S. 145 (1878),was a Supreme Court of the United States case which held that religious duty was not a defense to a criminal indictment. Reynolds was the first Supreme Court opinion to address the First Amendment's protection of religious liberties,impartial juries and the Confrontation Clauses of the Sixth Amendment.
Charles James Brenham was an American politician,banker,and steamboat captain. He served as the 2nd mayor of San Francisco in 1851,and again as the 4th mayor of San Francisco from 1852 until 1853.
Thomas Urquhart was a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Toronto from 1903 to 1905.
Abraham Yates Jr. was an American lawyer,civil servant,and pamphleteer from Albany,New York.
St. Johns is a neighborhood of Portland,Oregon,United States,located in North Portland on the tip of the peninsula formed by the confluence of the Willamette River and the Columbia River. The iconic St. Johns Bridge crosses the Willamette from the south,leading into downtown St. Johns. It was a separate,incorporated city from 1902 until 1915,when citizens of both St. Johns and Portland voted to approve its annexation to Portland,which took effect on July 8,1915.
A pooper-scooper,or poop scoop,is a device used to pick up animal feces from public places and yards,particularly those of dogs. Pooper-scooper devices often have a bag or bag attachment. 'Poop bags' are alternatives to pooper scoopers,and are simply a bag,usually turned inside out,to carry the feces to a proper disposal area. Sometimes,the person performing the cleanup is also known as the pooper-scooper.
James Van Ness was an American politician who served as the 6th mayor of San Francisco from 1855 to 1856.
Reynolds Cahoon was an early leader in Latter Day Saint movement and later,in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was one of the inaugural members of the Council of Fifty,organized by Joseph Smith Jr in 1844.
Henry Failing was a banker,and one of the leading businessmen of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He was one of Portland,Oregon's earliest residents,and served as that city's mayor in two non-consecutive periods,two-and-a-half years starting in 1864 and later a two-year term starting in 1873. He was a Republican.
The John P. Cahoon House is a historic home in Murray,Utah,United States. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a significant example of residential Victorian Eclecticism in Murray and as the home for over twenty years of John P. Cahoon,a pioneer in the brick industry in Utah and the western United States.
The Murray Downtown Residential Historic District is the best representative area of the residential settlement and development of the city of Murray,Utah,United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It is locally significant as a physical reflection of its residential architecture and the historic development of the city from its agricultural beginnings through its industrial era and current status as a small suburban city. The buildings within the district represent the wide range of architectural styles and plans popular in the city and the state of Utah between 1870 and 1954 and retain a high degree of integrity.
James Clifford Hansen was mayor of Murray,Utah for two stints in office. He served as mayor during 1944-1945 and again from 1948-1957. Previous to being elected mayor,Hansen served a total of 12 years as a Murray city commissioner. During his time in office,he was known for greatly expanding electric power generation for the municipally-owned utility and improving infrastructure for the city's water department.
Joseph H. Stratton was elected mayor of Murray,Utah from 1904 to 1905. He was one of the first candidates for mayor of the new city,but was defeated by Chillion L. Miller. During Stratton’s administration the Progress Company was granted a franchise to set poles and string wire to carry electric current within the limits of Murray city. In 1904,there was a move to bond the city for the purpose of installing a water system and proposed bonding but the matter did not develop into a bond. Murray city set up its water system and the first 21 hydrants were to be in place and ready for use in December 1905. The following streets received names Murray Street,Vine Street,and Atwood Street. During Mayor Stratton’s term the poll tax was discontinued. Murray also began acquiring or constructing public buildings such as a courthouse and jail.
Fort Sanders is a neighborhood in Knoxville,Tennessee,USA,located west of the downtown area and immediately north of the main campus of the University of Tennessee. Developed in the late 19th century as a residential area for Knoxville's growing upper and middle classes,the neighborhood now provides housing primarily for the university's student population. The neighborhood still contains a notable number of its original Victorian-era houses and other buildings,several hundred of which were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Fort Sanders Historic District.
James M. Thurmond,was an American attorney who served as mayor of Dallas,Texas in 1879–1880.
John Collins was an Irish-American businessman who served as the fourth elected mayor of Seattle,Washington.
The Chicago Traction Wars was a political conflict which took place in Chicago primarily from the mid-1890s through the early 1910s. It concerned the franchise and ownership of streetcar lines. At the time it was one of the dominant political issues in the city and was a central issue of several mayoral elections and shaped the tenures of several mayors,particularly those of Carter Harrison Jr. and Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne.
The Companies Registry is a government department under the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong. Its responsibilities include the registration of Hong Kong companies and non-Hong Kong companies under the Companies Ordinance,open-ended fund companies under the Securities and Futures Ordinance and limited partnership funds under the Limited Partnerships Funds Ordinance. It administers the licensing regime for trust and corporate service providers under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance as well as the licensing regime for money lenders under the Money Lenders Ordinance.
