Charter of Heart Mountain Relocation Center
PARTNER
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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OBJECT ID
ddr-csujad-55-775 (CSUJAD Local ID: sac_jaac_0777, CSUJAD Project ID: sac_jaac_0777)
PARENT COLLECTION
CSU Sacramento Japanese American Archival Collection
DESCRIPTION
First draft of the Charter document for Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Article I covers definitions, qualified voters, and laws; Article II covers the legislative body, officers and rules, quorum, compensation, term of office, vacancies, sessions, disqualifications, recall of councilmen, and impeachment; Article III covers power of the council; Article IV covers amendments; Article V covers initiative and referendum; Article VI covers repeal; Article VII covers invalidity; Article VIII covers publications, Article IX covers general election and duties of election board; Article X covers block advisors; Article XI covers executive body; and Article XII covers judicial body. Includes handwritten notes and proofreader marks. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0777
DATE
1943
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Miscellaneous Documents
OBJECT FORMAT
Document
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Heart Mountain Charter Commission (author)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted