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Presented the General Authorties and Officers of the

Heber J. Grant, General Authority

1929 October General Conference·Third Day Afternoon Session·1929-10-06

Presented the General Authorities and Officers of the Church ; all of whom were sustained in their positions and callings by the unanimous vote of the large assembly, as follows :

GENERAL AUTHORITIES OF THE CHURCH

FIRST PRESIDENCY Heber J. Grant, Prophet, Seer and Revelator and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Anthony W. Ivins, First Counselor in the First Presidency. Charles W. Nibley, Second Counselor in the First Presidency.

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES Rudger Clawson.

COUNCIL OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES Rudger Clawson, Reed Smoot, George Albert Smith, George F. Richards, Orson F. Whitney, David O. McKay, Joseph Fielding Smith, James E. Talmage, Stephen L. Richards, Richard R. Lyman, Melvin J. Ballard, John A. Widtsoe.

PRESIDING PATRIARCH Hyrum G. Smith.

FIRST COUNCIL OF THE SEVENTY Brigham H. Roberts, Jonathan G. Kimball, Rulon S. Wells, Joseph W. McMurrin, Charles H. Hart, Levi Edgar Young, Rey L. Pratt.

PRESIDING BISHOPRIC Sylvester Q. Cannon, Presiding Bishop; David A. Smith, First Counselor; John Wells, Second Counselor.

TRUSTEE-IN-TRUST Heber J. Grant, as Trustee-in-Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH

CHURCH HISTORIAN AND RECORDER Joseph Fielding Smith, with the following assistants : Andrew Jenson, Brigham H. Roberts, A. William Lund, Junius F. Wells.

CHURCH BOARD OF EDUCATION Heber J. Grant, Anthony W. Ivins, Charles W. Nibley, Willard Young, Rudger Clawson, Orson F. Whitney, David O. McKay, Joseph Fielding Smith, Stephen L. Richards, Richard R. Lyman, John A. Widtsoe, Adam S. Bennion, Joseph F. Merrill. Arthur Winter, Secretary and Treasurer.

COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION Joseph F. Merrill.

AUDITING COMMITTEE Henry H. Rolapp, Peter G. Johnston, Orval W. Adams.

TABERNACLE CHOIR Anthony C. Lund, Conductor; B. Cecil Gates, Asst. Conductor. David A. Smith, President; George C. Smith, Secretary.

ORGANISTS Edward P. Kimball, Tracy Y. Cannon, Alexander Schreiner, Frank W. Asper.

CLERK OF GENERAL CONFERENCE Joseph Anderson.

GENERAL AUXILIARY OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH

NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF SOCIETY Louise Y. Robison, President; Amy Brown Lyman, First Counselor; Julia A. Child, Second Counselor; Julia F. Lund, Secretary and Treasurer; with all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

DESERET SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION David O. McKay, General Superintendent; Stephen L. Richards, 1st Asst. Superintendent; George D. Pyper, 2nd Asst. Superintendent; with all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

YOUNG MEN'S MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION George Albert Smith, General Superintendent; Richard R. Lyman, 1st Asst. Superintendent; Melvin J. Ballard, 2nd Asst. Superintendent; with all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

YOUNG LADIES' MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Ruth May Fox, President; Lucy Grant Cannon, First Counselor; Clarissa A. Beesley, Second Counselor; with all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

PRIMARY ASSOCIATION May Anderson, President; Isabelle S. Ross, First Counselor; Edna Harker Thomas, Second Counselor; with all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

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