[Utah Legal History] On 12 March 1848 Brigham Young was elected as provisional governor, and also chose a secretary of state, a chief justice, and a legislative assembly. Although the convention proposed the offices of lieutenant governor and auditor, the General Council instead added an attorney general, an assessor/collector, a marshal, and a supervisor of roads. The existing ecclesiastical courts became civil courts and several bishops were elected as magistrates.
[source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Utah Legal History, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/l/LEGALHISTORY.html]
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