Show att all act to alee 0 of in III the Terr itoi les of iho alic altel Ul tel etl static avid other places unit aud certain acts of the c assembly of the T of utah se be it enacted by bj the senate and house of rep resent atiLes of 0 the united states state S of america in congress assembled that every person having a husband or wife living who ho shall marryann marr marry yany any other person whether vb ether married or single in in a territory of the united states or other place aver over which be ie united states have exclusive jurisdiction shall except in tile the cases specified edthe in the proviso to chii sect section iod be ba adjudged adjudge I 1 guilty of bigamy and upon conviction thereof shill be pun punished 11 bied by a fine not exceeding five fire hundred dollars and by imprisonment for a terra term not exe exceeding ceding five years pears provided nevertheless that this trisection thi section ahall not extend to illy any poison by acason of an any former marriage whose husband or wifely wife by such marriage shall have been absent for five without being known to such per son Bon within that lut time to be living nor to any parson person by reason of any former marriage which shall have been dissolved by the d decree of a competent court nor to any person b of former u which aich shall have been annulled or pronounced void by the sentence or decree of a competent court on the ground of the nullity of tho the marriage contract SEC 2 and be it further enacted that tb the e f following 0 W I 1 ng ordinance of the provisional government of the state of deseret Des cret so called calle d nam namely I 1 an ordin inco incorporating the 0 f jesus jesu s christ orletter of or Latter day saints based february eight in the year eighteen han died and fifty orle one and adopt edl re eneal ed cd an and a ma mado d 0 val valid id by the g 0 v ci n 0 r an and d I 1 legislative assembly of the territory of utah by b y an all assed january nineteen in tile the beall hundred and fifty rive five entitled tn tilted an act in rel relation reli tion to the compilation and revision revis ibn or of the laws and resolutions in force in utah territory their publication and distribution ll 11 and all other acts arid and parts of acts hei heie L tolore pasca by the said le legislative lisla i tive a assembly embly of the territory of utah which w establish support maintain shield shiel d or countenance poly polygamy gainy be 1 and add the he same bame hereby and annulled provided this act shall be so limited and coni confined tined as not to or interfere float of vio property erty legally ac qui red under Fordi f tiance li 0 mentioned d nor with tile the right 1 to worship G god od according loither dictates 4 of con conscience belen worship cl but only to all acts and laws which establish ill main ain fain protect or countenance tile the practice of polygamy evasively however however disguised disguise aed by legal or ecclesiastical solem solemnity solemnities nit leg sic ts ceremonies concecia eions or other contrivances jhc aad be it fu ther enacted that it shill sh ill n t be lawful for any ceepo cor po 1 ration or as as for religious or charitable purposes to acquire or hold leal ical cicato anany in any territory crabe united stated dui lilg 06 existence of tile the fari territorial ial government of a greater value than dollars and sill nil ical estate estat e acquired or held by any such corporation or association contrary to the provisions pro visions of tilis this let act snail be forfeited and escheat to the united states provided that existing vested rights Ls in real estate shall not be im impaired paired by the provisions of this section sec tian io 0 2 Arri APPROVED tovEn july 1 1862 |