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Show THE VOORHEES BILL, Wo received last night, by the courtesy cour-tesy of Hon. W. II. Hooper, a copy ol the bill introduced in congress on Monday, Mon-day, April 1st, by representative Voor hees; and which was read twice, referred refer-red to the judiciary committee and ordered or-dered printed. We reserve comments on it, lack of time this morning preventing pre-venting us calling attention to even a moiety of the odious foatures of a bill which will entitle its author to take rank with Cragin and Cullom. Hero it is : I A BILL TO AID THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS IN THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. Be it enacted by the Senate ami Il-just of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as-ambled. as-ambled. That it shall be the duty of the United States marshal, in person or by his deputies, to attend all the courts held by the United States judges in said Territory, and to serve and execute ex-ecute ail process and orders issued or directed by said courts or by judges thereof. 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That it shall be the duty of the United States attorney for the Territory, Ter-ritory, personally or by his deputy or assistant, to attend alt the courts which may bo he!d by the United States judges, or any of them, in said Territory, Terri-tory, and to perform the duties of prosecuting attorney; and that the United States attorney and United Uni-ted States marshal, and each grand and petit juror, shall receive for his services, in criminal cases or proceedings pro-ceedings arising under the laws of the Territory, the same fees or compensation compensa-tion as arc allowed for like services in criminal cases or proceedings arising under the laws of the United States; and such fees or compensation being taxed by the court or judge before whom the services were rendered, or, in the case of the attorney and marshal, mar-shal, by the supreme court of the Territory, Ter-ritory, thill be paid to the said attorney, attor-ney, marshal, and jurors respectively, from the Territorial treasury annually, on the third Monday in December. Sec. ' That whenever a distric: juJ.;e of said Territory shall determine deter-mine that a crand or petit jury will be needed at a term cf his court, the said judce. the said United States attorney, and Inked States marshal shall make a li?t in writing of the names of one hundred male citizens of the United States re.-iding in said district, and who have reided six months in the said Territory, and shall affix thereto their certificate to the effect thai the ame is the li?t from which the grand and petit jurors are to be drawn lor the ensuing t;riii ol" the court, and shall cause the; ame to be filed in the oifico of the' clerk t-f tLe :iid court. And whenever! the judge sb.ill order the clerk to issue! a venire, the clerk, in the presence of ih-j aid attorney and marshal, or their d-jputies, shall write the names contained con-tained in the said lUt each on a separate separ-ate slip of paper, all the slips being of the same siie and kind; shall fold them uniformly, so that the name written tbrrcun r-hall be cou-oealed; cou-oealed; lull thou place them in a covered cov-ered box und thoroughly mix and tuin-trie tuin-trie them, and shall then draw therefrom the requisite number of names. If a grand jury be required it shall be drawn tir-t. Both frrand and petit juried tliuH drawn shall con.-i.-a of the same number of men as are required in the circuit and district courts of the United States. The clerk shall make i UmL in writing of the names of the persuus constituting each panel so drawn; and the clerk, attorney, and marshal shall affix thereto their certificate certifi-cate to the fact, the time and place of such drawing, and tile the same in the office of the said clerk, who shall lbrtlr with issue a venire to the said mar -dial commanding him to summon the I men so drawn to attend and -wire as such jurors at the time and place previously pre-viously designated by the said judge. And such jurors shall constitute the regular panel lor such term of the euurt, and for all cases, whether arising under the laws of tho United States or under the laws of the said Territory. If at any time talesmen shall be required, re-quired, their names may be drawn from tho said box by the clerk in open court, or they may bo summoned from the bystanders, or from the vicinage, as tho presiding judge shall direct. No ohallengo shall be allowed on the ground that ajuror had been summoned summon-ed or had served at a previous term of the court. Each party, whether in civil or criminal cases, shall be allowed six peremptory challenges. In criminal cases the court, and not the jury, shall pronounco the punishment under the limitation prescribed by law. Sec. 4. That all fines imposed by the district courts for violation of the laws of tho Territory, and paid, shall bo deposited de-posited in a national tank by order of the presiding judge, and shall be expended, ex-pended, so far as may be necessary, to pay the taxable fees and charges of officers, offi-cers, jurors, and witnesses in proceedings proceed-ings to enforce tho tmid lavs. Sec. 5, That in all suits or proceedings proceed-ings at law or in equity wherein the United States are neither a party nor interested, tho costs may bo taxed against and collected of the proper parties, under tho direction direc-tion ol the court, or of the clerk thereof, and the collection thereof enforced by execution or attachment against the property of tho party. The fees of the jury shall be advanced by tho winnintr nartv. See. 0. That in prosecutions for the orimo of bigamy or polygamy, proof of cohabitation by the accused as husband or wife, or the acknowledgement of the party accused of tho existence of the marital relation of husband or wife, shall be sufficient to sustain tho prosecution. Sec. 7. That each district judge may appoint one commissioner for oach county in his district, who shall have the same authority as an examining examin-ing and committing magistrate as , that possessed by the said judge, aud who shall be allowed tho same lees and compensation that are allowed like officers in tho State?, Fees for such services, under tho laws of the Territory, shall be paid out of the Territorial treasury annually ou tho i third Monday in December. Each judge may fix the times and places of t holding district courts in his district for tho transaction of buniness arising 1 under the laws of the Territory, and tho number of terms which may be I held annually. The district courts shall have exclusive original jurisdiction jurisdic-tion of all actions for divorue, and shall take jurisdiction of such actions now pending therein. Each district i court in the Territory may appoint a short-hand reporter, whose duty it shall be to report, and transcribe " the testimony and proceedings in i such crimsnal cases as shall be i designated by the judge of said I court, and who shall receive the same fees or compensation therefor as are al-' al-' lowed lor like services in the circuit ' courts of the United States; such fees I or compensation for services in oases , or proceedings arising under the laws of the Territory, being taxed by the 1 court or judge, shall bo paid to such reporter from the Territorial treasury . annually on the third Mouday in Dc-, Dc-, cembcr; and incase the Territorial Icg-' Icg-' islature shall fail to make provision lor 1 the payment of the lees and compensa-I compensa-I tions by this act mado chargeable upon . the Territorial treasury, then, in such case, the same shall be paid out of the funds which have been or shall be appropriated ap-propriated by congress to dofray the expanses of the Territorial ..legislature, and for the com pons at ion of the mem- bers thereof. |