Show SARGENTS BILL mr sargent introduced the following bill to suppress polygamy and to enable the people of utah to te form a and state government in ilia holm of jin jan 22 1872 he be it enacted by the ilia senate and home of representatives Represent ives of the ho uni toil led states of A america or lea I 1 I 1 in a congress assembled sem bled that thai the ibe inhabitants or of that portion of the of utah adb and d wyoming included in tho the boundaries hereinafter designated bo be and they are hereby authorized to lo form for themselves I 1 out of said territory a state government which said S state ter when formed shall lo be admitted ads ED bitted into the union upon all au equal footing fooling with the original states in ia all whatsoever whala oever sc 2 that the said eaid state khall consist of al all I 1 the territory included within ilia following lul lowing f boundaries bound arici lo lit wit commencing at a point formed ly by the intersection of thu the ial 0 ec cc and degree of langit ide wait from 1 am washington glon with the forty thira lie do greo of north latitude thence due along said forty third degree of north norah latitude to tile tho interjection of tile tho thirty degree of f longitude west went from washington n with said eald forty third degree of north latitude lali tudo thence due south along said thirty seventh degree of longitude west from washington to the intersection of the ilia thirty seventh degree of north latitude thence duo due east along said eaid I 1 hirty degree of if north latitude to the intersection of the thirty second degree of longitude west from washington thence due mordi along said mid thirty second degree of west ion alade to 0 o the pl pace tee of beginning sm SEC 3 tl ti lit at all persons fi ad cd by y law to vote tote fur representatives to abe general assembly of slid said territory gry of utah am at the date of tho the passage of this liia act acl snail shall be qualified to be elected and they are authorized to vote veto for aind A choose representatives to form a c contention under such rules and regulations ions ioris as the governor go of wild slid territory may proscribe and also to vote veto upon tile acceptance or 1 ejection dejection of such inch constitution as a may bo be formed by ay iy baid conen tiou under such rules an and regulations actions its 01 tho the said convention may proscribe fir and ill the abores aforesaid aid I 1 natives to form the ilia aforesaid e convention all shall be apportioned union among the he anve several ral counties in said territory in proportion to the population as n n ca ir as way be an and d said apportion apportionment men t shall be made fo rEaid territory by alie eai U KJ or edg nuche vf thereof or any two of the them and the governor of said au territory shall by proclamation on or before afore the monday of may next order an election of representatives as is aforesaid to bo be hold held on the first mondayla Monda Nond yia ayin juno the territory and such clention clec tion shall 1 be conducted in ia the samo same manner as il prescribed by tile the laws of s eaid aid terii lory of utah regulating elet tiong it therein ei n tor for marr ibers of the house of 0 sod aue the number or olem b Is to said convention contention shall bd double then the number u aber which now con both branches of the Lc giela ture lure of utah territory see sec 4 that the ilia wern members bers of ill the convention Convent ioa thus thae elected shall meet a i the capital of said baid territory on thia th first day in july next and after organization shall declare do clarc on behalf of the be people of if said territory that they adopt this the of the U united a ta a states staica whereupon the convention lie and it is 1 l beachy to form it a afa state government for said eaid f Ii muil tint that lie ben formed ahall ie be republican republic au tol W not to the constitution of fint ta magnant unitta a ad alito an aal I 1 tho ilia principle a of if the declaration of r A n iri rii il further thit mid convention shall provide hy by ao an ord ordinance i crevo e able without flit hout tile con 1 bant of tile states and ill the bent p people ogle of said state stale arst 1 rt that thai there shall ahall to lie neither slavery nor involuntary iry servitude Bervi tudd in the said state stale otherwise than in the of cr i nc th alic e party shall anve loan been july duly convicted secondly no law shall ever be enacted by Leiila turo or said legalizing or bigi biga my polygamy or plural marriage thirdly I 1 hat fiat for the period of ton ten years cara otter alter the ratification atton of this thia constitution me tabers of the th legin lature and all officers offic cri j n dacial abil shall hall before before they enter upon the tha duties or atif their respective offices ond and nil all persons 0 fering to vote shall before they are P permitted to cast or deposit their vc voles otes or ballots Lal lold take ilia following oath or r aal affirmation I 1 do swea fw Mior alff irlin that I 1 have not contracted or commenced to enter upon relations of ill hig bigamy my polygamy or rt plural durl roar mar riago since t the a adol 1 I or of abia ii con colt stilt ution anil and that I 1 ito KU 11 ciol at here after contract or comry commence lenc to enter cater upon pan buch relations if an oath flo DO help mo me god goa afif if an under pains and penalties or of lor jory fourtly perfect toleration or of rongi religious oits sentiment aliu bo be so im curca and no DO or of paid mid state shall ever be molested in in person 0 or r property ro perty on account a of f his or her moil of religious worship i 1 bit bil an all i git amate children bore boor prior to january first eighteen n hundred and seventy three and ice their e ir mothers inot liera shall ahall inherit from the alio ather n lilo like manner with wilh the wife anil and legitimate children sixthly that thai the people inhabit ing ing sa daiil i ld territory 10 lo do agree and do clara that they disclaim all right and title tillo to the 0 a public lands 1 sing within said fid terri tor lory y anil and that the he same ame shall be anil and remain A ai the th bola and entire lion of tho the united states and that the lands belonging to citizens citizen or the united states stall residing without tile 3 said a lid plate shall never to be taxed highet higher iban han tho the laud land belonging longing Lc to the tin resi donla thereof and that no uca la ace b ahall 11 a 11 be imposed ly by said aid state on land a or property therein belonging ta 16 or which may hereafter bo be parc hawd byl byj the united states see sec 5 that in ease cam a constitute 1 boft A and state government shall be formed for tho the people of said id territory in compliance with the provisions of this thin let act said convention cOD forming the same sama shall ahall provide prot ido by ordinance for sub ab kittil milting goald lothe to the peon plo pie of obeaid said state for their an or rejection nt at an election to be liall on the th second lebond tuesday of september ergteen handrea andrcA li and seventy two at inch places paces and under such re tala lionil na as may bo be therean there therein tn at w which election the lawful tot erdofy of said baid new state shall abill vote directly for or spenst tho the constitution and tho the returns of said eaid election shall lall bo be made to the tha acting governor of tho the territory who with the president of the council and speaker of tho the house of representatives of th tho a territorial I 1 legislative assembly of eighteen hun bull dred and aad two to shall hll canvass cadvill 18 the thoa same amo and if lf if legal votes shall be cast cab for gal said d constitution in said mid pro proposed popl state tho the said acting governor shall ahall certify the to la the president Iroide nl of the united states together with a copy of said ail constitution and ceH where whereupon n it I 1 hall be the duty of t th e pre president t of the united states if the same are in conformity fit willi athe pyo provision of this co act 1 I ta issue his bia I 1 proclamation declaring the state admitted into tho the union on oil an equal boldog fooling with the original states without any acy further action whatever on the part of congress soo sec 6 that until the next general canku 8 ahall bo be taken said eaid state shall he be entitled to lo one in the house of representatives of the united stoles states which representative together with the lh governor governo r and state and other officers provided for in ia said raid constitution may be elected on the ilia same day ol a voto vote is ealen fur for or a enst I 1 the proposed constitution and state government oi or at elich other oilier time lime as aa said constitutional ion convention bention nay may prescribe ace 7 that sections numbers sixteen 1 and ad thirty six in every town aap i an nil d where on a h a action 8 have been sold bold or otherwise disposed of by any acton congress other lands equivalent kh thirlo arata b i r sect mcclin Bc clin ion and as co contiguous ahng 0 BE may at ir be a shall hall bo be and are hereby b y granted to said state for he support of common see sec 8 that pios idol tile tho aa said id state shall hall be admitted into tile union in accordance with tile forgoing pro v visions or of this act fifty entire se bec eec tiona of tho the public lands not mineral wit willin in s daiil ald st state ato to be selected located jointed by direction of tho the legislature thereof on or won before the first firel lay day of january JaDu iry anno anne dommi eighteen hu hundred adred and seventy six shall be and ni they are arc hereby granted in legal of not leu them limn one liun hundred drca ond find sixt edity y acres aero to td said state slate for the th e purpose of trec erecting ting public bud beddings dings at the c cap api tall tal of said state for legislative and ju jn dacial purposes Bei in such pliancy as aa the legislature eliell i prescribe and fifty other entire section I of if land jaryd not i min e as aforesaid to be mele eted and located as a in legal sub BUI i ion as is a asi oa ahall be and they are liale hereby granted to saia state slite for far the lie purpose of suitable building Luil Jing far a or state prison ison in ill thil manta er aforesaid sal seo see 9 that five eve per of the proceeds of the lh sales sales of all public hinds ayio lying g within said state which shall ahall lo be 10 sold liy by the iho united states subsequent to the of said state into the ibe union after deducting all the iho expenses incident to the sin sinio ie shall bo be paid to the ilia said eaid state Stat for L the he purpose of if making and improving public ro tda or camels to cice a genechi system n r irrig irrigation 11 tion of the agricultural laud in ia ill the state as tho ilia legislature shall rhall sec 10 that thai from anil and after lie ad missan of cf tile alid nii stile state into the U euion alon in icban co of this thin act the I 1 laws awe of the united states nol lot locally inapplicable shall lave the same aino force slid and afloat within the slid dij slate a as elsewhere within the united St shatell atell adil still sta stale te shall hill constitute one judicial district distri cL |