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Show by and now in the hands of the receiver is as follows: ('ash,25a,8lJ3; the church farm of 11115 acres, situated within the three mile limit of this city, SCOO.OOO or toOO,(MO; the tithing yard in this city, 270xit:tO feet on Main street, opposite the temple. tem-ple. $100,000 to $125,000; the (Jardo house and historian's office in this city, with a frontage of :M0 feet on Brighani street, about $150,000;icoal mines hear Coalville. Utah, half interest, about $20,000; shecp.originally 80,0'X) in number, num-ber, vut subject to a loss of from 5,000 to H.000 from last winter's ravages, leaving between 24,000 and 25,000, $50,. 000 to $50,000; eight hundred shares of gas stock, about $100,000, and 4,732 shares of Deseret telegraph stock, valued val-ued at from $15,000 to $20,000 nominally. nomi-nally. The total value of the properly, it will be seen, is about $1,218,81)3, ami according ac-cording to the law, this sum will go toward establishing a common school fund for the territory, a very comfortable comfort-able endowment for the educational purposes cf the future state. SCOPE OF THE LAW. Effect of the Supreme Oonrt Decision on the Church Property Now Under Seizure. ACTS .OF CONGRESS EEVIEWED. A Million and a Quarter Secured for the Benefit of Utah's Common Schools. The decision handed down yesterday from the supreme court of the United States, and which so vitally affects tho Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is based upon the several acts of Congress which have from time to time been passed regarding, not only the church named, but all churches in the territories of the United States. Judgo Poland's bill, which was approved ap-proved July 8th, 1SG2, is entitled "An act to punish and prevent tho practice of polygamy in the territories of the United Slates and other places, and disapproving and annulling certain acts of the legislative assembly of the territory terri-tory of Utah," and one of ils sections reads: Section 3. That it shall uot be lawful law-ful for any corporation or association for religious or charitable purposes to acquire or hold real estate in any territory terri-tory in tho United States during the existence of tho territorial government of a greater value than $50,000; and all real estate acquired or held by any such corporation or association,, contrary to the provisions of this act shall be forfeited for-feited and escheat to the United States. Providing, that existing vested rights m real estate shall not be impaired by this section. Tho Edmunds law, section 2, repeals "the ordinance of the provisional govern gov-ern nient of tho state of Deseret, so-called, so-called, namely: 'An ordinance incorporating incor-porating tho Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed February 8, 1850, and adopted, re-enacted and made valid by tho governor and legislative assembly of the territory of Utah by an act passed January 111, 1855, entitled, 'An act in relation to the compilation and revision of the laws and resolutions resolu-tions in force in Utah territory, their compilation and distribution,' and all their acts and parts of acts heretofore passed by said legislative assembly of tho terriiory of Utah which establish, support, maintain, shield or countenance counte-nance polygamy. "Provided, That the act shall be so limited an i construed as not to affect or interfere with the right of property legally acquired under the ordinance heretofore mentioned, nor with the right to worship God according to the dictation of consciences', but only to annul all acts and laws which establish, maintain, protect or countenance tho pracpee of polygamy, evasively called spiritual marriage, however disguised by legal or ecclesiastical ecclesi-astical solemnities, ' sacraments, ceremonies, cere-monies, consecrations or other contrivances." contri-vances." Tho Tucker-Kdmunds act took effect March 8, 1887, aud two of its sections provido as follows: Section 13, That it shall be the duty of tho attorney-general of the Uuited States to institute and prosecute proceedings pro-ceedings to forfeit and escheat to the United Stales the property of ' corporations corpora-tions obtained or held in violation of section U of the act of congress approved ap-proved July 1, IHU2, or in violation of section 181)0 of the revised statutes of tho UnitPil States; and all such property so forfeited and escheated to the United States shall be disposed of by the secretary secre-tary of tho interior, and the proceeds thereof applied to the uso and benefit of the common schools in the territory in which such property may be. Provided, That no building, or tho grounds appurtaneut thereto, which is held and occupied exclusively for tho purposes of the worship of (ioil, or parsonage par-sonage connected therewith, or burial ground, shall be forfeited." Section 17, That tho acts of the legislative legis-lative assembly of the territory of Utah incorporating, continuing or providing for tho corporation known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the ordinance of the so-called so-called general assembly of the state of Deseret incorporating tho Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, so far as the same may now havo legal force and validity, are hereby disapproved disap-proved and annulled, and sald'eorpora-tion, sald'eorpora-tion, in so far as it may now have, or pretend to have, any legal oxistonce, is hereby dissolved, That it shall bo the duty of the attorney attor-ney general of the United States to cause such proceedings to be taken in the supreme court of tho territory ter-ritory of Utah as shall be proper to execute the foregoing provisions provis-ions of this section and to wind up the affairs of said corporation conformably to law; and in such proceedings the court shall have power, aud it shall be its. duty, to make such decree or decrees as shall bo proper to effectuate the transfer of the titlo to real property now held ami used by said corporation for places of worship, and parsonages connected therewith, and burial grounds, and of the description mentioned men-tioned in the provision of section la of this act and iu section 20 of this act, to the respective trustees mentioned iu section 20 of this act; and for the purposes pur-poses of this section said court shall nave all the powers of a court of equity." Under these two sections of this act the attorney general of the Uuited Slates proceeded to act in (ho latter part of the summer of 1887. Frank 11. byer was appoiuted receiver in November, Novem-ber, 1887. and at once entered upon ihe duties of his office. Among the properly prop-erly at first levied upon by the receiver was what is knowu asthe'Temp block in this city, but by direction of the territorial ter-ritorial supreme court, which allirmed the validity of all other seizures under the act of congress last quoted, tho case went to the supreme court of (lit Uuited States, ft is this appeal ease which was decided yesterday by the supremo su-premo court of tho Uuited Stales in favor of tho validity aud constitutionality constitution-ality of the act of congress, approved March 3, 1887. Tho next step in the proceedings will probably be the supreme court of tho territory of Utah directing the receiver to turn over to the secretary of the iuterior all money in his possession levied lev-ied upon by him as a part of the property prop-erty of the Mormon church coining under the provisions of the act of Congress Con-gress approved March 3, 1887; and this will proiiably be followed by an order directing tile receiver to dispose of all other properly levied upon and held by him under the said act. and remit the proceed to the secretary of the interior. The money and property so levied upon |