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Show AT HALF-COCK. The Democratic Scheme to Hush a Statehood State-hood Bill for Utah Through the National Congress, For That is the Object of the Measure, Although Al-though a Flimsy ami Transparent Disguise is Attempted, THE NIGGER'S WOOLY HEAD Bobs Up in Every Section of the Latest Effort of the Rampant Democracy Democ-racy of Utah. It Gives the Territory All the Preogativea of a State Except Only In Two Instances, THEY ARE NOT MATERIAL, There Would be no More Conpi'iwsmi'n Vol-Members Vol-Members of tin- l:lcctm-i ollcm- -Otherwise the Territory Would Have More i'riv itcires Than li 1'uH-l'ledjred Mate. - Washixoto.v, .lan. ti. Senator Faulkner of West Virginia, ill the senate and Delegate Calne of Utah, in the house hiife introduced 'An act to provide a territorial government .'niiuary in each year to tha president. He duill prepare the acts passed by the legia. intivo assembly for publication, and furnish, fur-nish, a copy to tin' public printer of the territory ter-ritory within ten days after tlio passage of i acn act. He shall be tho custodian of the rritorial seal, and shall attach tho same '.' all writs aud curnmluiona issued by tha governor. Sec. 9. Tho auditor shall examine and nodi! all public accounts connected with tho k uninry affairs of tho territory, and shall ieport tho same to the governor on or be-fora be-fora the 1st day of November In each ydar, . teloftener if required by tho yuvernor, ami 'li ill deliver to his successor In ofHcu all ' i ks, moneys, accounts and other property belonging to the territory so soou as his suo i -sor shall become, qualified. He shall ilrail'; warrants upon tho treasurer lor all claims and demands payable out o tho territorial ter-ritorial treasury, Sec. to. The treasurer shall receive all i ...ucys and other property belonging to the ' rritory that easy ne r.-.ised by taxation or otherwise, and shall keep suitablo books iu iiich he shall enter an account of his te- e.pts and disbursements, to whom mada unci on what account. Tho treasurer shall payout all moneys that may e.omo into hia liniide by virtue oE his office, upon drafts or orders euuntersiened by the auditor of pub-lie pub-lie accounts, and shall unnually report to bin governor on or before tho 1st day of ii . ember, or oftener if required by the sot. r:ior, n full account of his receipts and dis- I'sements with the necessary vouchers for tlio same, and shall deliver to his successor n office all books, moneys, accounts and 0 iier property belonging to the territory so - on as his successor shall become qualified. Sec. 11. The attorney. general shall prosc-' prosc-' ute anil defend all actions in the supremo 1 "iirt of tlte territory to which the territory, the piO 'l-: thereof, or auy.eounty may bo parties, and shall, upon request, give his opinion in writing to any of the territorial i ollleera or district attorneys upon any matter touching tiieir public duties; and I hall luivo Truer al supervision of the conduct, of dig. trial attorneys under the direction of tho governor to the end that tho laws may bo rtrictly enforced. tiec. i'X The. superiutenileut of public Instruction In-struction shall possess and exercise all powers pow-ers and duties now imposed by the laws of said territory upon the superintendent of schools, and also the duties imposed by section sec-tion 35 of the act entitled "an act to amend n acl entitled "an acl loan:- ml seel ion of tha revised statutes of the Uniteii Slates,' " which took effect March ;, 188". Sec. IU. The judicial power of the terri. tory of Utah shall be vested in the supreme) court, tho district courts, tho probate courts and in justices of the. peace, Tho supremo court shall consist, of three judgss, elected, as hereinbefore provided, and they shall, upon tlio organization of the court, dec one of their number chief justice. Tho supreme su-preme court shall have jurisdiction to review upon appeal any decision of the district i arts, or the judges thereof; and tho supremo su-premo court shall also have original juris-aletion juris-aletion to issue writs of mttndamtn certiorari, prohibition and lutbia curpwt and all writs necessary and proper to the complete exercise exer-cise of its appellate jurisdiction. Tho supreme su-preme tfourt shall nlso have original jurisdiction juris-diction to hear claims against tho territory, hut its decision shall be merely recommend, atory anil no process iu the nature of execution execu-tion shall Issue thereon, but tho judgment shall bo reported to tho ne-.t session of tho Legislature for its action. The judges of tho supremo court shall elect eouio suitable per bun clerk of said court. Sec. 14- The territory shall be divided into seven judicial districts, as follows, to-wit: Tho couutiesof Box Elder, Cache and Hick shall constitute the First district; tho counties coun-ties of Weber, Morgan anil Davis shall constitute con-stitute tho Second district; the county of Salt Lake shall constitute the Third district; tlio counties of Tooele, Juab, Millard and San Pete shall constitute the. Fourth district; tho counties of Summit, Wasatch and Uintah Vliall constitute the Fifth district; tho counties coun-ties of Utah, Emory, Grand and San Juan shall constitute the Sixth district; Hie cduB-ties cduB-ties of Kane, Washington, Beaver, Iron, Sevier, Se-vier, Piuto and Garfield shall constitute the Seventh district, and at least oue term of the for tho territory of t'luh. This measure proposes, alter the 1st of January, lS'Jo, to sweep out of existence the Utah com mission ; to repeal all laws, or portions of laws, throwing Federal safeguards around the elective franchise In Utah. It was referred to the committee on territories in both houses. It is as follows t lie it enacted by the senate mnl linuse of representatives repre-sentatives of the t'nited states ol America, in coueress assembled : Seetiou 1. On Tuesday after the tir-t Monday Mon-day in November, Wbi, and biennially thereafter, there-after, an election shall be held iu the territory terri-tory of L'tah, In the several clci tion precincts thereof. At said election the following otli-cers otli-cers shall he elected, to-wit: One delegate to congress from the territory at large, one governor, one lieuteuaut governor, one secretary, sec-retary, one auditor, one treasurer, one al-torney al-torney general aud one superintendent of public instruction for the territory at lrge: three judges of the supreme court of said territory from tho territory lit large, and seven judges of the district courts, one to be elected in and be a resident of each of the seven districts hereinafter provided: and seven district attorneys, one to be elected In and be a resident of each of tho seven districts dis-tricts as hereinafter provided; and one pro. bale judge, one county recorder; Que county clerk, who shall be ei-offlclo clerk of the district court while sitting in his county, and of the probate court; one sheriff, one assessor asses-sor and collector, one treasurer, three selectmen select-men and one superintendent of schools and oue surveyor and ono coroner for each county in said territory; one constable and one justice of the peace iu each election precinct in said territory. Sec. a. The officers elected at such election elec-tion shail qualify and enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the l-t day of January, 1993, and the term of office of the district court shall be held in each county once In, each year. Sec. 15. The district courts shall have original jurisdiction in all cases both in law and in eouity, and such jurisdiction upon appeals from interior courts and tribunals az may bo conferred by law; and shall also have original jurisdiction to issue writs of mandate, man-date, certiorarari, prohibition and habeas corpus, and all writs necessary for tho full exercise of tho jurisdiction hereby conferred. confer-red. The county clerk shall bo cx-offleio clerk of the district court and the. custodian of its seal. Upon the request of tho judge nf any district the judge, of another district may hold the whole or any part of a term In a district other than hia own, and both, judges may sit and try cases at ono anil tho same time, aud tlio acts of such judgo so called hi shall bo of equal force as if ho wera duly elected in said district, and upon tho order of tho governor, any district judgo must assist the judge of another district to dispose of the buiieess in such district, or to hold tlio court iu his stead. See. 10. The probate courts shall be courts) on record and shall have original jurisdictiou if all matters of probate, settlements of estates es-tates of deceased'persous, and tho appointment appoint-ment of guardians and other like matters; also jurisdiction to hear and determine all causes arising within their counties, wherein the debt or damage claimed docs not exceed $500, exclusive of interest; and concurrent Jurisdiction with Justices of the peace iu arlmlual eases. Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction iu all civil causes in which the debt or damages claimed, exclusive ot interest, does not exceed $:JO; but they shall not havo jurisdiction in any action where tho boundaries or title to any real property shall ho called in question; and Uicy shall have, criminal jurisdiction 01 such misdemeanors, as may bo prescribed by tho law oi tlio territory. ter-ritory. Sec. 17. Tho legislative power of tha territory of Utah shall extend to all righttul subjects of legislation uot inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, but no law shall bo passed interfer. ing with the primary disposal of the soli. No taxes shall be Imposed upon tho property of the United Mates; nor shall the lands or other property ot non-residents be taxed higher thau the lands or other property of residents. Sec. IS. All causes pending in tho su. premo court of the territory of Utah on tha tlrst day of January, it:i, arlsiug under the ' laws of tlio territory of Utah, bolh of a civil and criminal character aud all special pro- cecdiugs pending in said court, an-.tig under the territorial laws, i-hall pass over to and be heard and detcruiiiied by tho supreme court herein provided for; and all causes pending In the said supremo court of the territory of Utah, on the first day in January, 1808, and arUhn; under tho constitution ana laws of the United States' shall bo transferred trans-ferred to and heard aud determined: by tha circuit court of appeals of the United Stales for the Eighth circuit, and said court le hereby declared to have jurisdiction of auid causes. Sec. 10. All causes pending Su tho First district court sitting at Ogdet , on the fiist day in January, 1808, shall be heard and dc. tirminert by tlio Second district court in Weber county, and all causes pending on the first day'of January. lStx;, iu the First district court at Pro o, and arising under t bo territorial laws, shall be heard and deUu. mined-by tho Sixth district court, sitting iu Utah county, and .ill causes pending on tha first day of January. 1898, beti re the Second district court, and arisiur under the territorial territo-rial laws, shall be heard aud detarmined by ihe Seventh district court, sitting in Beaver county, and all causes pending on the first day Of January, 1898, in the Third district court of L'tah, and arising under the terri. torial laws, shall be heard and determined by tho Third district court, and all causes pending In tho several district courts of Utah territory on the iirst day of January, 1803, and arising under the eoustitutiou and laws of the United States, sbull be heard aud determined by a territorial district court hereinafter created. Sec. SO. There is hereby created a territorial terri-torial district court for the territory of Utah; said court shad have and exercise the same ' jurisdiction in all case arising under the 1 constitution and laws of the United States as is vested iu the circuit and district courts I of the tailed States, tmid cuurl sUai hold . present incumbents of each and all of said offices which are now elective or appointive shall expire on that daj and no sooner. And said officers so elected shall hold their offices for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Sec. 3. There shall also be elected at said election twelve members of the legislative conned, and twenty-four members of the legislative assembly, to be apportioned to and elected from the several districts as now provided by the board of commissioners, known as the Utah commission in said territory. terri-tory. But the representatives in the legislature legisla-ture may be re-apportioned by the legislature legisla-ture elected as herein provided. See. 4. The legislature so called shall meet upon the first Monday in January. 1888, Sec. 5. The salary of the several officers elected as herein provided shall be as fob lows: (iovcrnor, f4(KK) per annum; the lieutenant-governor, t-J0l per annum; tho secretary, $30011 per annum; treasurer, tf'JHW per annum; the attorney general, -SI )o ;er annum; the superintendent of public instruction, in-struction, $2500 pef annum: tin- judges of the supreme court, each, l'Mto per minum; the judges of the district court:-, each, .","iKI per annum; the district attorneys, each, $I!5(KI per annum. All to be paid out of the territorial treasury of laid territory. The members of the legislature shall each receive re-ceive $6 per day, for a term not exceeding sixty days in any two years, and cents per mile for each mite necessary to be traveled in going from their respective places of residence to the capital of said territory, to be paid out of the territorial treasury. The salaries, except the compensation compen-sation of the members of ihe legislature, may he changed by the legislature, but such change shall not take effect until after the next regular election. Bee, 0. The executive power and SUtfaor-ty SUtfaor-ty of the territory shall be vested in the governor. gov-ernor. The governor shall be an elector of said territory, over twenty-live years of age. He shall he commandct-in chief of the u.i-litia u.i-litia of the territory. lie may grant re. pricves and pardons, and remit fines and forfeitures for-feitures for offenses against the laws of the territory, lis shall commission nil officer! who are appointed under the law,-, of said territory, und shall take care that the la, s thereof be carefully executed. Every bill which has passed the legislative a-senibly of the territory shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor. If he approves ap-proves It be shall sign it, bill if not he shall return it with his objections to that house in which it originated, and that house shall enter the objectionsat large upon its journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that house agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, t.e getner Jw'ith the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, recon-sidered, "and if approved by two-thirds of that house it shall become a law. But in nil such cases the votes of both houses shall he determined by yeas and ntn s, and the names of the persons voting for or against the bill shall be entered on tic journal of each house. If any bill is not relumed by the governor eitnia live days, Sundays cv eluded, after it is presented to him, il hjll become a law in like manner as if ho had signed it, unless the legislative assembly b) adjournment sine die prevent its return, In which case it shall not be a law. Sec. 7. The lieutenant-governor shall be ex-orficlo president of the legislative council; coun-cil; he Bhall not vote upon any measure pending before It. except when the council is equally divided. He shall perform the riutios of governor, in ease of the disquaii-lieation, disquaii-lieation, absence or death of the governor, and in ease the lieutenant gou riior shall from any cause be absent or disqualified, or shall be engaged in performing the duties du-ties of the governor, the president pro tempore tem-pore of the legislative council shall perform the duties of Hie lieutenant governor. Sec. 8. The secretary shall record ami preserve all the laws and proceedings .. the legislative assembly, and all the ac' and proceedings of the governor in the ex. ecutlve department, lie shall transmit one copy nf the b.ws and journal of the legislative legisla-tive assembly, within thirty day after tho end of each session thereof, to the president, and two coiiics of the laws, within like time, to the president of the scuate and speaker oj the house of representatives, for the use el congress. He shall transmit oue copy of tho executive proceedings on the Iirst day ol lt& -- two terms in esck year, and its pirn l i ting sball be Salt Lake City, in the ',0J of Salt Lake, inlaid territory. I her m be appointed by the president, by and ii the advice and consent of the ''"? ,: judge of said district court, wbo no.: Lis office for four years and until "Vt-eessor "Vt-eessor is appoiun el and epialilb d- ' be of said court shall appoint a -b rk ut said court. The salary of said d.striei juuge hall 1 $3800 per annum, to ! paid 111 same manner as the salaries of oilier Ms Met c;urt judge of the Cnited Htatc. Sec. 'il. The board of con... : created cre-ated bv the ninth si ction of the ie i of m-cross m-cross c'.f March 2. 18S'-', entitled -Mi J''tto amend sec lion 53RS of the revise ! bi'ntc of the United States," is hereby uii.eiisli,ai and the duties prescribed by said .- tu n acts of congress amendatory Ihen - iall, until somo other or different provisiou fs made bv the territorial legislature be performed! per-formed! y a board consisting ( the -" or-nor, or-nor, attorney general, and the thr ipiatlecs of the supreme court, elected us pmvijpd for In this act. This section sball :' ' akc effect until the first day in .lui.unrv, is!'.'. Sec, '-'2. Section four of the ": ( gress, approved June 2V IS I. .1 . i "An net in relation to Court , uud .ludie,. I "iT.eers In the Territory of Utah," la hereby repealed, mid until aomo other und dlffcri at provision Bhall be mado by the territoriol I - laWre, It shall bo tlie duty of the distric t judged, elected aa provided in this iv I. to appoinMn each county three jury cominissioui rs, ''ho shall meet in each count on the second Monday in January of each year und prepare a jurv list, which kall contain the n unei ol two huudred electors of the c unity, qualified to serve us jurors, i-o i such Hat the probate judge- and county . h rl: of such county shall, at least l. ti days prior to We boginning of any term of the district eourt, upon order of the district judge cb w the neceaaary number of names ti ecnisiitute a grand or trial jury, or bo'b. if so unb'reU by the district judge. No i erson li ill ho cm-patent cm-patent to aervo as a Juror mile." lie hal resided re-sided in the county for six months :. ..t preceding pre-ceding and is au eieotor of the county,nn can read and write the Knglish lmguage. If in any county there he less than two hundred qualified electors, then Ihe jury thai he drawn fro.a the whole nun r of electors in tlie county. Thli scetlon hP not take effect until January I, ISW- Sec. 83. Section I of the act of mngreee approved dune 38. bTI, entitled "an al p relation to courls nml judicial olllccrs In the territory of Utah," It repealed. All pro-cess pro-cess issued by the supreme eourl of Hie ter-rltorv ter-rltorv of L'tiih shall bo served by Ihe United 8tatc marshal for sold territory, aud he shall be paid therefor out of the tcri iloriiil trcasurv the same fees and charge- that are allow ed for like service In cases arising under un-der tlie constitution and laws of the United States. All process from tiie district courts of said territory shall be served by the riieriff of the county in wliich such nrocesa Is to be served. ir if the sheriff be a party to any suit then process in such suit Khali be served by such person as the district judge may appoint. Thta section shall take effect January I, 1808. Sec. it. It shall be the duly of tin' district dis-trict attorney elected us hen in provided to attend upon the district courts in their ro-tpoettvo ro-tpoettvo districts and prosecute or defend therein all can -., k; which the territory, or tbe people tnereof, o: any county, is a party, on behalf of the terrlti rj or people of teb coun'y, as the eaae may be. see. tit and 8 of a.i set of eongi appronod ji ' 3, WTi, anfttlcdi "in act lu relation ourU aje1 jei'H tal ofUeertln the territory of UuU 9 are neieby repealed, this section h'jl take sr. ct January I, 1893. 6e. 1. All prisoners in territorial psflltciiti ir, at Sell Lake ity, i tali, and in & casuidy of tho united States marshal, trpon the 1st day of January 18DS, serving OAler seiitonce of commitment for violation f Wrrttorlel laws, may thereafter bo con. fiu.'d in said penitentiary, provided a eon-tract eon-tract agreeable to both parties be made 'no. (Woen the governor of said territory and liio attorney general of the Untied Stiies. And all prisoner! committed to said penitentiary after sueh date may likewise be confined in said penitentiary tinder such contract, pro. Tided that the territorial legislature may at any time provide any other or diff erent ohi.'o of confinement for said prisoners, or may make any other or different arrangements for their sustenance and confinement. Sec. 20. The territorial legislature may provide by law for the sale for the benellt of the public, school fund of said territory, .if, any part OJ all of sections 111 and 30 of the public lands within said territory thai have not been alienated by the United States, and In like manner provide for the sale and (Ms. position : of hinds reserved In said territory for university purposes foi ', he benefit of a university fund; provided, that none of said lands shall be sold lor a less price than $10 per acre. Sec. 27. All laws and parts if laws now In force in conflict with any of the provisions in this act are hereby rcpculed |