| Show THE DISTRICT DIVISION BILL VETOED the bill creating a fourth judicial district and providing for holding court at lias been vetoed by the governor oa the ground that it id alie province of the governor by congressional enactments to appoint the time and place for holding district courts this appears correct by the V S statutes passed in 1873 a general provision ap to all alic territories provided that every territory shall b e daviu to three judicial districts and a L court shall be held in each distri of the territory by one of alie of the supreme court at such time and place as may be proscribed by law and each judge after assignment shall reside in alie district to which lie ia assigned this provision has a general application as will be perceived all the territories ri are affected by it by another section especially applicable to utah it is prodded proM ded that the governor of butali territory shall assign the district judges of that territory to their respective districts and appoint ohp time and place of holding court in each of such districts not exceeding two terms in each district in any one year it is from aliis especial section that the governor claims to ha e the right to appoint alic time and place of holding court and in defense of which right he vetoed the bill providing for a term of court at nephi with the exception of a clause in the poland bill passed in june 1874 has been no other legislation on the subject by congress BO that the authority of tee governor in appointing the time and place has not evidently been rov olred this clause referred to was for tho sole object of increasing the number of terms nothing more it says there shall be held in each year two terms of the supreme court of said utah territory and four terms of eacle district court at times as the governor of the territory may by this clause as it again clothes the governor tins appointive power and consequently tho action he has taken in vetoing the bill is evidently in accordance with the united states statutes |
