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Show v TIIE ONE .MAX TOWER. The- Hill ilhlch Alms lo 3Uke a king In Utah. Following Is the text of the measure meas-ure known as the new Kdmunds bill, which provides for the appointment appoint-ment or all Territorial and county officers lu Utah, except shir 1 IF? and coroners, by the Governor-May Governor-May 1-1, 1S9J, Mr. l'.dmunds Intro-ducetl Intro-ducetl the following bill, which was read twice and referred to the Senate Sen-ate Committee on tho Judiciary: A. bill In amendment of and supplementary sup-plementary to the act of Congress approved March twenty-second, I elghttcn hundred and eighty -two, I entitled "Au act to amend section fltty-threo hundred aud fifty of the RcvIse-dStatutesoftheUulteilStates, lu n Terence to bigiuiy, and forother puri-osi s." Jlc ti enacted t'j the Senate and 7ouns of lieprcientatlre of Ute UnttcdS'atet ofArnenca in Conyrcti itttcnitfcrf. That tkc existing election elec-tion districts aud ajiiiortionracots of representatives cour-i ruing tlie members mem-bers or the legislative assembly or the Territory of Utah are hereby abolished; and it shall be the dutycf tlie governor, teriitorI.il secretary, and board of commissioners mentioned men-tioned lu section nine of the nttof Congress approved Marcli twenty-second, twenty-second, eighteen - hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to amend section hfly-lhre-u I tindrrd aud fifty or the IU. vised Statutes of the United States in reference to bigamy, and for othtr puriostv," iu said Terrilor-, as soon as practicable! practic-able! after the re-ult of the census of said Territory to l-e taken in the eireigliteeu hundred and ninety shall Us made know n, lo rrdi-.trict said Trrritor, and apjwrtiou rejire-t-int-ithcs iu tlie same Iu su h man ner as to provide, as marly as the same may tie, for au equal representation represen-tation of the iicop'e, txceiitiug Indians In-dians not taxed, lieing citizens of the United States, accordlu-; to numbers, num-bers, iu said legislative n-u-erubly, and to tho numbers of memliers of the council and house of rcpicst u-Utlvt, u-Utlvt, respectively, as now established estab-lished by hw; aud a record of the establishment of Etich new districts, and thu apisirtlon-meiit apisirtlon-meiit of rrpn-seiitatlon thereto, shall lie made in the oltlee of the secretary of said Territory, and such establishment aud representation hall continue until Comrre-ss shill otherwl-e pruvidi; and no iierson other than citizens or the United atatea, aud otherwise qualified, sliall be entitled to x ote al any election in saidTerritorj. Sec. 2. 1 hat the offices of territorial terri-torial an 1 1 tor, tn-asunr, commissioners commis-sioners to locate university lauds, pnibatc-judes, county cierks, sclect-men,assesiiors, sclect-men,assesiiors, recordersaudsui-eiln-tendculs of di'trli t schools lu the-Territory the-Territory of Ulili are hereby vacit-ed; vacit-ed; and all such clll'crs sh ill hrre-.ifterl-eapiiolnted b the governor of said Territory, by and witli the advice and consent of the board of commissioner-mentioned in section nine or the act of Congress approved March t e nty-secoiid, eighteen hundred and t ighty-lwo, entitled en-titled '-An act to amend fiction liftv-thric hundred ami fifty-two of the- Kev-sed Statutts of the United State-, in reference to bigamy, big-amy, ami for otlur iiur-ioses-" J rut-nit tl, Tliat when- any officer alioie named shall now hokl hisof flee h virtue of npnoiutment or couimrssiou from thu President of the United States for a definite-term definite-term the prux iskili. of this suitiou shall not a pi ly until tlie ex Iration of sad term. Sec.:. 1 hit the l-oard of roiiinus-slomrs roiiinus-slomrs niti-lk-ued iu section nine of the sit of foU(r", approvtcl Marth tw-eniy-secontljtij-Iitctuhuu. dnlaiidii,;tit two, etililieil ' An let tu am ml section fif.v -three lmudn-land lIfl-tAuofthe lte vised Statuti of the Uiiitcl States iu refertiin- to biiramy, and fur other purposis," is liert!- imlhcr.Kd ami emifowere-1 in its discretion to cause new registratiotis of voters In said rcrrltfir of Utah, or an part thereof, to l made In-tead nf rc-vlslt-i -j of prvious lists, as now required re-quired bv His- laws of said Territory; .uid said b-sxrd is al-o herc-li autiio-rized autiio-rized to nnke and enforce rules and reguUtiiiiH not inconsistent with tiie laws of tlie I nited States for the i-oudiiit an 1 registration of elect bus in "-all T. niter. |