| Show UTAH'S FREAK FRAK LA LA W WS' WS All states have bave what bat mi might ht be termed t their freak laws law That is ie they have laws which are arc odd a- a aa as ac c compared with wih laws in other states states The Tho eastern slates states have more of the old fashioned laws Jaw in their code cde books but tho the western west west- ern era states find some odd specimens of law on their statute book books Utah has hasher haSher her share share of laws that appear odd od t to a D newcomer One peculiar law is the an an- ancient idea of apprenticeship such as 18 prevailed in England A woman oman can be governor here hero Barbers Barbers Bar Bar- bers hers have o to bo licensed the same I an its a a- a a physician a a dentist or a lawyer Utah Utah has a horse commission for tho 1 tion ton of pedigreed horses the unwritten law is is down in black and white whito here eTe it itis itis I is tho the only state state where polygamy is is on ou the tho statute Utah is also abo one oDe of f the very few feW states where a 1 mau man sea sou to death can clet elect either to o b bo be shot to death or hanged banged on the hempen cord It I is i also one of the states that tuut has an habitual c e minal statute Oue One of the p peculiar laws of the state is tho old apprentice law m. m It I allows any ary ary child child- to become apprenticed until he he reaches hi his majority and be he is as ni bound as in a tho the colonial days Tho The law lm says ays any nn minor child nay may be bo bound to service until the tho attain attainment ment macut of the tho a age e of legal leal majority The Tito contract must be by br indenture stating the terms of a agreement and if the child is over 0 12 years cars old must boar bor his or her ber name Master Must Be Bo Kind A ri right ht is reserved to t the te c t court to apprentice idle ide and ani vagrant va vii c grant Jant minors at any time Hmo that that it sees fit ft Under a court ord or order r a child can cnn b be bound to a master until th the thu a ago age G of ot 21 sets him free The master i is to teach tench- the teach th the apprentice some somo good and useful vocation The he master also has the tho ri right ht to c correct toe tee child There Thero are but three thiu things that will wi break such uch a contract and they art aro death removal from the tho 1 state sato or c cruelty of the master Relative to lo tobe the be be latter the statute says l If I the master shall ill i treat his hi It up- up v- v prentice prentic or in o auy any manner mannor palpably tail tai in iu the discharge of f his duties in regard to said raid apprentice tho the apprentice tice ma may be discharged from further i service and and Play may recover er damages datas and me compensation Hon for services ser I Utah is one oue of the tIme few Ie states in th li union whore where women can canoto vote oto and hoM hotI political office th the same came as the men The Tho constitution which gants ant this thi r ht says i Tho The rights of citizens of use llO I state t te of Utah to vote yoto n nod and d hold fc shall shaH not bo be denied or abridged ed on ncI noi no- no i count of so sos sex I Hero Here a barber barbor cannot practice i his 1 vocation unless he ha has secured a liI li- li l. l I cense cease from tho the state tate board of b barber I examiners To pass this ho he has bas to know something a as to the sanitary nd of he the and tho care are of various facial troubles trouble Marriage Laws I t Utah has one oue holda holiday that is solely her hr own ow and anti IC legalized J cd as one ODe ope of n tho tte hol s n of the tho state That is is' Pioneer i day ay toe the of Jul July the date of r the tle landing of the settlers in the tho Salt Lake Lako valle valley aley In Utah both parties to a marriage marriage- l have bave to appear before the county count clerk to secure a marriage marrie license which is isol good ol an any place in iu in the state In Ip m mu 1 utI ut t S states tates tho the license is good only in the I I punt issued In Utah hitch a license can be Ic secured in St. St George bongo and be he use iu in Randolph To solemnize a marriage c without a license makes the person marra doing do do- in leg ing so eo liable to a fine lino of not moro more than 1000 or more than one year car in jt Here a ne negro ro and a white person or a and a a white perso person cannot cannA cnut cia marry rry The unwritten Jaw law is iii in typo trpo in iu this thi state Homicide is justifiable when committed in a sudden u heat beat of passion passionI cause caused by the attempt of the tha deceased to defile the wife daughter sister r I mother or other female rolt relative or ar ic Io- Io 0 of the thc accused or whim when ted has bus hut actually been I This js tho the only tato in the Uni States that has a statute statute- 3 again lir polygamy In all aU other states it com cont spends closely to bigamy The l ment meat for polygamy is a fine of c f five years years' c Habitual Criminal Another crime which i is almost th ti t. t same as polygamy is I unlawful cob bt tation bUon The punishment n for this crim is is a fine of or six months in jait Und r the Utah Uth statutes the In lav 4 knows a 8 creature called an criminal criminal Tho The statute says saye I ct has bas b been en previously twice convicted con o 0 crime sentenced and committed to tl prison in this or any ny other state o 0 o i once in this and nd once at t least in I state stat for terms of ot not leI less than years each cacho shall upon conviction of H i c committed in this state other r than murder in the first frt and second gree b be he deemed an habitual criminal criminal and shall be punished by no not less hh fifteen yens years years years' imprisonment exar n that n in ono one of the two previous the defendant shall shot hava pardoned for innocence One of pf the tho most niost peculiar laws o of th th h state and ono one that alwa always 5 strikes u ti L new newcomer forcibly is the tho allowing cf cI a i prisoner sentenced t to death to et 1 between han hanging ing or being hot phot b by nW ril men nien in the penitentiary yard j J r 1 i statute on this question says sas The punishment of d death mo most t t Ix be inflicted by hanging the defendant lv b j. j the neck until he lie is i dead or by bv him at his bis election electon If I the tho def no neglect or to make the the OI the tho court cour at the time tiro of rt rendering the tj sentence must declare the mo mode e and CI ci- ci y cu-y ter ten the same a as asa a part art of its ie judgment ut |
