Show communicated CATE I 1 THE LAWS OP OF UTAH I 1 1 xio in 10 I 1 1 I 1 I no person is considered a resident of the territory unless he is a tax payer hence the 1 law a properly qualification 1 ti for electors if nota not a resident a E man cannot be a citizen hence if he is sued the plaintiff being a tax payer and a reside resident ii can say sav where the trial shall be helf held if ff he is 18 riot fiot a tax payer he is not a resident if he be is not a ies resident ident canno cannot t be a citizen hence cannot vote tote can cannot not hold bold office and nd has a sorry y fpx for any convenience in law this reasoning 0 of the operation of this law is not inc incorrect this is another for the benefit of the church Mor mormon inori loaders do not intend that any person outside of the church organization shall be permitted io to have a voice in the civil affairs of the terr I 1 atory the law never has been applied to members of the church every man belonging to it vote for those men who are placed before the pe people op ae for office by the church authorities an and d it is folly to presume for one moment that every man belonging to the church and residing in utah pays taxes baies aside nom from his ti things the writer larts has evidene evidence L to the contrary and knows whereof he writ writes es the aca 6 t tants in the terri territory I 1 to r y shall be p permitted to vote at the first election thereafter the elective fi franchise anchise shall be regulated by the legislature under tinder certain t eions ions those restrictions i is one maintaining that the right of suffrage age shall be exercised only by citizens of the united states the territories we pre common property and any citizen of uc the unite united d states recognized as by the entitled bavota fco ote in butali after a residence of six months montas whether he be pays taxes or not the law or of as clearly and manifestly unconstitutional and only intended for those men who come to the territory for a residence and who do not join the mormon church |