Show THE EDMUNDS BILL he edmunds bill as it passed pissed h houses of congress and will be seated to the president for his roval A blu BIU AMEND seabon SECTION rf oy THE STATUTES OF THE UNITED OTATES IN REFERENCE TU TO BIGAMY otner OTHER Bail he if enacted by the senate and jube fuse of representatives of the tiled ailed states of america in con ebs assembled that thal section of orense statutes lt atutes of the united ates ales tes les LO re and the same is hereby ended landed ao so aa as to read as follows mely e every very person who hak has a husband u osband wile living to in a territory or her place over which the united ates atts have exclusive jurisdiction reaf re after afteu ter marries another whether or single and any man who reatter simultaneously simultaneous ly or on the me day marries arriva anora inora more than one am omd di in a territory or other place M which the united slater states have elusive url uri uri diction is 18 guilty of and shall be tiu jiu punished nihed by tine une of nor flor morea ore than SOO and by prison me t foi for a term of not ore than nive five years sears bul but this seen on shall not extend to any person y reason of any former marriage iua lua inage liepe husband hubband hus bus band baud or wife by such inar age shall bhail have been absent tor for rive aur xer years alid and ia is not known s suell sueh such person to bd living and la Is elie ulie beeve veI d person to tie dead or toane to any person vy br reason of any marriage which ishall shall have een erl ell dis ula alved by ty a valid decree ut vf a court nor to any person y jeason reason reason of any former marriage hicri shail shall have been pronounced oid old by a valid decree of a com eom conarie pe ant court an en the ground of nullity f the marriage ge con contract tract seu deo 2 tuat the foregoing provi ons ions affect the prosecute prose cuti us n r punishment of any ohen oher be al eady committed against the sec ion the arst se petion tion of ills lis acu aut SEC BEC 3 that thai if any male person i a territory or otner other place over finch the united states have hay ex luaine jurisdiction hereafter cocab ts with more than one woman he lie tait hall be deemed d guilty of a tle tie a nor and on conviction thereof lail lall be punished by a line fine of not nore ore one than ebu or by imprisonment or r riot more than hix fix months or by oth s sid ld in the dis dia elivin of the court murt sex sem 4 ahat count counts for kny byor or all the tho offenses named in sec bec lons ions me ime and two of this act may be omd in the same information or dolid ment merit hec BEO 5 r that to in any pr prosecution se cution W or bigamy polygamy or 0 unlawful habitation under any statute of he united timatea tit sst ates atea it shall be ilent ent cause of chal chai challenge challena leng ieng to any drawn or summoned as a jury nan or first that he Is or aas IBS been abing in the practice of polygamy or unlawful unto rul rui ful co aab u with more than one brie woman berthat of that be he is or has been juiley of ah an offense punishable I 1 by y B althen rither of the forego hg sections or y section las has ot the revised 5 tilt utes of the united states or the C ct of july lat 1862 1882 entitled egan egal an ct to f guash and prevent the I 1 ke ie of polygamy in the territories Terri lonea tonea f f the united states stated and other places laces and disapproving and annul ing rig certain aetis actis of the legislative sae Lubly of the territory or of utah 0 jt r second that he be believer i ev a it rig nig h t I 1 os 01 a mn aln to have more than one hv ug X and wife at the same time ime or to live in the practice of with more than one woman and any person appearing appealing or offered ad as a juror or tales lales manan an i challenged on either of the foregone ne grounds may be questioned on bis his ils uis oath as to lo the existence of any such c use of challenge and otmer other other evidence may be introduced vear bear bearing hearing ing upon the ibe fuestion au stion estion raised by such challenge ballenge aai aal lenge and this question shall be tried by le the court but aa as to the lirt ground of challenge before mentioned the person challenged not be bound to answer if he mchall bay eay ay u upon p on his hid oath that he declines on the ground that his bis answer may tend to criminate himself and if lie he shall answer as to said first ground his hid answer shall no be toe given in evidence la jal any prosecution against hlay bird rot tot 01 any luense baamer in sections I 1 or 3 0 but if be he declines to answer on any grund ground he be shall be rejected as incompetent SEC bec the president Is 18 hereby authorized to grant amnesty to such classes cf of offen oti ott lerp leep bit tit il wom WON thu 14 1 4 K at KC C f oh h atit fatt al 0 bigamy polygamy or unlawful co habitation dabi labi tation on such conditions condition sand and ander under such limitations as be he shall think proper but no such amnesty shall have bave effect unless the conditions thereof shall be complied with seo BEO 7 that the issue of bigamous or polygamous marriages known as is mormon marriages in cases in W which aich such marriages have been solemnized according to the cere monies of the mormon sect in any territory of the united states and such luch issue issue snail trial have been born before the first day of Janu january arys A D 1883 are hereby legitimated BEO SEC 8 that no polygamist bigamist or any person cohabiting with more than one woman and no woman cohabiting with any of the persons described as aforesaid in this thia section in any territory or other place oven over which the united states have exclusive shall be entitled to vote at any ele eie election held in any such terri territory tory tony or other place or be eligible ele gible for election orn ora 0 ii to or be entitled to hold any office or place of public trust honor or emolument in under or for any such territory or place or under the united states beca SEC 9 that all ail the registration and election elect fon pon offices of every description in the territory of utah are hereby declared vacant and each and every duty relating to the registration isi ration of voters the conduct of elections the receiving or rejection of votes otes and the canvassing and re tunu turu ig g of the same and anil the issuing ot of br or 0 hr h r eviden evidence evidences ceW of election in said bald territory shall until other provi provision sion siou T ye e made by the leaf 0 dative assembly of said terri tarri atty as ia ig hereinafter by try this section provided be te I 1 performed ler ier er formed under the exist existing g jaws of the united states and of sal it territory by proper pr r per sons who shall be appointed tj execute such offices and pet pel form such duties by a board of five persons to be appointed by the president by and with the advice and consent of the senate not more than three of whom shall be members of one onci political pirty varty p a majority of whom shall be a quorum the mern mem bers of said board so appointed by the president t shall each receive a salary at the rate of per annum and shall continue in III office until the legislative assembly of bald baid territory shall make provision for filling said offices as herein coth cuth prized the secretary of the territory shall be the af 6 said board and keep a journal of its proceedings and attest the action of said board under this section tion lion the canvass and return of all the votes in said terri tory for members orthe legislative assembly thereof shall also be returned to said board which shall canvass all such returns and issue certificates ol 01 election to those persons icons who being eligible for such el elealor ealon ele eie eafon eelon olon elon shall appear to have been lawfully elected certificates shall be the only evidence of the right of such persons to sit in such assembly provided said board of five fire persons shall not exclude any persons otherwise eligible to vote from the poll polls j on account of any opinion such verson person may entertain on the subject of bigamy or poly gamy nor shall they refuse to count cou n t any ady anu ari buch such vote on account of the opinion of the parron casting it on the subject of bigamy 1 gamy or polygamy but ea eab h hou houge house of sueh buch assembly alten alter its organization shall have power to decide upon he the elect elections ioni loni and of its members and a or after the first meeting of said legislative assembly whose members shall have been elected and slid returned accordini 4 to the pro of or anis ac sw aid ard said sid legislative assembly may make mate sueh laws conformable to the organic act of balti territory and not me insistent with other laws of the united states no 8 it shall deem proper concerning the tilting tilling of the es in a aid sid ald ad territory declared vacant by this act |