| Show A BLACK mare eark AGAINST WHITE MR MB B F WHITE who Is ia not unknown in utah but who now resides in montana attempted to make a little political capital for himself in his hla new place of abode by cintr introducing doduc an anti antl mormon bill in the council of that territory here is the document which it will be readily been seen 13 but a poor rehash re hash of the act of congress that bears the name of senator edmunds Edmund 3 and with which some tome day he will wish heartily he had never been connected the bill has hag been ingloriously defeated so there is no need to discuss its demerits or say anything further about it we place it on record as a black mark against mr white if any person or persons persona within this territory being or who shall hereafter marry do at any time marry any person a an c or r persons the former husband or wite wife being a live or cr any PL person raon who shai ebal within this territory cohabit with recognize and maintain the tho marital relations with any woman whether under the name namo of celestial marriage plural marriage or by any other name or designation such person having at the time a husband or wife living the person so BO offending shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine nine not 1000 and by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one year jear nor more than five tive years upon the trial of any person for a violation of any of the provisions of this section it shall not be necessary enary enany to brove any marni marris affe re by record evidence but the same may be proved by the acts and admissions of anhof the tho parties to such marriage marital relation cohabitation celestial cele suat sUal marriage or plural marriage and any party to such buch marriage marital relation cohabitation celestial marriage or plural marriage shall stall be a competent witness upon such auch trial and when guch second marriage shall have taken place without this territory after such second marriage shall be deemed the commission of the crime of polygamy nothing herein contained shall extend to auy tiny person or persons whose husband hubband or wife shall shail have been continually absent from such person or persons for the period of tive nive years sears together prior to sueh such marri marriage agey agel and he ha or she sha not knowing such uh husband or wite wife to be eivir 9 within t hat bat time also nothing herein contained ta 1 4 shall extend to any person who isor is or s hall hali bo be at the time of said second marriage divorced by lawful authority from the bond of such former marriage carriage or to any when the former marriage of such euch person has been by lawful authority declared void vold seo beo 2 that feany if any male person within this thia territory hereafter cohabits with more than tharl one woman he ha shall be guilty of a felony and on convie conviction tim thereof shall stall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and by imprisonment not more than ono one year seo sec 3 that counts for any or all ali of the offenses of named in sections one and two of this act may be joined in one indictment seo see C 4 upon the trial of any person for violation of the provisions of this act it shall bo be sufficient cause of challenge te any person drawn as juryman or man first that ahat ho be Is or has been livinia in the practice rr acice of bigamy or unlawful cohabitation with more than one woman or that he has been guilty of an all offense punishable by either of the foregoing sections sect lens or 1 hag bag he believes it right for a man to have more than one ono or wite wee at the same time or to live in practice ot of cohabitation with more mom than one woman and any person appearing or offered as a juror or and is challenged on either of the foregoing ground grounds st may be questioned on his oath as aa to the existence of any such cause causo P of challenge and other evidence may be introduced bearing upon the question raised ra Is by such challenge and this question shall bo be tried by tae gle court courte but as to the first grounds rounds of challenge before mentioned the person challenged shall not be bound to answer if he shau shall say upon his oath that ho be declines on the ground that hla bis answer may inay tend to criminate himsel himself ft and it if he shall answer as to said sald fint finst ground his bis answer shall shail not be given in evidence in any criminal pro against lis ils him am for any offense offence named la sectors one and two of thia this act |
