Show HON EON WM winf JENNINGS DIS FRANCHI franchised SEb THE commission GIVE AN advell ADVERSE DECISION IN HIS CASE OFFICE OF T THE commission balt bait lake city utah june 13 83 william jennings Jer erg eeg sir bir I 1 have the honor to transmit to you the following order of the commission william jennings appeared before the commission on monday june lith 1883 and made the following statement 1 I decided not to register last year yearl but appeared before the tile deputy regi attan attar of 0 the third balt hait lake city precincts precinct on saturday june ath 1883 and took the oath prescribed proscribed by ruie rule XI 11 of the rules det dat denning ining laing the dauee of the registration Beg reg officers and was duly registered subsequently I 1 received notice from the deputy registrar that my name had been stricken from tilo tile list of voters of said pra cirlot by the direction of thomas C 33 aloy floy registration officer for salt bait lake county I 1 entered into a polygamous relation prior to july 1 and continued la in that relation till about the year 1871 at which date my first wife died and I 1 have since bince lived and cohabited with but one wife I 1 therefore claim that I 1 have not entered into any marriage relation fon in violation of law lam and that I 1 am ann entitled to have my name appear on the list of registered of eald bald precinct end and as aels that the action of the registration officer forwald for baid said coun i to be reversed and my name re 1 stored to the liet of voters precinct 21 after duo due consideration by the commission it is ordered that said william jennings ia n within the in meaning of section 8 of the act of congress of march 1882 disc tuai lual idled as a voter and is there to entitled to register or vote L thomas secretary of utah territory |