Show AN all ACT DEFINING ane THE CRIME OF poLya POLYGAMY Amy ame AND PROVIDING eor nor THE punishment THEREOF be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the territory of iddoo as jol jot follows loma lowa section 1 if any person or persons within this territory being married or who shall hereafter marry do at any time marry any person or persons the former husband or wife being alive or any person who shall shail within this territory cohabit with and maintain the marital relation with any woman whether under the name of celestial marriage plural marriage or by any other name or designation Ignat fon fod such person having at the time a wife or husband living the person so eo omm off mending lending shall on conviction thereof bo be punished by a fine flee not exceeding five thousand dollars and by imprisonment not lees lebs than one year or more than ten years upon the trial of any person for a violation of any of the provisions of this section it shall not be necessary ebsary casary to prove any marriage by record evidence but the tho same may be proved by the acts and admissions of any of the parties to is marriage marital relation cohabitation celestial marriage or plural marriage and any party to such marriage marital relation cohabitation celestial marriage or plural marriage shall bo be a competent witness upon such trial and when such second marriage shall have taken place without this territory coh cob cohabitation ab in this territory after such second marriage shall be deemed the commission of the crime of polygamy nothing shall extend to any person or persons rhosa husband or wife shall bhail have been continually absent from such parson or persons persona for a period of five years together prior to such sueh second marriage and he ha or she not knowing such husband or wife to be div living within that time also nothing herein contained shall extend to any person who Is or shall lo be 10 at the time of the second divora ed by lawful authority from the bond of such former marriage or to any person when the former marriage of such person hns has been by lawful aw authority declared vold void bee sec 2 that if any male person within this territory herauf hereafter ter ten cohabits with more than one woman ho he shall be deemed guilty of a felony and on conviction thereof shall bo be punished by a fine of not more than one thou and dollars and by imprisonment for not more than five years sec bec 3 that counts for any or all of tho lenses offenses of named in sections one and two of this act may be joined in the gime bime game same indictment bee see 4 upon the trial of any person for violation of any of the provisions of this act it shall snail be clent cause of challenge to any person drawn or summoned as a juryman or tales taleb man maD first that he is or has been living in the practice of bigamy polygamy or unlawful cohabitation with more than one woman or that he has been guilty of an punishable by either of the foregoing sections or second that he believes it right for a man to have more than one living and wife wire at the earne same time or to ilvo live 11 vo in the practice of cohabitation with more than one woman and any person appearing or offered as a juror or and challenged on either of the foregoing grounds may be questioned oil on his hig oath as aa to the existence of any such cause of challenge and other evidence may be introduced bearing upon tho the question raised by such challenge and this question shall be tried by the court but as to the dirst first ground of challenge before mentioned tho the poison pat pal son challenged shall not be bound to answer if ho he shall bay say upon his oath that ho he declines on the ground that his answer may tend to crl cri minate criminate himself and if he bo shall answer to said first ground his answer shall not le be given in evidence in any criminal prosecution se against him bim for any offense offence named in sections ono one and two of this act sec see 5 section of tho the act entitled glan gran an act concerning crimes and punishments ments menta approved january 14 1875 Is ia hereby repealed eee gee 6 this act to be in force from and after its approval by the tho governor |