Show THE UTAH JUDICIARY ow N the seventh sev anth of ferrua february ry the follow ins ns bill in relation to courts and I 1 ludi ciary ilary proceedings in the Territories was prepared by Dele delegate gale gaie brent of washington territory and adopted by the house committee as a substitute for H B R 1720 and 2949 2912 9 be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled that the supreme court of ever territory shall consist of a chief justice and three associate justices any three of whom shall constitute a quorum and they shall bold their officers for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified they shall hold a term annually at the seat of government go vern ment of the territory for which ther are respectively appointed pro fro bided however that no justice shall act as a member of the supreme court in any action or proceeding brought to such court by writ of error bill of exceptions or appeal from a decision agin judgment ent or decree rendered by him as a judge jud of a district court sec see 2 that every territory shall be divided into four judicial districts and a court shall bi be held in each district of the territory by one of the justices of the supreme court at such time and place us as may be prescribed by law and each judge after as assignment signe sign e nt shall reside in the district to which he is isas assigned signel I 1 temporarily and until otherwise provided by law the till governor of each territory jy not now divided into four judicial districts shall by proclamation denne detine the judicial districts for such territory assign the judges thereto and fix times and places for holding court therein provided that no process proceeding order judgment or decree of any cour coue court of any territory issued had made or rendered prior to the taking effect of such executive order shall be invalidated or affected by the provisions hereof this is a good bill in the main and contains no features except the provision that the supreme caunt shall hold a term annually if this is intended to limit its terms to one a year as it appears to us is the effect of the language it is 6 unwise there should be at least two terms a year as now provided by law that appeals may not be too long protracted it is generally recognized as improper that a judge who has rendered ade a decision cislon should be permitted to act as part of the court to which his judgment is appealed utah needs another judicial district and consequently another judge and we hope some law will be passed this session embodying the main provisions of the brent bill blen and at the same time increasing the salaries to a figure proportionate to the services required |