| Show THE ANTI POLYGAMY BILL hie be measure introduced la in the utah yesterday the following is the full fall text of the liati pa agamy measure introduced into the lower branch of the utah legislature arto vester dav afternoon by hou hon win 11 king of millard county A BILL for an act for otar the I 1 punishment of polygamy and other offenses 1 1 be it enacted by the governor an and legislative Ass assembly emOly of the territory orv of utah that every person abo has bits a a or wife living jiving who lu lit reatter marries another whether married or single and any mau who hereafter reatter be simultaneously or on OB the same day dax mardes man lea more than one woman it is guilty of polygamy and ibal he be punished by a floe fine of not mote than and imprisonment for a term ot of not more than five years but this shall not extend to guy any by reason of of any former marriage whose husband or wife by such marriage shall have been absent for live five consecutive years and is not known to such person to be living and is id believed by such person to oe dead nor to any person by reason of any former marr marriage fage which shall have been pronounced void by a valid decree of a competent court on the ground of nullity of the marriage contract 3 2 that it if any mate male person hereafter cohabits with more than one oae woman he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not cot more than or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or ey ay both said punishments in lathe the discretion of the court provided in all cases of unlawful ul cohall matlob sexual intercourse shall be proved as an essential element of the oft nse s e sac 3 that whoever whoever commits adultery shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding three years and when the wat ace is committed between a married woman and a man ano abo le ie unmarried both parties to an such eb act shall ne be deemed guilty of adultery und and when such euch act fcc is id committed between a married man and a woman who is unmarried the man shall be deemed guilty of adultery provided loaf a conviction or acquittal aude this act or any act of congress upon an indictment charging o unlawful cohabitation or adultery with the same person within the bame period oi of time shall be a bar to a prosecution for tue lae other offense provided further that persons li in polygamous relationship lation ship upon the pass passage aize of the act shalliot shall not ot billable bel be liable lable to prosecution for K ad adultery sim i 4 that it any person related to soothe another r person pie r son mouin and not including g tile the fourth auth r degree of consanguinity corn computed u te according c to the rules rulea of the civil ivi law iw ha shall I 1 marry or have sexual intercourse witti wito such other so related person I 1 knowing her or him to be within said degree of relationship the person so offending shall be deemed guilty ot ol incest and on conviction thereof shall be i imprisoned in the penitentiary not bot less than three years and not more than fifteen years sice 5 that if an unmarried man or woman commit fornication both bath of them shall be punished punish edby by imprisonment not exceeding six months or by a fine not exceeding |
