Show MADE BY THE COX CON COMMITTEE ova special from washington conveys I 1 important intelligence in relation to the progress of df the pending congressional sl onalle legislation g against the be liberties of the people of utah some of et the worst features have bare been eliminated by b y the conferees but no amount of cutting short of obliteration ca can n render tt it other than a hideous and unjustifiable measure what that the me reader way may clearly understand an it der stand the nature of the work mork 0 of the committee so far as it has proceeded we present the c chanres h anges indicated ty by A the e in a simpli simplified fled shape the portions of the bill stricken out or without substitution aroa are printed flu in small type following is the section of the sen senate ote edmunds bill substituted substitute do iff for Sect section lion 9 of the tucker amendment 19 thit that whoever commits adultery shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeds exceed mg three years tears and when the act is committed between emar a remarried ried woman and a man who is unmarried both parties to such act shall be dreen deemed od of adultery and when such act is committed between a married man mah and a woman oman who to la unmarried the man shall ow be deemed gull guilty ty of adultery I 1 here is the dead section supplanted by toe the foregoing loreff sze 9 that when sexual emual intercourse is ommittee between a mar of one sex ex and an uni unmarried named person of the other sex aex both persons shall ato allbe be deemed guilty of adultery and ad shall upon pox conviction thereof be ed by fine not exceeding or orby by imprisonment not exceeding three mouth sor or bothic both in the discretion of the COWL court the following sect sections IOUS of th tho house bill are stricken strick eB out it sue 11 that th the marriage relation ioan between one ofie person of either tax ex and more tann one person peron of abe akos oter sox ex khall be deemed Imly polygamy gamy polygamy or any m ud or cohabitation between via sexes to is hereby heby do dared to td be a felony and shau shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for a term of not less than ow ont y year ear nor more than five years yeam and the co continuance ut nuance of the polygamy oly gamy or polygamous association or cohabitation between tho sexes after any i in or other legal proceeding is is coil coin fenced against any person shall be deemed a new offense tense of punishable as aforesaid 13 that atiat nothing in this act contained shill shall be construed to repeal the act of congress entitled an act to amend section fifty three hundred and fifty two of the statutes of the united baates in reference to bigamy and for other purposes approved march id 1882 but the pro ri of said act except in so tar far as they are repugnant tp top this act shall be applicable to this act as it herein expressly mentioned sin and d the power given to the president Pies ident by the sixth section of said act shall be applicable to tre the offenses created by this act the following section ot of the senate bill has been adopted as a part of df th the e report of the abe committee in place of the section of toe the same number of the house bill billa ste 16 that it shall be the duty of the ahe attorney general of the united states to cause such proceedings to be in the supreme court ot ol the territory of utah as shall be proper to dissolve the said abid corporation and pay the debts and to dispose of the property and assets thereof according to law said property and assets in excess of the debts and the amount of any law ful claims established by the against the same shall escheat to the united states State sand and shall be taken invested and disposed of by the secretary of the interior under the direction of abe president of the united states for the benefit of common schools in said territory here is the section of the abe house bill discarded by the conferees the one immediately foregoing being substituted sze SEC 16 That it shall be the duty of the attorney general of the united states to cause such proceedings to be taken in the supreme court of 04 the territory of utah as shall 11 h ll 11 be proper to declare void and to dissolve olve the said corporations mentioned in the preceding section and in the alth section of this acta act and pay the debts and to dispose of the property properly and assets thereof according to law and equity the following section hh has been stricken out oat by the conference committee 17 That the eleventh eleventh elf of the tb third 4 rd section of the ac act t entitled AH act in relation ti to courts and judie judicial I 1 officers of the territory of utah ap approved june 1874 be and the same Is ia hereby aux amended ended to so as to read us as follows A writ of error VOM the supreme court f the united states state to the supreme court of the said territory abdill lie in au all cri criminal i al cases case where 4 e t the a accused ball have ben sentenced to capital punishment or convicted of bigamy polygamy or unlawful cohabitation bitanio bit atio or of f say any offense under the act entitled an act to amend section lection fifty three hundred and aad litty Ite statutes of the united statia in reference to bigamy and for other purposes jap approved proved march rand IM 1882 or under this act whether the judgment complained of was rendered before or after the a approval of this act and a writ of error f from rom the supreme court of the united states to the Supreme Court of the territory or an appeal to the supreme court of the united bates from the supreme court of the territory shall likewise lie and be allowed pr or to any decree or judgment rendered dered in any proceeding or suit authorized under the sixteenth section of this act and the supreme court of the United states is authorized to speed all eases cases arising under this section and dispose of them as I 1 promptly as possible without regard to their place upon the docket provided however w that the wr writ it of error or appeal fieroe hereby allowed shall be taken gad and prosecuted prosecute d within the period limited in uke like cases fro from in judgments andi andl decrees of ef the Cire circuit mait courts court of df the united states or within one year from the approval of this act acl in lathe the following section bat verbal changes are made and the proviso in small type Is stricken out IS 16 that all religious societies sects or denominations shall nave have th right to have and to hold bold through trustees appo appointed by the several county courts of the territory so much real property lor for the erection of bouses of worship and for the rest dence ae of min aprie priest t or other religious toa teacher er as a shall I 1 be needed for the coave convenience bence and n use of the several congregations of f auch religious society sect or denomination provided however hever h ever that such real property shall not exceed in an incorporated town or of city ten acres or elsewhere fifty acres cil nor jo shall idl any such society sect meet or denomination have and hold bold except in the value of buildings erected on said real property as aforesaid and iq in the value of the personal property used ed in worship or for the comfort of those assembled theredo there foiL a greater amount in money value than aa falty ty thousand dollars section 22 is ht in relation to dower the committee has stricken out ito if last ast clause which is as follows i the term lawful wife wite wherever used in this statute shall hall be held to mean in all cases of mormon or plural marria the Is first wife and such wife only aban be ll 11 entitled n to dower under toia thia act on the d death e ath of f ker husband section 23 relates to of the territory and ap apportionment of representation tu iu the legislative el assembly in thel th eHouse louse bin bill as it went into le the hands ot the conferees the duty lin in the parti eulais devolved upon the tee governor secretary and U S marshal the utah commission are substituted for the marshal the wording of the test oath section has been subjected to some verbal changes eba but remains substantially the same it is here given without the changes intelligence as to their character in detail rot not having been yet received i that every male person over 21 years of age resident in t the ke territory of utah shall appear before the clerk of the probate court of the county wherein he resides and register himself by his full name with his adoo age place of business his status whether single sing leor or married and it if married the name of his jaff al wife and shall take and subscribe an oath to be filed in said court stating the facts aforesaid and that he be will support the constitution of the united states aud and will faitha faithfully ally obey the laws thereof and especially will obey the law aforesaid approved march twenty and this act in respect of the crimes jn said acts defined and forbidden and that he will not net directly or indirectly aid abet counsel or advise any other person to commit the same no person not so registered or who shall have bare been convicted of ony any crime under this act or under an act to amend section of the revised statutes of the united statch in reference rete renoe to bigamy and for other purposes approved proved sp march 1882 or who shall be a polygamist or shall associate or cohabit polygamous ly with persons of the other sex or who not take and subscribe the oath aforesaid shall be entitled to vote in any election in the territory or be capable of jury service or to hold any office of trust or emolument in the territory the follo following wink sections 26 and 27 have been stricken the exception that the president appoints all probate judges sze 37 27 that the council of chete the Territory 4 of f utah shall hereafter consist of thirteen members appointed by the president by and with the advice and ana consent of the senate every two years the members of f which shall be citizens resident aident re in said territory one to be selected select bd from each district of ahw the Terri territory Lory according to the appointment provided for in the section of this net act sze SEC 24 that all judges of the county county and probate courts and selectmen timen of each county of said territory and all clerks of said courts justices of the peace sheriffs sheriff at constables and other territorial coun county ty district and municipal officers shall hereafter be appointed as follows follow st and all laws to the contrary are hereby repealed repeal ld the president shall have power to nominate and by and with the advice and consent of ef the ti senate enate to appoint all judges and selectmen of the county and probate courts for the term of two years e the said courts shall appoint their clerks erks recorders and registers derland of deeds wills and other papers pi pers by law taw required to be recorded the G governor 0 verno r b by and with the advice aad consent 0 of f t the Is bouncil eo uncil shall have power to appoint all justices of the peace sheriffs constables and all other county district and municipal officers of the territory not herein otherwise provided for the territorial law remains in force in relation to the appointment or election of all other officers officer with the exception of the commis commissioner oner of common schools provided for or in section 28 of the bill that functionary is to be a pointed appointed by the supreme court of the territory territory |