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Show A S.iMTLE COJSTITl'TIOJ. Viiluable nioU to members of th Civil Goierliment Claaaoa. There are four active civil government gov-ernment classes in Brigham City. Each of these classes is now at work forming a constitution for the dawning state of Utah. The most enthusiastic members of the various classes are now devoting considerable thought and careful study to the subject. It will prove an excellent educational lesson in constitution making for all the members. An active member of one of the classes, a gentleman eminently emi-nently qualified for the work, has kindly proffered to furnish The Bugler a sample constitution. It will appear in installments and will be completed in about Bix issues is-sues of the paper. Kd. PREAMBLE. Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty, and relying rely-ing upon His protection and guidance, guid-ance, we the people of Utah, in order to perpetuate the true principles princi-ples of free government, insure justice to all, procure peace, promote pro-mote the interests and happiness of the citizens and transmit to pos- j terity the enjoyment of liberty, d?, in accordance with the provisions of the Enabling Act of Congress, 1 approved the 17th day of July, A. D , 1894, ordain and establish our Constitution, ARTICLE I. BOUNDARIES. Rf-ctton 1. The boundaries of the state of Utah dhall be as follows, fol-lows, to wit: Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the thirty-fourth degree oflongitude westfrom Washington Wash-ington with the forty-second degree north latitude, thence due west on j the forty-second degree of latitude , to a point formed by its intersec-: tion with the thirty-seventy degree j of longitude west from Washington, ' thence due south along the thirty-1 seventh degree of longitude to a j point formed by its intersection with the thirty-seventh degree of north latitude, thence due east on the thirty-seventh degree of lati-, lati-, tu.de to a point formed by its intersection inter-section with the thirty-second degree de-gree of longitude west from Washington, Wash-ington, thence due north along the thirty-second degree oflongitude to a point formed by its intersection with the forty-first degree north latitude thence west on the forty-first forty-first degree of latitude to a point formed by its intersection with the thirty-fourth degree of lorgitude west from Washington, thence due north along the thirty-fourth degree of longitude to the place of the beginning. be-ginning. , article; n. MILITARY RESERVATIONS. Section. 1. So long as the military mili-tary reservations within the boundaries bound-aries of the state of Utah remain military reservations, authority is hereby granted to and acknowledged acknowledg-ed in the United States to exercise exclusive legislation as provided by the Constitution of the United States, in the same extent and with the same effect as if the reservations had been purchased by the United States from the State of Utah; and the Legislative Assembly is authorized author-ized and directed to enact any necessary law or make any regulations regula-tions proper to give effect to this article. Provided, that there be and is hereby reserved to the state the right to serve all legal process of the state, both civil and criminal, upon persons and property found within any of the reservations in all cases where the United States lias not exclusive jurisdiction. Farmer Stcdent. ( To be continued.) |