Show f I OFFERED IN SENATE f Present Definition Amended h by New Clause to b h Sub- Sub 1 4 a distinction between between- po polygamy 10 J g ih and bigamy am W tJI a lIne lino based r on n public l knowledge g of the evil e re re- of the he guilty parties Senator t V. N. N Williams introduced introduced- an 01 in In lii the natt yesterday The 1 bill amends the prel present definition defini t U tion tl ti of or p polygamy b by Inserting Inserting- a L pro- pro I n thai when a a. man I Is I known it In tho tic community to be a married mat man man all and tal takes lakes c another wife wIfe- he Is guilty guilt of polygamy while If he is lit not hOt known to be 10 H D. D married man mall In the community whore where he JI lives or where th the marriage man i i- i consummated he Is guIlty guilt of bigamy The punishment as aM In the old law found In M sectIon I 08 of the revised of or 1898 is a fine of not It less s Kian tian and anti Imprisonment for not le lilis Ilois s than fi five years eais The rhe same sarn punishment punishment punish punish- ment mont applies t to hl bigamy omy Th proposed cl amendment to the existing statute I Is as s follows follow the nil new matter being In black face ace type type- 1 Every man who hn has han a wife living lI mill and vii Ii is publicly 11 In lii till lui nit hero he lie resides rel or 01 brie the hit e t I K b l to be bc bea beit It a married inin wh who hereafter mariles marries mar mar- ries iles another woman woman whether married or single and ui-id any man who hereafter simultaneously or on the same tiny day a marries more than one waman is guilty of M polygamy and ami shall be punished by a tine One of not more mor than five hundred hun h tired dred dollars and by Imprisonment nt in state stallS prison on for fr a term of not more mor than in live lIvo year car but this section shalL Khali not ilOt extend to an all person Ierson by reason of any former r marriage whose hose wife vie b by I such Huoh marriage n sho shall II have been absent for Ov five Rucce l e years cars and is js not I known to sue such pcr person on to be living and andIs Is IJ believed e by such person to be dead not nor to an any by y reason o of an any former r marriage which shall Rhall have ben been dissolved ed b by a valid decree d-cree clee o of a competent nt court nor to an any perl- perl person peon b by reason of an any former Cormel marriage which shall have havo been pronounced void by a Valid decree declo of or a competent court on 00 the tho ground o of nullity of or the marriage contract Th lh liu new V to to be he known n aa as defining t bIgamy bigam is aa as folio follows fol fol- I io lows U ws 1208 A. A Every Evely person who has hn a husband or 01 wife living Ir and nod who ho Is not publicly known in iii the community I where he or 01 she re resides l eH or wh whore r the offense is committed d to be bc a n married i person soil who hereafter marries another an an- oU oUr other r married or 01 single Is guilty of bigamy and shall bo be punished punI pun pun- I I he b by a fin One flue of or not mote more than that five lle hun hundred dollars dollan anti and lJ by Imprisonment i in the tho state tate prison for a term of riot not moro more titan than five years yeats car but this shall hall not c extend to any person penson by byson I son On o of till nn any former fonner e rt wi wife or 01 husband by such tuch igo shall shull have l been absent for foi live e I r lve sive years tal an and Is not hot known uch person to bo 10 living and Js b l b t-hl t to tobe tobe be dead nor nOl to ton n any rc reason of lit any former h jall alI have hl been heen ll h by a J alid tJi of ji a competent court COUlt nOfU a any per per- h by lii of all any fu It l 3 shall have o b be bl tc j i by IU- IU hy a n. valid decre o court on nn the ground 1 ny oty o of the marriage contract f I Ii 1 i I |