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Show H Article XVn. H WATKIl MOUTH iH Section 1. Alt exIntlnR rights tn tlie 1 tme of nny of tlio WnterB In this Mate B for nny ureful or beneficial purpose, H lire hereby recoKnlied nnd coiiflrmvd. H Article XVIII. fl KOUnSTUY. B Hectlon 1. Tho legislature nliiill en- net laws to prevent the destruction of LB nml to preserve the- forests on the B Inmls of the Btnto, nnd upon nny part LH of tho public domnln, the control of M which may bo conferred by Congress H upon the Stnte. 1 Article XIX. 1 I'MllMC 11UII.DINOB AND HTATI3 M l U" INBTITUTIONH. M Section 1. All Institutions nnd other ptoperty of the Territory, upon the m adoption of this Constitution, nhnll be- H come tho Institutions and property of LH tho Htate of Utuh. , , oCc. 2. Keformntory nnd penal In-M In-M stltutlons, and thoBe for the Iwiiollt of fio Insane, Wind, Uenf and Dumb, M nnd such other Institutions jib "" B llo Boo.1 may require, nhnll be estnl -M Hulled and supported by the State In M such manner nnd under Mich ''""'J8 M of control ns may bo prescribed by law. H flee 3. The public Institutions of the H Btnto nro hereby permanently located H nt the places hereinafter named, end H to have tho lands Bpeclllcally granted H to It by the United Htates In the net H of Congress, npproved July 10, Kit, to H bo disposed of and used In bucIi man-B man-B ner ns the Legislature may provide 1 First Tho scat of government and H the Htate Fair nt Bait Lake City, and 1 the Btato l'rlson 111 the county of Halt H Lake. Bccond Tho Institutions for the M Dent nnd Dumb nnd the Hllnd, and H the Btnto Reform Hcliool. nt Ogdcn 1 City, In the county of Weber. M Third Tho Htnte Insane Asylum nt I'rovo City, In tho county of .Utah. H Artlclo XX. H 1'UIIUC LANDB. ! Hcctlon 1. All lands of the Btnte B that havo been or may hereafter bo 1 granted to the Btnto by Congress, nnd 1 nil lands acquired by gift, grant or devise, from nny person or corpora- HBh tlon, or thnt may otherwlso bo nc- H quired, are hereby accepted, and de- H rlared to bo tho public Inndl of the B Htnte: nnd shall bo held In trust for H the people, to be disposed of as may H be provided by law. for the respective H purposes for which they have b'fii or 1 may be granted, donated, ile Ised or otherwise acquired H Artlclo XXI. fl HALAlllKB. H Section 1. All Htnte, district, city. H county, town nnd school ofllcers, ex- H ceptlng nbtnrtcs public, boards of ar- bltratlon, Court Commissioners. Jus- I tlccn of thn I'caco nnd Constables, I shall be pnld fixed nnd definite sal- I nrlcs: Frovldcd, that city Justices I may bo paid by salary when so deter- I mined by tho Mayor nnd Council of f" such I Sec. 2. The Legislature shall pro- I vldo by law the fees which shall be I ml Ice led by nil ofllcers within tho I Btnte. Notnrles public, boards of nr- I bltrntlon. Court Commissioners. Jus- tlccs of tho Peace, nnd Constables paid by fees, slinll nccept snld fees as their full compensation. Hut nil other Htnte. district, county, city, town nnd school oincnrs slinll be required by law to keep u truo nnd correct nccount of nil fees rollcctcd by them, and to pay the Biirnu Into the proper trensury. and the ntllccr whose duty It Is to coll.-ct mirh fees shall be held responsible under his bond for the, same. H Article XXII. ' H MIKCKU.ANKOUS Section 1. Tho Legislature sh ill pro- vldo by law for the selertlon by each head of n fnmlly nnd exemption of a homestead, which limy consist of one or moro parcels of land, together with tho nppurtennnces nnd Improvements thereon, of the vnluo of nt least nrteeu lnuiilrwl dollars, from nalo on ex cu- HHHH nee. J. Kenl and personal estate of every female, acquired before marriage, nnd nil property to which she may nf- terwards becomo entitled b purch.ise, gift, grant. Inheritance or devise, shall bo mid remain the estate and property of such female, nnd shall not be II ible for tho debts, obllgatlonn or engage- ments of her husband, nnd may 1 con- veyed, devised or bequeathed by her as If she were unmarried. H Article XXIII. H AMl:N'DMi:.NTrf B Section 1. Any nmendmtit or amendments to this Constitution may bo proposed In either house of the Leg- Islnture, anil If two-thirds of nil the members elected to each of the two houses slinll vote In favor thereof, such proiiosed amendment or amendments shall bo entered on their respective Journals with tho yens una nas taken K thtreon; nnd tho Legislature slnll cause the same to be published in at lenst one newspaper In every county of the State, where n newspaper Is iiuh- Ilshed. for two months Immediately I preceding the net genernl election, at I which time the snld amendment or nmendments shall be submitted to the r electors of the Htnte for their approval I or rejection, and if n majority of the I ele"torM voting thereon shall approve tp lame, such amendment or amnd- I rr i shall become part of this Constl- " If two or more amendments f ni ,iropoed, they shnll bo so sub- I mltteil iib to ennhlo the electors to vote on each of thorn separately. J Sea 2. 'Whenever two-thirds of the J members elected to each lirnnch of the I Legislature shall deem It necessary to I rnll n convention tn revise or mm ml I this Constitution, they shall recum- T mend to the electors to vote at the next I general election for or ngnlnst n con- W ventlon, nnd. If a mnjorlty of nil tho H electors voting nt such election shill vote lor a com-ntlon the IgWdAturo, nt Its next eslnn nhnll provide by law for calling th- same Him txmven-tlon txmven-tlon shall consist of not lees than the number of membeis In Ixjth branches of the Legislature. Sec 3., No Constitution or amendments amend-ments naopted b such convention shall hnte ulldlt until submitted to nnd adopted by n majorlt) of the electors elect-ors of the State voting at the next general gen-eral election Article XXIV. Si'HL'Dt'LK Se tlon 1. In coder that no Inconvenience Incon-venience mn) ailne by reason of the change fiom a Territorial to a State government, It Is hereby declared that nil writs, actions, prosecutions, Judgments, Judg-ments, claims nnd contracts, us well of Individuals nt of bodies corporate, both public and private, shall continue as If no change lad taken place; and nil process which mny issue, under the authority au-thority of tie Territory of Utah, previous pre-vious to Its udmisslon Into the Union, shall be as talld as If Issued In the name of the Stato of Utah Sec. 2. All laws of the Territory of Utah now ll force, not repugnant to this Constltulon, shall remain In force until they exlre by their own limitations, limita-tions, or nro lltered or repealed by the Legislature. Che act of the Oovernor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory Ter-ritory of Utni, entitled An Act to 1'unlsh I'olynmy ami Other Kindred Offenses," n iroved February 4t A D 1892, In bo fn ns the same defines nnd Imposes pet iltles for polygamy, Is hereby decln ed to be In foice In the State of Utn Sec 3 An person wh' nt the time of the admlslon of the State Into the Union, may o confined under lawful commltmentnor otherwise held to answer an-swer for iillciid violation of any of the criminal Iawdf ihe Territory of Utah, shnll continuity be so held or confined until dlschnrgd therefrom by the proper prop-er courts of tie State Sec 4. Allllnes, penalties nml forfeitures for-feitures nccrihg to the Territory of tory shnll bo valid against to State States In thefTerrltory of Utah, shnll Inure to fhlsVtnte, and alt debts, liabilities lia-bilities nnd qllgntlons of snld Territory Terri-tory shnll b( valid ngalnst the State nnd enfoicedUs may be provided by law. Bee f. All fecognl7nnceH heretofore taken or whin mny be taken before the change frh n Territory to a State government, mil remain illd. and shall pass to hd be prosecuted In the name of the Sate, nnd all bonds executed exe-cuted In the n'ne of the State, and nil bonds execute!, tn the Governor of the Territory or v nny other olllcer or court In his oclielr ofllclnl capacity, or to any olllclal oard for tho benefit of tho Territory Utah, or to the people thereof, shall Jss to the Oovernor or other officer, tfirt or board nml his or their successo' In olllce, for the uses therein respect dy expressed, nnd mny bo sued on nii recovery hail accordingly. accord-ingly. Assess taxes nnd all revenue, property, renl, tersonal or mixed, nnd nil Judgmentv bonds, specialties, chosen In nclb claims and debts, of whatsoeVer'lpllpllort. nnd nil records nnd public arb ea of the Territory of Utnh, shnll IsA- and vest In the Btnte of Utah nndliy bo sued for nnd recovered re-covered In thMime mnnner nnd tn tho same extent , i the State of Utnh ns tho name coul inve been by the Territory Terri-tory of Utnh; , id nil flues, taxes, pen-nltles pen-nltles nnd foi tures due or owing to nny county, i nlclpnllty or school district dis-trict therein. the time the State shall bo nilmi d Into tho Union, nro hereby respect- ely nsslgned nnd transferred, trans-ferred, nnd til samo shall be payable to the countMlmuntclpallty or school district, ns thllcnse mny be, nnd pav-ment pav-ment thereof lfoiced under the laws of the Stnto. Sec. 6. All c mlnnl prosecutions nml penal actions hlch may have nrlsen, or which mny ulse before the change from n Tcrrlt lal to a State government, govern-ment, and wh( i shall then be pending shall be pros uted tn Judgment nnd execution In tl name of Ihe Stnte, nnd In the court 1 ivlng Juris ll tlon there, of All offensls comtnltt.il ngnlnst the laws of tho T rrltory nf t'tnh before I the change om a Territorial to a j State governw nt. nnd will' h shnll not , hnve been p osecuted before such change, may b prosei uted In the name nnd by the nithoilty of the stnte nf Utah, with llkl effect ns though such change had nit taken place, and all penalties Incu red sl&ll remain the same ns If th: Constitution had not been ndopted, Beo. 7. All at Ions, cases, proceedings nnd matters landing In the Supremo nnd District Courts of the Territory of Utnh, nt tho flme the Stato shall be admitted into Ihe Union, nnd all files, lecords and Indictments relating thereto, there-to, except asotlerwlse provided herein, shall Ik appropriately transferred to tho Supreme aid District Courts of the Stnto respectivel) , nnd thereafter all such notions, matters nnd ciihs shall be proceeded vflth In the proper Stnto courts. AH actions, cases, proceedings nnd matters w fib h shall be pending In the District Coir's of the Territory of Utnh nt tho time of the admission of tho State Into th Union whereof the United Stntes Circuit or District Courts might havo had Jurisdiction had there been a Htnte government nt the time of the commencement thereof respectively, shall be transferred to the proper United Stttes Circuit nnd Dls- 1 trlct Courts respectively nnd nil files, records, Indictments nnd pioccedlngs relating thereto, shall bo transferred to said United States Courts. Provided, Thnt no civil actions, other than causes and proceedings ot which the snld United States CcurtB shall hnve exclusive ex-clusive Jurlsdlcthn, shnll be trans- ferred to either cf snld United Htntes Courts, except Un motion or petition by ono of tho parties thereto, made under un-der und In ncenrdinco with tho net or nets of the Congress ot the United Htates, nnd such motion nnd petition not being made, nil such canes shall be proceeded with In the proper State courts. Hec. 8. Upon a chnnge from Territorial Terri-torial to Stnto government the seal In use by th Supreme rourl of the Territory Ter-ritory of t'tnh, until otherwise provided by law, shall pass to and become the sent of the Supreme Court of the State, nnd the severnl district courts of the Stnte mny adopt seals for their respective re-spective courts, until otherwise provided pro-vided by law Sec 9 When the Stnte Is admitted Into the Union, and the district courts in the respective districts nre organized, organ-ized, tho lxoks ri ords papers and proceedings of the Probate Court in each county, and all causes and matters mat-ters of administration pending therein, upon the expiration of th" term of office of the Probate Judge on the second Monday In January, 1896, shall pass Into In-to the Jurisdiction and possession of th district courts, which shall proceed to flnnl Judgment or decree, order or other determination In the several matters mat-ters nnd causes as the Territorial Probate Pro-bate Court might have done If this Constitution had not been ndopted. And until the expiration of the term of olllce of the Probate Judges such probate pro-bate Judges shall perform the duties now Imposed upon them by the laws of the Teirltory The dlstilct courts shall have appellate nnd revisory Jurisdiction Juris-diction over the decisions of the probate pro-bate courts as now provided by law, until such latter courts expire by limitation limi-tation Sec 10 All ofllcers, civil and military, mili-tary, now holding their olllces and appointments ap-pointments In this Territory by authority author-ity of law. shall continue to hold and excrclsu their respective olllces npd appointments, ap-pointments, until superseded under this Constitution Provided, Thnt tho provisions pro-visions of this section shall be subject to the provisions of the Act of Congress, Con-gress, providing for the ndmlsslon of the State of Utnh, approved by the President of the United States on July 16, 1891. Sec. It. The election for the adoption or rejection of this Constitution and for State otllcers herein provided for, shall bo held on the Tuesday next nftcr tho first Mondny lu November. 1S95, nnd shall be conducted according Co the laws of the Territory nnd the provisions of the Lnnbtlng Act, the votes cast nt snld election shall be cauvussed nnd returns re-turns made In the same manner ua was provided for In the election for the delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Con-vention. Provided, Thnt all male citizens of tho United .States, over the nge of twenty-ono yenrs, wlu hnve resided In this Territory for one yenr next prior to i-ueh election, nre hereby authorized to vote for or against tho adoption of this Constitution nnd for the Stnte ofllcers ofll-cers herein provided for. The returns of snld election shnll be mnde to the Utah Commission, who shall cause the same to be runvnssed, nnd shall certify the tesult of the vote for or against the Constitution, to the President ot the United Htntes lu the manner required by the Enabling Act, nnd said Commission Com-mission shall Issue certificates of election elec-tion to the persons elected to . snld otllces severally, nnd shall mnke and tile with the Secretary ot tho Territory an abstract, certllled to by them, of tho number of votes cast for each person for ench of said olllces, nnd of the total number of votes enst In each county Sec. 12. The State otllcers to be voted fur at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be a tlovernor. Secretary Sec-retary of State, Stnte Auditor, State Treasurer. Attorney-Oeneral. Superintendent Superin-tendent of Public Instruction, members of the Scnnte and House of Itepresentn-tlves, Itepresentn-tlves, three Supreme Judges, nine District Dis-trict Judges and u Representative to Congrens. Sec 13. In case of n contest of election elec-tion between candldntes, at tho tlrst genernl election under this Constitution, Constitu-tion, for Judges of the district courts, the evidence shall be taken lu the manner man-ner prescribed by tho Territorial Inws, and the testimony so tnken shall be certified to the Secretary of State, and said olllcer, together with tho Qovornor nnd tho Treasurer of the Stnte, shnll review the evidence and determine who Is entitled to the certlllcutu of election. Sec 14 This Constitution shall be submitted for adoption or rejection, to n vote of the qualified electors of the proposed State, nt '.he genernl election to bo held on tho Tuesdny next nfter the llrst Monduy lu November, A. D, 1K95 At the said election the ballot shall bo In the following form I'nr the Constitution Yes. No. As a heading to each ot said ballots theie shall be printed on ench ballot the following instructions to voters-All voters-All persons desiring to vote for the Constitution must eraso the wonl "No," All persons desiring to vote ngnlnst the Constitution must erase tho word "Yes." Sec. 15. The Legislature, nt its first session, shall provide for the election of nil ofllcers whose election Is not pro-vlded pro-vlded for elsewhere In this Constitution, Constitu-tion, nnd II x tho time for the jom-menccmcut jom-menccmcut and duration ot their terms. Sec. 16. The provisions of this Constitution Con-stitution nhnll be in force from the dny on which tho President of the United States shall Issue his proclamation, declaring de-claring the Stnte ot Utnh ndmltted Into tho Union, nnd the terms of nil oillcers ) elected nt the first election under the provisions of this Constitution shall commence on the first Monday next succeeding the Issue of said proclnma- i tlon Their terms of ofllco shnll expire when their successors nre elected nnd qualified under this Constitution Done In convention nt Salt Lake City, ' In tho Territory of Utnh. this dny j nf May, In tho year ot our Lord, ono ! thousand eight hundred nnd ninety- I five, nnd nf the Independence of the United States tho one hundred nnd ' nineteenth year. I Praise undeserved Is scandal In disguise, j Iope. i Great mischiefs happen more often from folly, meanness and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition. am-bition. Ilurke. When a man Is wrong and won't nil ml t It, he always got angry. Malabar Proverb. Pro-verb. A woman's Idea of a Joke Is something that will worry a man, Milwaukee Journal. Jour-nal. The fool Is the person who tells vain people the plain truth about themselves, Galveston Newj. |