| Show 4 UTAH commission president dent arthur at last nominates the five men who are aboto to regulate the affairs of our territory lly W to tho Tl wapiti washington aton dT ON juno IG dent lias has no nominated ex senator alex ramsey of ex sanator paddock of nebraska J T godfrey of iowa rowa ambrose B carlton of indiana and jas jag 11 of arkansas to constitute alio llio utah I 1 commission following is tho section of tile id edmunds bill ere creating atida the commission and defining its duties SEC 9 0 that all the registration and election offices of every description in the territory of utah aro are hereby declared vacant and cadi each and every duty relating to the registration of of voters the conduct of elections tho tile receiving or or rejection of votes and the canvassing cag nd returning of alib same and the issuing of certificates or other othe r evidence of election in s said aid territory shall until other provision bo be made by afie ano legislative assembly of said territory ag as hereinafter by this section provided be performed under the existing laws lassof of the tile united states and of said territory by proper persons who shall be appointed to execute such offices and perform such duties by a board of five persons to bo be appointed by the president by tind with the advice and consent of or the senate not more than three of whom shall b be e members cofone political party and a majority of whom bo be ft a quorum the members of said board so appointed by the president shall receive rec a salary at the rate I 1 of Df per annum and shall continue in office until tile lee legislative isla tive assembly of said territory make provision for filling said offices as filer herein cin authorized The Secret secretary ary of the territory shall bo be the secretary of the board and keep a journal of its proceedings and attest the action of 0 f said board under this section the canvass and return of all the votes at elections in said territory for members of the legislative assembly thereof shall also bo be returned to said board which eliell canvass all such returns and issue certificates of election lion to those persons who being eligible for forsu such cli election shall shall appear to have been lawfully elected which certificates shall bo be the only evidence of the right of such person to bit isit in such assembly provided that said board of five persons shall not exclude c any person otherwise cli eligible gible t to 0 vote from the polls on oil account of any opinion such person may L entertain nt ertain on oil tho tile subject of bigamy or polygamy nor shall they refuse to count any such vote on account of tho the opinion 0 p i I 1 on of the tile person casting it on the tile subject b et of bigamy or polygamy but each e c I 1 house of such assembly after its organization have power to decide upon the elections and qualifications of its members and at or after the first meeting of said legislative assembly whose members shall have been elected and returned according to the of this act r said aid legislative assembly may make s such laws conformable to the organic act of said territory and not inconsistent with other laws of the united states as it deem proper concerning the filling of the offices in said territory declared vacant by this act |
