Show STILL ANOTHER representative woodburn pre pares a little bill A MEDIEVAL all for tho benefit of tho mor mons prominent utah gentiles approve it be western aadil preg to aba feb 28 representative woodburn of nevada will tomorrow introduce in the house aa anti polygamy bill which has received the approval of prominent gentiles in utah and has been submitted to members of the judiciary committees of both houses in its preamble it recited that the united stat and provided for the punishment of bigamy polygamy and unlawful cohabitation in the ries and for the disqualification of persana guilty of such of lensea to vote or hold office that the act of giving aid counsel advice or encouragement and thereby procuring tho commission of such should be made a crime punishable with equal severi ty there exists in utah a sect which in its creed holds as one of its fundamental principles and as a sacramental rite and duty of its members to practice unlawful cohabitation that high priests leaders and members thereof claiming to be inspired by and acting in obedience to authority TO TUB STATES do openly and publicly counsel advise and command the members of aard sect to commit said offenses offen sea in open and professed defiance to and in contempt of the laws of the united states anday reason of euch counsel advice and command many ands of the members of said sect have been induced to commit said oll anses and are now living and cohabiting with a plurality of so called wives and c but escape the pun said offenses by SECRET and various corrupt influences which the of political majorities enables the leaders of said sect to exercise all ot which bringa jhc thc laws and authority of the united states aiuto and contempt and render llie same of no eu act the bill is as follows sec 1 thai no person who shall hereafter directly or indirectly counsel encourage or advise others to marry thavee consort or coti abit with any person other than or husband who is a mem tier or shall contribute to the support of any or association of any whatever which authorizes th counsels encourages or permits any of members its to marry have consort or cohabit with more than one woman at the same time shall vote at any election held in any territory of the united states or be eligible for election or appointment to or be entitled to hold any office or PLACE OP PUBLIC TRUST honor or emolument in under or for any territory of the united stales of america or under the united states in either of said territories nor shall any such person be entitled to locate or make settlement upon or acquire title to any of the lands of the public domain of the united states of america or be eligible to serve as a juror in or for any court ift either of tho said territories sec a that no person in either of alie territories of the united states shall be registered as a voter or vote at any election who upon being challenged upon either of the grounds get forth in section one of thial net shall refuse 0 o TAKE to the following oath 1 solemnly swear that I 1 if a man do not cocab it with more than one woman or if a woman that I 1 do act cohabit with a man having more than one giving and wife and that ado I 1 not directly or indirectly counsel and encourage ar adriao others to marry have consort or cohabit with more than one woman at one and the same time and am not a member and do not contribute to or port any organization or association which authorizes counsels enczur abea or jp ermita any of its members to marry have consort or cohabit with more than one woman at one and the same time under any form name or pretense whatsoever so help me god seca that f any person who shall take the batti set forth in sec S of this act either to qualify as a voter juror orto or locate upon public ands shall yAlA ELY such be guilty of perjury and on conviction cherof shall be pun by fia opt exceeding and bo fora time not ex 14 yes nor leas ahn six months r sect 5 that every person who shall hereafter locate bettle mo u ants upon any noflie lands of the public domain or seek ty acquire title thereto eliell take and subscribe to beet finh ia section 2 of this act before a proper gen eral law department inthe district in which such lands may be situated sec 6 bollor ragi atry atina nr knot under the laws of territories of the united stacee hereto are hereby declared void and croper registration commissioners supervisory a of election in the several are hereby and directed before any general election bt held in their respective territories or elf filon districts to new liao eligible to volo or hold office under the of this net sec every person elected or appointed tonny or place of public trim honor or emolument in under or for auy of the united or under tho united staica in either of ald shall before entering upon the duties of said office in addition to alic usual oath of office take and subscribe to tho oath set forth in section 2 orthis act |