Show stir the tile case of the 11 S is VS the mormon mornion church THREE MILLION Is the amount said to be involved and which WILL BE RECOVERED by the government if possible under tho the EDMUNDS TUCKER LAW liw the section sections according tol which action has beta Tl tlitha itnA A bigjoe for Dist district riot attorney beten reten the edmunds tucker law as ill a generally culled called approved march 1887 provide provides for euit suit to be brought against the mormon church by tile government to receive certain a alleged property over and above a given mount amount the law also contains provisions against polygamy pol gamy ful cohabitation adultery and other public of fen e s some of these provisions have been put in operation and it is 19 now learned that attorney general garland through district attorney peters of the third judicial district has brought suit a against the church to recover all the property in excess of the al a lowed bylaw by also a suit lias has been entered to tho the ual emigration fund company and recover 1000 a alleged to be on hand the amount in in the first suit aggregates the defendant in in the above action is the Tru trustee itee in trust of the church and the twelve as co defend ants the defendants have until sept to file an answer the sections under chich these those suits suit have been brought are the following I 1 BET sst 13 it shall be the duty of the attorney general of the united states to institute and prosecute pro to and landeche escheat it to tho the united state states the property of corpora lions obtained or held in violation of section 3 of the act of Cong congress reps approved fr oved the lot 1st day of july entitled an act to punish and prevent the practice pric tice of poll polygamy gamy in the tern terri anoa of the united states and other places and disapproving and annul ing certain acts of tho the legislative assembly of the territory of utah or in violation of section eighteen hundred and ninety of the revised statutes of the united states and all euch such property so forfeited and bechet ed to the united states shall be disposed of by the secretary of the interior and and the proceeds thereof applied to the use and benefit of the common schools in the territory in which such property may may bo be provided that no building or tile grounds appurtenant thereto bich ie is held and occupied exclusively for purposes of the worship of god or parsonage connected therewith or burial ground shall bo forfeited sec 15 that all laws of the tile legislative isla tive assembly of the territory of utah or of lie file so called government of the state of deserae De beret creating organizing gan izing amending or continuing tho the corporation or association asro cution called ho the perpetual I 1 emigrating mie rating fund company are hereby disapproved and annulled and the said corporation in so far as it may now h have ive or pretend to have any irgal existence iett is hereby dissolved and it shall not be lawful for the legislative assembly Afe of the tile territory of uenh to create organize or in in any manner recognize any euch such corporation po ration or association or to piss pass any law for lie ilia purpose of or operating to accomplish the lie bringing of pr sone in into tho the ead territory for any purpose whatsoever io 10 th that it shall be tho tile duty of the attorney general of tho the united states to cause euch such proceeding to joe be tal cn into lie the supreme hie court cour of t be territory of utah ss as shall lie ile proper to carry into effect tha provisions of tile preceding i ng section and r pay ay tho tile debba and to dispose of the tile property propel prop eity ty and assets of said corporation according to law bald said property and assets in in excess of tho the debts and the amount of any lawful claims caime established by bv the tile court against the salue r hall liall crell eat to the united state states and shall be taken deposed disposed of by the secretary of the interior under the tile direction dirtion of the president of the united states for the tile benefit of common schools in said territory TUB feic SEC fei c 17 that the acts of the legisla tive as embly of the territory of utah incorporating continuing or providing for tho tile corporation linoal n aa ho tile church of jesus christ of latter day saints and the ordinance of the eo SO called general assembly of the state of Iles deseret cret incorporating the church of jesus christ of latter day quinte so far as tho the samo same may way now ha hivo ve 10 gal E dorco orco and validity are hereby disapproved and annulled and tho the eaid said corporation in eo fur far ae as it may now have hay 0 or pretend to haye have any legal existence ene tonce la is hereby dir dissolved solved that it ishall be tho the duty of the attorney general of he the united states to guso euch such proceedings proceeding to jo bo be taken talia to fa t aba su aerne court of the terr 1 7 I 1 utah as shall bo be proper to execute the tile foregoing provisions provia ious of this section and to wind up lie tile affairs afla iri of F aid paid corporation corr oration conformably to law and in buch such prom proceedings edinge the court shall have power and it shall be ite its duty to make such decree or decrees as shall bo be proper to effectuate the transfer of the title to real property now held and used by eaid said corporation for places of worship and parson ages connected therewith and burial grounds and of tho the description mentioned in the proviso to section thirteen of this act and in section twenty eix six of this act to the respective true tees mentioned in section twentysix twenty six of this act and tor for the purposes of this section said court shall have all the powers of a court of equity |