Show NAilED TO THE CROSS In n Pigs Wrist Bigamy and Polygamy Polyg-amy Incompatible With a Republican Repub-lican Form of Government No Provision for Unlawful Cohabitation Cohabita-tion Fine Not More hal 81000 Imprisonment Not to Exceed Three Yars A Proviso Congress to Approve and Ratify The Presidents Part Mormon Representation A short version of the constitutional convention was held yesterday morning but adjourned out of respect for the Fourth This morning the brethren met a usual and consumed the time m bringing to light the antiPolygamous clause and the knotty problems of minority representation After the usual opening exercises the lollowing was adopted as section 12 of article XIV artice Bigamy and polygamy being considered consid-ered incompatible with a republican form of government each of them is hereby forbidden and declared a misdemeanor misde-meanor Any person who shall violate this section sec-tion shall on conviction thereof be punished pun-ished i by 1 fine of not less tan 1000 and imprisonment for a term not le s than six months nor more than three years in the discretion of the court Limbs section shall be construed as operative opera-tive without the aid of legislation and the offense prohibited by this section shall not be barred by the Statute of Limitation within three years after the commission of the offense nor shall the power of pardon extend thereto until such pardon shall be approved of by the President of the United States The lollowing is a provision to section 12 article XIV Provided that section 12 of article 15 shall not be amended revised or in any way changed until any any amendment revision or change as proposed therein shall in addition with the requirements of the provision of this article be reported to the Congress of the United States and should be by Congress Con-gress approved and ratilied and such approval and ratification be proclaimed hy the President of the United States and if not so ratified and proclaimed said section ahall remain perpetual A resolution was passed providing a committee to wait on the Utah Commission Commis-sion to ask that body to make arrangements arrange-ments lor the ratification of the Constitution Constitu-tion by the people A committee of three was appointed to make arrangements for the necessary printing of the convention Smith Caine Jr and lloutz weie appointed on that committee The convention then went into committee com-mittee of the whole Elias A Smith in the chair The knotty problem of minority mi-nority representation was then debated till it was time for lunch therefore an adjournment was taken till 2 p m |