Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-05-17
Further from Great Salt Lake.


peles the Deseret Ne,es up to the I'd of April,
teirty-hve days later from Great Salt Lake
City. We make up the following additional
summary Of news
The CoNvENTIoN.--The delegates OF the
convention from the various counties except
Green River met in the Council House on
17th March. The event was announced by
the firing of cannon and music from Capt.
Ballos band. Throughout the day flags
aoated from the cupolas of the Governors
mansion and Council House, also from a tall
flag pole on the Temple Block, and in front
of the Deseret and Livingston, Kindead a
Co Is stores, from flag staffs on the roof OF
& ilbert & Gerrish's store, and from those on
the roofs Of many other public buildings.
AT an early hour a large concourse of cit
izens had assembled anxiously awaiting the
commencement of those deliberations and
acts, which have for their object the addition
of another star to the brilliant and thickly
spangled constellation styled "E Pluribus
Unum."
The Convention organized by unanimously
electng the Hon. j. M. Grant, President;
Mr.. T. Bullock Secretary; Mr.. j. Grimshaw,
Assistant Secretary; Mr. r.. 7. Burton, Ser
geant-at-arms; Mr.. w. G. Staines, Messen-
ger: Mr.. T. Hail. Doorkeeper; and MesSrs.
G.. ID. Watt and j. " Long, Reporters
At l25 o'clock, adjourned until 2, P.
In the afternoon the freedom of the con-
vention was unanimously rendered to His Ex-
cellency the Governor, the United States
officers of the Territory, Prest. III. c. Kim
ball, the members of Legislative Assembly
Hons. Il. Snow, A. Lyman and E. Hunter
Hon Elias Smith, Probate Judge Of G IS. L..
county. and the Alderman of Great Salt Lake
city.
The Convention adjourned on the 9th of
March
The Constitution adopted does not differ
materially from the Constitutions of many OF
the States of the Union. The following are
some of its provisions:
BOUNDARY AND NAME.-All that part of the
Territory of the United States now known
as Utah Territory, and bounded as follows:
On the west by the State of California, on
the north by the Territory Of Oregon on the
south by the thirty-seyenth (37th) parallel
Of north latitude, is hereby formed into a
free and sovereign State, and named Des-
eret.
RELIGION. All men shall have natural
and unalienable right to worship God accord
ing to the dictates of their own consciences;
and the General Assembly shall make no
law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or to
disturb any person in his religious worship or
sentiments, and all persons demeaning them
selves peaceably, as good members of this
State Shall be equally under the protection
of the laws and no subordination or prefer
ence Of any one sect or denomination to an
other shall ever be established by law, nor
shall any religious test be ever required for
any Office of trust under this Constitution.
The powers of government Of the State
are divided into three departments, viz: Leg
islative, Executive and Judicial.
The Legislative authority is vested in a
General Assembly, consiting of a Senate
and House of Representatives The sessions
of the Assembly are to be annual. The
Representatives are chosen biennially, and the
Senators once in four years.
QUMIFIcATIoNs.-No person shall be q
member Of the General Assembly except he
be a free white male citizen Of the United
States and an inhabitant of this State one
year preceding the time of his election, an
have actual residence in the district he may
be chosen TO represent.
Hon Geo A Smith and Hon. John Tay-
lor, editor of The Mormon, were unanimously
elected delegates TO proceed to Washington,
and lay before Congress Utahs request for
admission into the Union.
Several members of the Convention assert
ed that there were 100, 900 inhabitants, and
many asserted there were as many as were
required to form State The Neies says
the Convention included persons of divers
creedsp
SALINAS PLAINs.-The Monterey Sentinel,
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