The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-15


houses of Congress and will be pre-
sented to the President for his APP
proval:
A BILL
To amend section 1852 Of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States,
In reference to bigamy, and for
other purposes.
Be 1T enacted, 6y the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the
United States Of america in Con-
greSS assembled, That section 1852 OF
the Revised Statutes of the United
States be, and the same is hereby,
so as to read as follows,
namely:
Every person who has a husband
or wife living who, in territory or
other place over which the United
States have exclusive jurisdiction,
hereafter marries another, whether
CT single, and any man who
hereafter simultaneously, or on the
same day, marrieS more than one
woman, in territory or other place
over which the United States have
Jurisdiction, is guilty of
and shall be punished by
a fine of not more than $500 and by
for a term Of not
more than five years; but this sec
ton shall not extend TO any person
by reason of any former marriage
whose husband or wife by such
shall have been absent for
five successive years, and is not
known to such person to be living,
and is believed by such person to be
dead, nor to any person by reason
of any former marriage which shall
have been dissolved by a valid de-
cree of a competent court, nor to
any person by reason of any former
which shall have been pro-
void by a valid decree of a
competent court, on the ground OF
nullity of the marriage contract.
SEC. 2.-That the foregoing pro-
visions shall not affect the prosecu-
ton, or punishment, of any offense
already committed against the sec
ton amended by the first section of
this act.
SEC. 3.-That if any male person,
in territory or other place over
which the United States have ex-
elusive Jurisdiction, hereafter CO.
habits with more than one W oman,
he shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor,a and on conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine Of not
more than $500, or by imprisonment
for not more than six months, or by
both said punishments, in the dis
erection Of the court.
SEC. THAT counts for any or
all of the offenses named in sections
one and two of this act may be
Joined in the same information or
Indictment.
SEC. 5-That in any prosecution
for bigamy, pOlygamy, or unlawful
cohabitation, under any statute OF
the United States, it shall be suffi-
Gent cause of challenge to any per-
son drawn or summoned as a jury
man or talesman, first, that he is OF
has been living in the practice of
bigamy, polygamy or unlawful Co
habitatiOn with more than one
woman, or that he is or has been
guilty of an offense punishable by
either of the foregoing sections, or
by section 1852 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, or the
act of July 1st, 1862, entitled Gan
act to punish and prevent the prac-
tice of pOlygamy in the territories
of tue United States and other
places, and disappearing and annul-
ling certain acts Of the Legislative
Assembly of the Territory of q tab; ;
or, second, that he believes it right
for man to have more than one liv.
ing and undiYorced wife at the same
time, or TO live in the practice OF
cohabiting with more than one
woman; and any person appearing
or offrrt d as a juror or talesman
and challenged on either of the
foregoing grounds, may be cues.
toned on his oath as To the exist
ence of any such cause of chalieng
and other evidence may be intro
duced bearing upon the question
raised by slch challenge; and thi:
question shall be tried by the court
But as to the first ground OF chal-
lenge before mentioned, the person
challenged shall not be bound tC
answer if he shall say upon his oath
that he declines on the ground thai
his answer may tend to criminatt
himself; and if he shall answer as
to said first ground, his answer shall
not be given in evidence in any
criminal prosecution against him
for any offense named in sections
or 8 of this act; but il he declines
to answer on any ground, he shall
be rejected as incompetent.
SEQ. 6-That the President i:
hereby authorized to grant amnesty
to such classes of offenders, guilty
before the passage Of this act Of
bigamy, polygamy, or unlawful co
habitation, on such conditions anC
under such limitations as he shall
think proper; but no such amnesty
shall have effect unless the cOndr
lions thereof shall be complied with
SEC. THAT the issue Of bigamou'
or polygamous marriages, known al
Mormon marriages, in cases IL
which such marriages have beer
solemnized according to the cere
monies of the Mormon sect, in any
Territory of the United States, anc
such issue shall have been horn be
fore the first day OF January, A. ID
1888. are hereby legitimated.
SEC. S-That no polygamist, blga