The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-17

woman cohabiting with any of the
persons described as aforesaid in
this section, in any Territory or
other place over which the United
States have exclusive jurisdiction,
shall be entitled to vote at any cleo
ton held in any such Territory or
other place, or be eligible for cleo
ton or appointment to or be emit
tied to hold any Office or place of
public trust, honor, or emOlument
IN, under, or for any such Territory
or place, or under the United States.
Sec. 9. That all the registration
and election offices of every deScrip-
ton in the Territory Of Utah are
hereby declared vacant, and each
and every duty relating to the reg
iStration of voters, the conduct of
elections, the receiving OF rejection
OF votes, and the canvasSlng and re-
turning of the same, and the issuing
OF certificates or other evidence of
election in said Territory shall, until
other provision be made by the Leg
islative Assembly of said Territory
as is hereinafter by this section pro-
Vided, be performed under the ex-
listing laws of the United States and
of said Territory by proper persons,
who shall be appointed to execute
such offices and perform such duties
by board of five persons, to be APP
pointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the
senate, not more of whom
than three shall be members
of one political party, a majority
of whom shall be a quorum.
The members of said board so ap-
pointed by the President shall each
receive salary at the rate of $4,000
per annum, and shall continue in
Office until the Legislative Assem-
bly, of said Territory shall make pro-
vision for filling said offices as
herein authorized. The secretary OF
the Territory shall be the secretary
of said board, and keep journal of
its proceedings, and attest the &C
ton of said board under this Sec
ton. The canvass and return of all
the votes at elections in said Terri
tory for members of the Legislative
Assembly thereof shall also be re-
turned to said board, which shall
canvass all such returns and issue
certificates Of election to those per
sons who, being eligible for such
election, shall appear to have been
lawfully elected, which certificates
shall be the only evidence of the
right Of such persons to sit in such
Assembly, provided said board ot
FIVE persons shall not exclude any
persons otherwise eligible to vote
from the polls, on account of any
opinion such person may entertain
on the subject of bigamy O., poly
amy; nor shall they refuse to count
any such vote on account of tht
opinion IF the person casting it OF
the subject of tigamy or pOlyg
amy; but each house of sucl
Assembly, after its organization
shall have power to decide upon TIT
elections and qualifications o.
its members. And at, o.
after the first meeting of salt
Legislative Assembly whose mem
bers shall have been elected and re
turned according to the provision
: of this act, said Legislative Assem-
bly, may make such laws. conform
able to the organic act of said Ter
ritory and not inconsistent will
other laws of the United States, a
it shall deem proper concerning tn
filling of the offices in said TerritOr,
declared vacant by this act.