Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-17
but if he deciiSs<si - answer on any ground
be shall BE- reject. as incomnetent

| but II he decii5s<e - answer on any ground
I he shall be reiecte+. as incompetent.
See. 6. That the President Is hereby au
thorized TO grant amnesty to such classes 0
offenders guilty OF bigamy, polygamy, or uu
| lawful cohabitation, before the passage of thi
set on such conditions and under such limita
! tions as he shall think proper; but no sucf
amnesty shall have effect unless the condi
| tons thereof shall BE complied with.
Sec. z. That the issue Of bigamons or DO
| lygamous marriages, known as Mormon mar
riages, in cases in which such marriages have
| been solemnized According to the ceremonies
! of the Mormon sect IN any Territory OF the
/ United States, and sch issue shall have beer
! born before the LIST day of January AID
| 1888 are hereby legitimate.
Sec. 8. That no pclygamist, bigamist, OF
any person cohabiting with more than one
| woman, and nc 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
iuri sdictiop, shall be entitled to vote at any
election held in any such Territory or other
place, or he eligible fss election or appoint
ment to, or be entitled 10 hold any Office or
place Of public trust, honor or enolument
in under or for any such Territory or place,
or under the United States.
See 9. That all registration and elective
offices of every description in the Territory
of Utah, are hereb! declared vacant, and
each and every duty relating TO the registra-
ton of voters. The CONDUCT of elections the
receiving or rejection of votes, aud tho oa1a-
wasting and returning OF the same, and the
issuing of certificates or other evidence of
election in said Territory, shall, until other
provision be made by the legislative assem-
bly, Of said Territory, or is hereinafter by
this section provided, be performed under
existing 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 appointed
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, and majority of whom shall be a
quorum. The members of said board so ap-
pointed by the President shall each receive a
salary at the rate OF $1,000 per annum, and
sh all continue in Office until the legislative
assembly OF said Territory shall make pro-
vision for filling said Offices as herein author
lied. The secretary of the Territory shall be
secretary of said board, and keep journal of
its proceedings and attest the action of said
board under this section. The canvass and
return of all votes at elections in said Terri
tory for members of the legislature or assem-
bly, thereof shall also be returned to said
board, which shall canvass all such returns
and issue certificates of elections to those
persons 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 per
sons to sit III such assembly;
provided, said board of FIVE persons shall
not exclude any person otherwise eligible to
vote from the polls on account OF any opin-
ion such person may entertain on the sub
Nfh eboll hov
refuse to count any such vote on account of
the opinion Of the person casting it on the
subject OF tigamy or polygamy, but each
House OF such assembly, after
its organization, shall have the
power to decide upon the election and
qualifications OF its members, and at or
after the first meeting of said legislative
assembly, whose members shall have been
elected and returned according to the pro-
visions of this act may make such laws as
are conformable to the organic act of said
Territory, ard not inconsistent with other
laws of the United States, as it shall deem
proper concerning tie filling of offices in said
Territory declared vacant By this act.
Minor Mention.
A dispatch from Philadelphia says Senator
Ben Hill is much improved.
Colonel A. B. Meaeham, long prominent
in connection with Indian affairs, died TO-
night of appoplexy; age, ffty-six.
Secretary Lincoln urges an appropriation
Of SIS, 2l1 for new barracks and additional
quarters for the officers at Fort Leavenworil,.
The colored jubilee singers were deuied
admission to every hotel in Washington, and
until after midnight did not find place 10
Judge Smell, q the Police Court, ;sas held
he defendants in the raw-bond Stsr-route
Gases in $1,000 each to appear before the
grand jury.
The President has accepted the resigua-
lion Of Ward Hunt as associate justice OF
he Supreme Court, and will nominate his
next week.
The value OF the exports of domestic
breadstufs for the seven months ended JAN
nary 81, 1882 amounted TO S124 072 907;
same period in 1881, Sl6S, SOC, sos.
President Arthur gave his first state din
ner st the executive mansion, today, to
guests-heads and acting heads
Of the various foreign legations at Wash
ington.
The House Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds has decided to report with ia
yorabe recommendations the bills for the
erection of public buildings in Erie, Penn
'ylvania, at a cost OF Sl25,000, and Column
bus, Ohio, at a cost OF S350,000.