The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-25

court before whom any proceeding
shall be pending in which such Ger.
tiicate, record, or entry may be
material, by proper warrant, to
cause such certificate, record, or
entry, and the book, document, or
paper containing the same, to be
taken or brought before him or it for
the purpose Of such proceeding.
Sec. 8. That nothing in this act
shall be held to prevent the proof
Of marriage. whether lawful or uu-
lawful, by any evidence now legally
admissible for that purpose.
Sec. z. That 1t shall not be lawful
for any female to vote at any cleo.
ton hereafter held in the Territory
of U tan for any public purpose what
ever, and no euch vote shall BE- re-
ceived or counted or given effect in
any manner whatever and any and
every act OF the Governor aud L egis.
la'ive Assembly of the Territory of
Utah providing for or allowing the
registration Jr voting OF fem ales is
hereby anrnlled.
Sec. s. That all laws OF the Legis-
lative Assembly OF the Territory or
Utah which provide for numbering
or identifying the votes of the cleo
tors at any election in said Territory
are hereby diSapproved and an
nulled, but the foregoing provision
shall not preclude the lawful regis.
tratiOn of votes, or any other pro-
vision for securing fair elections
which do not involve the disclosure
of the candidates for whom any par.
ticular elector shall have voted.
Sec g. That the laws enacted by
the Legislative Assembly of the
Territory of Utah comforting iuris>
diction upon Probate Courts, or the
judges Thereon, or any OF them, in
said Territory, other than in respect
of the estates of deceased persons
and in respect of the guardianship
OF the persons and property of in
fants, and in respect II the persOns
and property CT persons not OF sound
mind, are hereby di approved and
al null. d !; and 40 Probate Court or
judge Of probate shall. exercise any
jurisdiction other than in respee; to
the matters aforesaid; and every
such Jurisdiction 50 by force OF this
act withdrawn from the safd Pro-
bate Courts or judges shall be had
and exercised by the District Courts
of said TerritoryArespectiY0lv.
Sec. 10. That the laws enacted by
theLeglslative AS emily of the Ter
ritory Of Utah which provide for OF
recognize the capacity of Legitimate
children to inherit or to be entitled
to any distriEutive share In the
estate OF the father of such illegiti-
mate child are hereby disapprOvfd
and annulled; and no illegitimate
child shall hereafter be enti led to
inherit from his or her father or to
receive any diStributive share in the
estate of his or her father. P owl ed
that this section shall not apply to
any illegitimate child born previous
to the passage Of this act.
Sac. IL. That all laws Of the Leg1s.
lative Assembly of the Territory of
Utah which provide that prOsecc-
ton for adultery can only be COM
menced on the complaint of the
husband or wife are hereby disap.
proved and annulled; and all prose-
cutions for adultery may hereafter
be instituted in the same way that
prosecutions for other crimes are.
Sec. II. Thst the acts of the Legis.
lstive Assembly of Utah ineorporat
ing, continuing, or providing for the
corporation known as the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
and the ordinance of the so>called
general assembly of the State of
Deseret incorporating the Church of
Jesus Christ Of Latter-doy Saints,
so far as the same may now have
legal force and validity, are hereby
diSspproved and annrlled, so far as
the same may preclude the appoint
ment by the United States Of certain
trustees of said corporation as is
hereinafter provided. The Pres
ident of the United States by and
with the advice anu consent of the
Senate, shall appoint fourteen
trustees of the said corporation,
who shall have and exercise all the
powers and functions Of trustees
and assistant trustees provided
for in the laws creating, amend
ing or continuing tho said
corporation, which trustees so ap.
pointed shall hold their respective
Offices for the term of two years; and
the trustees of said corporation Shall
annually or oftener make full re.
port to the Secretary of tie Interior,
embracing all property, business
affairs, and operations OF the said
corporation; and the Legislative
Assembly OF the Territory of Utah
shall not have power to change the
laws respecting said corporation
without the approval OF Congress.
Said trustees shall each give bond
payable TO the United States in
such sums as may be prescribed by
the Secretary Of he Interior, with
good and sufficient security, for the
faithful discharge of the duties in
cumbent upon him as trustee.
Sec. Is. That it shall be the duty
of the Acknowledgement Of the
United States to institute and prose-
cute proceedings to forfeit and
escheat to the United States the
property OF corporations obtained or
held in violation OF the act of Com
gress approved the first day Of July,
eighteen hundred and sixty.tWo,
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