The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23
EDMUNDS' NEW BILL.
Wife or Husband of Accused
a Competent Witness.
NEW LAW FOR UTAH
Synopsis of the Anti olygamy Bill
Utah to be an Unhealthy
Place for Mormons.

WASHINGTON, December lathe polyga.
my bill, reported back to-day by Senator
Edmun,is, from the Judiciary COMMITTEES.
provides that in any prosecution under the
Statutes OF the United States for bigamy,
PoLYGAMY,
or unlawful cohabitation. the lawful hus-
band or wife OF accused shall be a CONNIE
tent witness and may be compelled to tes-
tify. That an attachment for witness NAV
be issued without a previous subpoena.
when there is reasonable ground to believe
that the witness will refuse to obey the sub
ppna. That every marriage in
the Territories shall be certified in writing.
a certificate to be signed by each of the
parties and by the officer or priest per.
forming the ceremony, such certificate to
produced in court. By a failure to furnish
the certificate, it is made punishable
by fine and imprisonment. That all the
RECORDS OF MARRIAGES
kept by the officiating ~functionaries shall
be subjected to inspection by United States
officials, and the refusal to permit this is
punishable by fine and Imprisonment.
That it shall not be lawful for any female
to vote at any election hereafter held in
the territory OF Utah for any public pur.
pose whatever, and no such vote shall be
received or counted or given effect in any
manner whatever, and any and every act
OF the Governor and Legislative Assembly
Of the Territory OF Utah, providing for OF
allowing the registration or voting by fe.
males is annulled. That all laws OF the
Legislative Assembly Of the Territory Of
Utah, which provide for the numbering OF
identifying Of votes OF electors in
said Territory, are disapproved and
annulled. That the laws enacted by the
Legislative Assembly of Utah, comforting
jurisdiction upon the Probate Courts OF
Judges thereof, or any OF them, in said
Territory, other than in respect to estates
of deceased persons and in respect OIL
guardianship of persons and property oi
infants, and in respect OF persons and
property of persons not of sound mind, are
dis~approved and annulled. That the laws
of Utah. recognizing the capacity OF ~illegiti.
mate children to inherit their fathers prop
erty are disapproved and annulled, and NO
illegitimate child born subsequent to the
passage of said act shall be entitled t. any
share in Inheritance. That all the laws o
Utah which provide that
PROSECUTION FoR ADULTERY
can only be commenced on complaint O
husband or wife, are annulled. That al
acts OF the Utah legislature recognizing Il
al hlIo"A do IN AANAAN W "SSe
Christ of Latter Day Saints, and the ordi
nance OF the so-called General Assembly o
the State Of Deseret, incorporating this
body, are annu'led. So far as they ma,
preclude appointment by the President o
fourteen trustees of the corporation, who
shall have all powers provided for in thu
j avs, creating said corporation, the Legis
lative Assembly of the Territory shall not
have power to change the laws respecting
this corporation, without the approval o
Congress. 1t shall be the duty OF the At
torney-General OF the United States to in
stitute proceedings to forfeit to the United
States all
PROPERTY OF CORPORATIONS
obtained or sold in violation OF the law
and all property SO forfeited shall he dis
posed of, and the proceeds applied TO TN
common schools OF the Territory PROVIDED
that no building shall be forfeited winch Il
held and occupied exclusively for purposes
81 RELIGIOUS worship. That all laws OF the
Territory relating to a perpetual emlgrat
ing fund are annulled. and 1T shall
not be lawful for the Territorial Assembly
40 create any corporation or association
for the purpose OF bringing persons int
the Territory for any purpose whatever
That it shall be the duty OF the Attorney
General to bring suit to dissolve the salt
corporation and wind up Its analrs. In
existing election districts and appoint
ment Of representation to the Legislative
Assembly of the Territory are abolished
and the Governor. Secretary and United
States Judges in the Territory are ordered
Tn redistrict the Territory at once, SO as u
secure AN equal representation OF the PEG
pie.
is made punishable by imprisonment 10
not more than three years.. and Is case Q
fornication by an unmarried man or wom
an, each is to be punished by not NOR
than six months imprisonment or sly
iine. The commissioners appointed by IN
Snnreme Court and District Courts IN Uta
are given all the powers OF justices OF tn
neace. and the Marshal OF the lerrltor
ind his deputies are given all the power
nossessed by Sheriffs and their deP1ties a
peace officers. The bill also gives additlons
powcrs to the Commissioners appointed o
The courts and to the United States Ma
shals in Utah. 1t declares vacant the of n
-; snnerintendent of district schools a.
il AIRED by the rules OF Utah, and dlrects u
SUPREME Court to appoint a snperlnsen'
ont and n, escribes the duty OF that oIlcla