The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-09

for any female to vote at any election hereafter
held In the Territory of Utah for any public pur
pose whatever, and no such votes shall be re-
celved or counted, or given effect in any way
ernor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory
OF Utah providing for or allowing the registra-
ton or voting by females is annulled; that ali
laws OF the Legislative Assembly of the Terri
tory OF Utah which provide for numbering the
votes of the electors in said Territory are disap
proved and annuiled; that the laws enacted by
the Legislative Assembly of the Territory OF
Utah. comforting jurisdiction upon probate
courts, or the judges thereof, or any of them.
IN said Territory. other than in respect Of che
estates of deceased persons, and in respect
OF the guardianship of the persons and property
of infants, and in respect OF the persons and
property of persons not of sound mind, are dis
approved ard annulled; that the laws Of Utah
recognizing the capacity of illegitimate children
to inherit a fathers property are disapproved
and annulled, and no illegitmate child born sub
sequent to the passage of the act shall be en-
titled to any share in the inheritance that all
laws of Utah which provide that prosecution for
adultery can only be commenced on complaint OF
the husband or wife are aunulled: that the acts
OF the Utah Legislature Bscognizing the cor
poratlon known as the Church of Jesus Christ OF
Latter-day Saints. and the ordinance of tha
Social and General Assembly of the State of
Deseret incorporating this body. are annulled
SO far as they may preclude the appointmentby the
President of fourteen trustees of the corporation
who shall have all the powers provided for in the
laws creating the said corporation. The Legis-
lative Assembly of the Territory shall not have
power to change the laws respecting this cor
poration withoutthe approval of Congress- IL
shall be the duty of the Attorney general Of the
United States to institute and prosecute pro-
ceedings to forfeit to the United States the
property of corporations obtained or held in
violation of law, and all property so forfeited
shall be disposed of and the proceeds applied to
the common schools of the Territory, provided
that no building shall be forfeited which is held
and occupied exclusively for the purpose of re-
llglous worship; that all laws of the Territory
relating to the Perpetual Emigration Fund Com
pany are annulled, and it shall not be lawful for
the Territorial Assembly to create any corpora
ton or association for the purpose of bringing
persons into the Territory for any purpose what
soever; that it shall be the duty of the Attorney
general to bring suit to dissolve the said cor
poration and wind up its affairs The existing
election districts and apportionment of representa-
ton to the Legislative Assembly of the Territory
are abolished. and the Governor, Secretary and
United States judges in the Territory are or
dered to redstrict the territory at once so as to
secure equal representation with the people.
Adultery is made punishable by imprisonment
for not more than three years. and in case of for
nication by an unmarried man or woman, each
is to be punished by not more than six months
Imprisonment or 500 fne Commissions ap-
pointed by the Supreme Court and District
Courts of Utah are given all the powers OF
justices of the peace. and the marshal of the
Territory and his deputies are given all the
power possessed by sheriffs and their deputies az
peace officers. The bill also provides additional
powers to commissioners appointed by the courts
and to United States marshas in Utah.
The only change made in the bill reported by
the committee was to add a section providing
that marriages between persons within the
fourth degree of consequently. but not includ-
ing that degree. shall be deemed incestuous and
punished as such.