Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-02-22
Disfranchising the MOrmons.

In the Senate of the United States, January 16, 1890, MT. Platt (by request) introduced the following bill, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories.
 BILL.
 To insure the purity of elections in the Territory of Arizona.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House
 of Representatives of the United
 States of America in Congress as
 sembled.
 That no person who is bigamist or polygamlst, or IS living III wfIat Is known as patriarchal, plural, or eel estial marriage. or in violation of any law of the Territory of Arizona, or of the United States forbiding any such crime or who in any mannerteaehes, advises, aids, or encourages any person to enter into -bigamy, polygamy, or such patriarchal, plural, or celestial marriage, or to live in violation of any such law; or to commit any such crime; or who Is a member of, or con tributes to support, aid or encourage ment of, any order, organization, as sociation, or society which teaches. qd- vises, counsels, encourages, or aids any person to enter into bigamy or such patriarchal or plural marriage, or which teaches or advises that the laws of the Territory of Arizona prescrib- ing rules of civi! conduct are not the supreme laws of said Territory, shall o1t bar any civil office in the Territory of Arizona.
 Sec. That in addition to the grounds of challenge now allowed by law, any person offering to vote may be orally challenged by any elector of the county upon the ground that he is not eligible to vote on account of his coming within the prescription of the preceding section.
 SEC. 3 If such person shall still in- sist that he is entitled to vote, and the challenge shall not be withdrawn, the board Of Judges of elections shall ad- minister the following oath or affirm ation to the voter: "You solemnly swear Cor aflirm) that you will support the Constitution of the United States and the laws of the Territory of Ariz- onai that you are not member of, nor contribute to the support, aid or encouragement of any order, or ganization, association, corporation, or society, which teaches, advises, counsels, encourages, or aids any person to enter into bigamy, polygamy, or such patriarchal or plural marriage, or which teaches or advises that the laws of the Territory of Arizona pres crihiAg rules of civil conduct are not the supreme law of said Territory i; that you regard the Constitution of the United States and the laws thereof, and of the Territory of Arizona, as in terpTeted by the courts as the supreme law of the land and that you will sup port and uphold the same, the teach ings of any order, sect or organization to the contrary notwithstanding, so help me God.
 SEC. 4. That if the person thus ohal- lenged shall take the oath or affirm ! ation as rendered to him by the board of Judges, he shall be admitted to vote, and 1t shall not be lawful after he has taken such oath or affirmation for said board to examine any witnesses l touching his want of qualifications, but if he shall refuse to take the oath or affirmation so rendered to him, his vote shall be rejected,
 SEC. , That every person who, i having taken said oath or affirmation, states as true any material matter which he knows to be false, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the Territorial prison for not less than one, nor more than fourteen years.
 SEC. 6. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its approval.
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