The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-06
BILLS TO THAT END
introduced by MeSsrs. Faulkner
and Caine.
TWICEREAD AND THEN REFERRED
They Provide for the Election by the People
of all Territorial Officers, Including
Governor and Judges.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-[Special telegram |
to THE HERALD. The following measure
was formulated by the Democratic Terri |
torial Central committee of Utah and for
warded to Delegate Game, by whom it was
to- day presented in the House. 1t was
also offered in the Senate by Senator
Faulkner, of West Virginia. 1t was read
twice and referred to the committee on ter
ritories in each house.
AN ACT FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF
UTAH TERRITORY AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE
ELECTION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS IN SAID
TERRITORY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled:
Section l. On Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1892, and bi-ennially
thereafter, an election shall be held in the
territory of Utah, in the several election
precincts thereof. At said election the
! following officers shall be elected, to-wit:
One delegate to Congress-, from the terri
/ tory at large; one governor; one lieutenant
governor; one secretary; one auditor; one
treasurer; one Encouragement, and one
superintendent of public instruction for
the territory at large; three judges
of the supreme court of said terri
tory from the territory at large, and
seven judges of the district courts, one to
be elected in and be resident of each of
the seven districts hereinafter provided,
and seven district attorneys, one to be
elected in and be a resident of each of the
seven districts as hereinafter provided;
and one probate Judge; one county re-
corder; one county clerk, who shall be ex-
officio clerk of the district court, while sit
ting in his county, and OF the probate court;
one sheriff; one assessor and collector; one
treasurer; three selectmen, and one super
intendent of schools, and one surveyor and
one coroner for each county il said terri
tory; one constable and one justice Of the
peace in each election precinct in said
territory.
! Sec 2. The officers elected at such cleo
ton shall qualify and enter upon the duties
of their respective Offices on the 1st day of
January, 1898, and the term of Office of the
present incumbents of each and all of said
offices which are now elective or appoint
) i've shall expire on that day and no sooner.
And said officers so elected shall hold their
offices for two years and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified.
a Sec, g. There shall also be elected at
, said election twelve members of the legis-
lative council, and twenty-four members OF
the legislative assembly, to be apportioned
! to ana elected from the several districts as
now provided by the board of commits
siouers, known as the Utah commission in
said territory. But the representatives in
: the legislature may be re-apportioned by
n the legislature elected as herein provided
!, Sec 4. The legislature SO called shall
q meet upon the first Monday in January
d 1898
a Sec. 5. The salary Of the several officer:
q elected as herein provided shall be as fol.
q lows: The governor, $1,000 per annum;
d the lieutenant governor, g, 600 per annum
s the secretary, So, 900 per annum; treasurer
t s., 900 per annum; the attorney general
Y $1,000 per aunum; the superintendent O.
o public instruction, s., 500 per annum; thu
q judges OF the supreme court, each, "a, 00
e per annum; the Judges Of the district courts
l, each, So 800 per annum; the district attor
:, neys, each, 81, 500 per annum. All tt
J. be paid out of the territorial treasur,
e of said territory. The members of tn
5. legislature shall each receive Sc per day
% for term not exceeding sixty days IN an,
q two years, and 25 cents per mile for eacl
q mile necessary to be Travelled in going iron
J. their respective places of residences to tn
IS capital of said territory, to be paid out o
the territorial treasury. The salaries
except the compensation of tn
&c +bo 1ocr ;,lo !, aba
ar by the legislature, but such change shal
a. not take effect until after the next regula
If election.
+ Sec. 6. The executive power and au
e. thority of the territory shall be vested i
n the governor, The governor shall be a
s. elector of said territory, over twenty-fv
"a years of age. He shall be commandment
10 chief of the militia of the territory. H
ly may grant reprieves and pardons, an
r remit fines and forfeitures for offense
pc against the laws of the territory. He sha
4 : commission all officers who are appointe
ed under the laws of said territory, and sha
in take care that the laws thereof be faith
On fully executed. Every bill which hs
~ passed the legislative assembly of the tel
al ritory shall, before it becomes law, /
re presented to the governor. II he approve
Ill it he shall sign it, but if not he shall retur
it with his objections to that house in whic
70 it originated, and that house shall enter IL
be objections at large on its journal and pr
of coed to reconsider it. If, after such recoI
n sideration, two thirds of that house ACRE
&c to pass the bill, it shall be sent togeth,
Do Do with the objections, to the other house, /
to which it shall likewise be RECONSTRUCTED ar
be if approved by two thirds of that house
shall become law. But in all such cas-
the votes of both houses shall
-, determined by yeas and nays, and Il
90 names of the persons voting for or again
- the bill shall be entered on the journal
,m each house. If any bill is not returned |
III, the governor within five days, Sundays e
oluded, after it is presented to him, it shs