Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-06
A NEW SCHEME.
A Hallway Measure For tho Territory
OIL Utah.
TEXT OF TnL nILL
introduced by Faulkner in the Senate
aud CaIne In the House.


Fo flowing II the bill introduced la
both Houses " Congress yesterday:
Az ACr ron THE LOCAL uOvFnNAfENr
on UTAH TERRITORY AED 10 FRO
VIDE FOR 1ItE ELEClION OF cEN-
TAiN OFFICERS N SAID TEHui.
Tony.
BE 1t enacted by the Senate aud
House 0f Representative Of the United
Strtes Of America, In Congress ~
aembled:
Section 1. On Tuesday after the ftHt
Monday ia November, 1892 aud bi.
ennihlly thereafter, an election fhail
be held Ia the Territory Of Utah, IN
the several election precincts thereof
At said election tile following officers
shall be elected, to-wii; one delegate
10 Congfeas, from the territory at large;
one governor; one acknowledgements
one secretary; one auditor; one trea-
surer; one encouragement, aud one
superintendent Of public Instruction
for the territory Mt large; three judges
Of the supreme court Of said terri
tory from the territory ut large, and
seven Judges Of the district courts, one
10 be elected In and bo n resident Of
each OF the seven districts hereinafter
provided, and seven district Attorney
One 10 DO elected In anu be u resident
of each Of the seven districts NJ here
matter provided; aud one probate
Judge; one county recorder, one cOiin.
~ clerk, who shall be- ex-OillciD clerk
" the district court, while sitting In
his county. aud Of the probate court;
one sheriff, One assessor and collector;
ons treasurer; three selectmen, anu
one superintendent OF schools. aud one
Surveyor and one coroner for each
county IN said Territory; one constable
aud one Justice Of the peace In each
election precinct In said Territory.
Sec. 2. The officers elected mt such
election shall qualify and enter upon
tho duties Of their respective offices on
the lst day Of January, is9R, and the
term OF Office VI the present inoum-
bentA " each and all Of said offices
which are now elective or appOintivc
shall expire on that day aud no sooner.
Aud SAID officers 10 elected nhnll hold
their offices for Two Year, and until
their successOrs are elected and quail
fled.
Sec. 2. There shall also be elected at
said election twelve members Of the
Legislative Council, abd twenty -iour
members Il the Legislative Assembly,
10 be RppuTtioned 20 and elected from
the several districts as now provided
by the board Of commissioners. known
as the Utah Commission ia said Terri.
tory. But the reprv-eu natives In the
Legislature may be re.apportloned by
the Legislature elected as herein pro-
vided.
Sec. 4. The Legislature 80 called
shall meet upon tho ilbt Monday In
January, 1893.
Sec. 5. The salary Of the several
officers elected as herein provided
shall be M follows: The governor,
$1,000 per annum; the lieutenant
governor, 5000 yer Annum; the
secretary, $4,000 per annum, treasurer,
g., 900 per annum; the altOrnby.gen-
eral, $1,000 per annum; the supcrin.
tendent Of public instruction, $500
p.r annum; tue judges Of the supreme
court, oacn, $1,000 per annum; the
Judges Of the district courts, each, 49, %
per nunum; tine district attorneys, each,
81. 800 pei annum. All TO be paid out
Of the territorial treasury OF said Terri
VI
shall each receive 80 per day, for a
term not exceeding sixty days Ia any
two year,, aud % cents per mile for
each mile necessary to be Travelled Ia
going from their respective places u
residences 10 tho capital OF said Terri.
tory, TO be paid out OF the territorial
treasury. The salaries, except the
compensation Of the members VI tue
legislature, may be changed by the
legislature, hut such change shall not
TAX, effect until after the next regular
election.
Sec. q. The executive power and aus
thority OF the Territory shulI he vested
In tho governor. The governor shall be-
an elector Of said Territory, over TWEEN.
ty-ive years Of age. lie shall be com.
mander-in.chief OF the militia Of the
Territory. lie may grant reprluves
aud pardons, and remit fines aud ior-
FIXTURES for oifeuses against the laws OF
the Territory. He shall commission all
officers who are appointed under the
laws OF said Territory, and shall take
care that the laws thereof be faith.
fully executed. Every bill which
has passed the legislative assembly
OF the Territory shall, before It be-
comes law, be presented 10 the
governor. II he approves II he shall
sign II, but II not he shall return 1t with
his objections 10 that house In which
II originated, and that house shall enter
the objections at large GU Its journal
and proceed to reconsider II. II, after
such reconsideration, tw0.thirds of that
house agree 10 ASS tho bill, II shall be
sent, together with the objections, 10
the other house, by which IL shall like
vice be recOnsldercd, and II approved
by two.thifds Of that house, 1t shall be.
come law. But IN all Bucl cases the
votes OF both houses shall be determined
by yeas md nays, aud the names OF tbs
porsOus voting for or against the bill
shall be- entered on the Journal Of each
house. II any bill Is not returned
by the governor within five
days, Sundays excluded, after
1t ~ presented TO him, ig shall
become a law In like manner as II he
had signed II, unless the legislative
assembly by adjournment sine die pre-
vent liz return, In which case 1t shall
not be n law.
See. Z. The Lieutenant governor shall
be- cx-Ofilcio President ~ the legislative
council; he shall not vote upon any
measure pending before II, except
when the council II equally divided.
He shall perform the duties Of COVER
nor, In case OF the disqualification,
Absence or death Of the governor, and
In case the iieuteuRnt governor shall
from any cause Ge absent or dlsquuli-
lie ~ shall be- engaged in performing
tho duties Of the governor the presi'