The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-02
Enabling Act for Utah.

Enabling Act for Utah.
THE HERALD has copy of the bill in
troduced in the House of Representatives
at Washington by Delegate GAME to en-
able the people of Titan to form consti-
tuition and state government. 1t provides
that all persons now qualified to vote for
members of the legislature may vote for
delegates, to the number of 10Y, to form
a convention, at an election, ordered by
the governor thirty days beforehand, to
be held on the 9th day of August. The
Utah commission is required to make
new registration of voters under the
United States and territorial laws, The
convention is to meet on the 9th OF Aug
ust. The constitution shall be republ1-
can in form and provide by irrevocable
ordinances: first, for perfect religious
tolerations; second, a disclaimer OF title
to the unappropriated lands, and pledge
to levy no tax on government lands; third,
the debts and liabilities of the terri
tory to be assumed by the state;
fourth, provision for a system OF
non sectarian public schools. The con-
stitution when made is to be sub
mitted to the people for ratification or re-
lection at an election held at time fixed
by ordinance. The returns, after beng
canvassed by the governor and secretary
of the territory, are to be certified to the
president, who will issue his proclama-
ton, etc.
Section of the bill provides that rep
resentative in congress, governor and
other state officers may be elected on the
same day of the election for the adoption
of the constitution.
Section declares that upon admission
sections 2, Is, 80 and SO in every township,
and where such sections have been dis
posed of equivalent lands shall be granted
to the state, for the support of common
schools, provided such sections are not
embraced in permanent national reserva-
tions.
Section 7. One hundred sections of un-
appropriated lands are granted for public
buildings at the permanent capital.
Section s. One hundred thousand acres
are granted for an agricultural college.
Section 9. Ten per cent. of the proceeds
of the sales OF public lands in the statesol
by the United States after the admission,
after deducting expenses, is to be paid to
the state as permanent school fund only
the interest on which shall be used.
Section 10. The educational lands
granted shall be disposed OF only at pub
lie sale for not less than So per acre, the
interest only to be used in the support OF
schools.
Section II transfers the lands granted
in 1866 for a university in Utah to the
state, none to be sold for less than S. per
acre, the income to be used for university
purposes only. 1t provides also that none
of the proceeds shall be used to support
any sectarian school, college or univer-
sity.
Section II exempts all mineral lands
from the grants in the act, but the state
may select other lands in lieu of the same.
Section Is. In lieu of swamp, overflow
and saline land grants to new states, the
following appropriations are made,
amounting to more than l, $50. ZOO acres of
land:
For the establishment OF permanent |
reservoirs for irrigating purposes, 100000 /
acres; for an insane asylum, 100, 600 acres;
a school of mines, 100, 900 acres; for a deaf
and dumb asylum, 100, 600; a reform
school, 100, 200; for state normal school, |
100. 600 acres; for an institution for the
blind, 100,0 600 acres; for miners hos
pital for disabled miners, 80, 600 acres.
The United States penitentiary near Salt
Lake City and all lands and appurten-
ances connected Herewith and set apart
and reserved therefore are hereby granted |
to the state of Utah.
The above appropriations are subject,
however, to deduction of the lands hereto
ore donated to the territory for similar
purposes. The state may lease any of the
lands for periods not more than five years.
Several sections of the bill relate to the
judicial system, looking to appointment
of a district judge, district attorney and
marshal, clerks, etc., with powers, duties
and compensation the same as allowed by
law to similar offices. They provide also
for the transfer by the convention of
cases, appeals, etc., that may be pending
in the territorial to the state courts.
Section 10 appropriates $50, 900 to defray
the expenses of the convention.
Section 20 provides for the election of
state officers, Representatives in the 53rd
Congress and United States Senators.
1t is known to THE HERALD's readers
that separate enabling acts are not favored
by the Republican majority in the Senate,
and caucuses of that party have been
wrestling with the question of an omni-
bus bill to include New Mexico, Utah,
Arizona and Oklahoma.
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