The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-19
Perfect liberation of Religious
Sentiment Shall Be Sc
cured to All.
THE USUAL CONVENTION.
The Number of Delegates to Be AL
lowed the Various Counties in
the Territory.
Free Schools Must Be Established, Which
Shall Be Entirely Free from All
sectarian Control-No Prescription
Because of Color or Greed.

Delegate Rawlins has introduced into
the House of Representatives of Congress
"a bill to enable the people Of Utah to
form a constitution ard state government
and TO be admitted into the Union on an
equal footing with the original states. -
1t was referred to the Committee on Ter
ritories and ordered printed. Minus the
portion referring TO the disposition OF
school lands and the establishing and
maintaining of judicial districts and dis
trict, circuit and other courts, the bill is
given in full below:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, that the
inhabitants of all that part of the area OF
the United States now constituting the
Territory of Utah, as at present described,
may become the State OF Utah, as herein
after provided.
Section 2. That al male citizens of the
United States over the age of twenty-one
years, who have resided in said territory
for one year next prior to such election,
are hereby authorized to vote for and
choose delegates to form a convention In
said territory. Such delegates shall
possess the qualifications of such cleo
tors; and the aforesaid convention
shall consist Of one hundred and seven
delegates, apportioned among the several
counties within the limits OF the pro-
posed state as follows: Beaver county,
two delegates; Box Elder county, four
delegates; Cache county, eight delegates;
Davis county, three delegates; Emery
county, three delegates; Garfield county,
one delegate; Grand county, one dele
gate; Iron county, one delegate; Juao
county, three delegates; Kane county,
one delegate; Willard county, one dele
gate; Morgan county, one delegate; Piute
county, one delegate; Rich county, one
delegate; Salt Lake county, twenty nine
delegates, thus apportioned, to-wit:
Salt Lake city, first precinct. four dele
gates; second precinct, six delegates; third
precinct. five delegates; fourth precinct,
three delegates; fifth precinct, three dele
gates; ell other precincts in said county,
outside of Salt Lake city, eight delegates:
San Juan county, one delegate; Sanpete
county, seven delegates; Sewer county,
three delegates; Summit county four
delegates; Tooele county, two delegates
Uintah county, one delegate; Utah
county, twelve delegates; Wasatch
county, two delegates; Washington
county. two delegates; Wayne county,
one delegate; and Weber county. eleven
delegates; and the governor of said terri
tory shall, within twenty days after the
passage of this act, by proclamation order
an election of the delegatee aforesaid in
said territory, to be held OF such day as he
may In such proclamation designate. not
less than sixty nor more than ninety days
after the issuing thereof. The board OF
commissioners known as the Utah COM
mission is hereby authorized and required
to cause new and complete registration
of voters of said territory to be made I'M
der the provisions of the laws of the
United States and said territory, except
that the oath required for registration
under said laws shall be so modified as to
test the qualifications of the eleclors as
prescribed in this act; such new regis
fration TO be made as nearly conformable
with the provisions of such laws as may
be: and such election for delegates shall
lie conducted, the returns made, the re-
suit ascertained, and the certificate OF
persons elected to such convention issued
In the same manner as is prescribed by
the laws of said territory regulating cleo
tjons therein of members of the legisla-
fure. Persons possessing the Qualifica-
fions emitting thell TO vote for delegates
under this act shall be entitled to vote on
the ratification or rejection of the consti-
tuition, under such rules or regulations as
said convention may prescribe, not in
conflict with this act.
Sec. 3. That the delegates to the con-
vention thus elected shall meet at the
seat OF government of said territory or
the third Monday after their election,
and. after organization, shall declare or
benalf OF the people of said proposed state
that they adopt the constitution o.
the United States, whereupon the
said convention shall be, and is here
by. authorized to form constitu ton anl
state government for said proposed
state. The constitution shall be repub
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civil or political rights on account OF race
or color, except as to Indians not taxed
and not 10 be repugnant to the constitu.
ton of the United States and the princi.
Piles OF the Declaration of Independence
And said convention shall provide, by
ordinance irrevocable without the con.
sent of the United States and the people
OF said state
First-That perfect liberation of relip,
ious sentiment shall be secured, and tina
no inbabitant of said state shall ever bl
moIested in person or property on ac-
count of his or her mode OF religious vor-
ship.
Second. That the people inhabitin|
said proposed state do agree ana declare
that they forever disclaim all right auC
title to the unappropriated public land
living within said limits owned or held b,
arv Indian or Indian tribes; and tina
until the title thereto shall have been ex
ffnguished by the United States, the sam,
rfshaII be and remain subject to thedispo
eition of the United States, and said In
dian lands shall remain under the abso
lutte jurisdiction and control of the Con
press OF the United States; that the land
Belonging to citizens of the United State
resiSing without the said stat
shall never be taxed at higher rat
than the lands belonging to resident
thereof: that no taxes shall be imposed b,
the state on lands Or property therein be
longing to or which may hereafter b
purchased by the United States or re
served for its use; but nothing herein, o
in the ordinance herein provided for
shall preclude the said state from taxing
as other lands are taxed, cScy lands owne
or held 0y any Indian who has severe
his tribal relations and has obtained fror
the United States or from any person
title thereto BY patent or other grant
save and except such lands as have bee