The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-26

Down.
Editors of Herald:
My attention has
port of a Republics
in this mornings
heading "Lehi's Gre
addressed by Judge
Thomas. In the re
speech 1 find the TO
AT Ills the cover
NIT of his speech, '
document forth w
Mormon church Pre-
that there was not
mundS Senate bill r,
ing of that property,
Put into the bill by
Democrat in the r
tives, which at that
Democratic majorit,
every ear was open
when he challenged
prove to the contral
Now in this statel
has either ignOrantll
misrepresanted the
people. In either cas-
BILE. The facts are
the matter Just the
The escheat provisi
original Edmunds b
Senate. and were el
Kill when it had re,
a Democratic House
| here quote in
provisions of the s.
the escheating, as "
ence 20 this subject
in which the word
used nor the spirit
Head these extracts
of charity envelop I
he can escape the
Misrepresentation.
lenged bis hearers o
prove the Statemen
accept the challeng
proof. From now
play Macbeth and h
/ ment of his a Ban,
not down, try to {
; or excuse himself az
Sec. 13.-That il
shall be the duty Of
the Attorney-Gen.
eraI of the United
States to institute
and prosecute pro,
ceedings to forfeit
and escheat to the
limited States the
| property of corpora
lions obtained Oh
held in violation oil
section three of the
act of Congress APP
proved the first day
of July, eighteen
hundred and sixty
two, entitled IAN
act to. punish and
prevent the practice
of polygamy in the
territories of the
United States anC
other places, ano
disappearing a n c
annulling certain
acts of the legisla'
] tive assembly of the
territory of Utah,
or in violation oil
s e ction eighteen
hundred and ninety
of the Revised Stat
utes of the United
States: and all such
property so forfeited
and escheated to the
United States shall
be disposed of by
the secretary of the
interior, and the
proceeds thereof ap-
piled to the use anC
| benefit OF the com
mon schools in the
territory in which
such property MAY
be: Provided, Tina
no building, or INT
grounds appurten
ant thereto, shall
be forfeited which
is held and occupied
exclusively for pur
poses of the wor-
ship of God
, Sec. 14.-That in
any proceedings To-
the enforcement o.
the provisions o.
| law against corpo-
| rationS or aSsocia-
lions acquiring OF
holding property II
any territory of the
| United States in eX-
I cess OF the amount
limited by law, the
court before which
S u C h proceeding
may be institute
ed shall have
! power in a summary
way to compel the
production of al.
| books. records. pa
pers. and documents
of or belonging &c
any trustee or per
son holding or con
trolling or mana
ing property in
which Sucn cOfporo-
ton may nave any
right, title. or inter
est whatever.
| Sec. 15.-That all
laws of the legisla-
tive assembly of the
Territory of Utah,
or of the so-nalleC
government of the
State of DeSeret,
creating, organizing
amending, or con-
tinuing the corpora
ton or association
called the Perpetual
Emigrating FunC
company are hereb.
disapproved and an
nulled; and it shall
not be lawful for thu
legislative asSembl.
of the Territory OF
Utah to create, or.
Anlze, or in any
manner recognize
any corporation OIL
association for tn
purpose of operating
to accomplish tbs
bringing of person
into the said terri
tory for any pur
pose whatsoever.
Sec. 16.-That /
shall be the duty o
the Attorney-Gen
eral of the Unitel
States to cause sucl
proceedings to b.
taken in the su
preme court of tn
territory of Utah a
shall be proper I,
dissolve the sai'
corporation m e n
toned in the proceed
ing section, and pa,
the debts and as
pose of the proper
erty and assets
thereof according t
law. Said propert,
and assets, in eX
cess of the debts
and the amount Of
any lawful claim
established by tn
court against thu
same, and that b.
law shall escheat Il
the United States
shall be taken, in
vested, and disposed
of by the secretar.
of the interior, an.
der the direction o
the president of tn
United States, 70
the benefit of tn