The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-13
THE ENABLING ACT.

Full Text of the Measure, which i
of So Much Importance to Utal
People.
An Act to enable the people of Utah t.
form a constitution and sta te govern
nent, and to De admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the
original states.
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 constitut-
ing the territory of Utah, as at present
described, may become the state of Utah
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2-That all 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 20 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 dele
gates, apporucned among the several
counties within the limits of the proposed
state as follows: Beaver county. two
delegates; Box Elder county, four dele
gates; 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; Juab
county, three delegates; Kane county,
one delegate; Willard county two dele
gates; 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 delega tes; Fifth precinct,
three delegates; all other precincts in
said county, outside of Salt Lake city.
eight delgates: San Juan county, one
gates; Sewer county. three delegates;
Summit county. four delegates; Tooele
county. two delegates; Uintah county,
one delegate; Utah county, twelve dele
gates: Wasatch county two delegates;
Washington county, two delegates;
Wayne county, one delegate, and Weber
county. eleven delegates; and the COVER
nor Of said territory shall on the first
day Of August, eighteen hundred and
ninety-fCUT issue proclamation order
ing an election of the delegates afore-
said in said territory to be held on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in
November following. The board of COM
missioners known as the Utah commits
sion is hereby authorized and required
10 cause a new and complete registra-
tlon Of voters Of said territory to be
made under the provisions of the laws
of the United States and said territory,
except that the oath required for regis
trati0n under said laws shall be so mod
flied as 20 test the qualifications of the
electors as prescribed IN TINS act, sueh
new registration to be made as nearly
conformable with the provisions OF such
laws as may be; and such election Tor
delegates shall be conducted, the returns
made. the result aScertained, and the
certificate Of persons elected to such con-
Vention issue in the same manner as IS
prescribed by the laws of said territory
regulating elections therein Of members
of the legislature. Persons possessing
the qualifications emitting them 10 vote
for delegates under this act SHAH De en-
titled to vote on the ratification or re-
lection of the constitution. under such
rules or regulations as said convention
may prescribe, not in conflict with TINS
act.
Delegates to Meet.
Sec. g. That the delegates to tie con
vention thus elected shall meet at the
the iirst Mond;.y IN March. eighteen
hundred and ninety-fVe, and, after organ
tZation, shall declare on behalf OF the
ADOPT the constitution of the United
States, whereunon the said convention
shall be, and is hereby authorizes TO torn
said proposed state, The constitution
shall be republican in form. and make
no distinction in civil or political rights
on account of race or color, eXceot as 10 /
Indians not taxed. and not to be rsrus-
nant to the constitution of the United
Stares and the principles of the Deciara-
ton shall provide, by ordinance irrevoca-
bic without the consent Of the United ]
States snd the. people Of said state
rirSt-That perfect liberation of relig- /
ious sentiment shall be secured, and that
no inhabitant of said state shall ever be /
lpolested in person or property on account /
of his or hel mode of religious worship: |
Provided. That polygamous or plural |
marriages are forever prohibited.
Second--That the people inhabiting said /
proposed state do agree and declare that
they forever disclaim ali right and title
TO the unappropriateo, public lands wing 4
within the boundaries thereof: and TO
or held by any Indian or Indian tribes:
md that until the title thereto shall have
been eStinguished by the United States
the same shall be and remain subject to