The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-26
Turn Them Into the Treasury.
PROVIDING FOR THE CHANGE.
How the Transfer of All Offices is to
Be Made.

The article On schedule. providing
for the first Utah election, adoption OF
the constitution and transfer Of the
territorial condition to the state con-
dition, contains substantially the fol-
lowing provisions:
That no inconvenience may arise by
reason u the change from a territorial
to a state government, all Wrlts, ac-
tons, prosecutions, judgments, claims
and contracts of individuals and cor
porations, public and private, shall
continue as if no change had taken
place and all territorial process shall
be as valid under the state.
Territorial laws not repugnant to the
constitution shall remain in force until
they expire by their own limitations,
or are altered or repealed.
All fines, penalties and forfeitureS
eccruing to the territory or people in
the territory shall inure to this state
and all territorial debts. liabilities and
obligations shall be valid against the
!. state and lawfully enforced.
Ian recognizances taken before the
i. Lhange shall remain valid and be
prosecuted in the name of the state.
All bonds executed to the territorial
governor or other officer or court in
offiSssl capacity or to the people shall
pass TO their successors and may be
sued on and recovery had. All terri
torial revenue, property, real, personal,
or mixed, and all judgments, bonds,
epecialties, chooses in action, claims
6nd debts, of whatever description,
records and public archives, shall vest
In the state.
All territorial prosecutions and crimi-
nal actions pending shall be prosecuted
by the state. Offenses committed
against the territorial laws. not prose-
cuted before the change, may be prose-
cuted by the state without regard to
the provisions of the constitution
Whenever a district judge, elected or
appointed Under the constitution,
qualities the causes in the territorial
district courts, except such as belong
TO the federal district court, shall pass
TO the state district courts according
TO the counties. The clerk of the dis
trict court as at present shall duly
transfer to the county clerks the
original papers in cases and necessary
transcripts. Until superseded the terri
torial Judges shall have jurisdiction.
Whenever a quorum of the supreme
court qualify the papers of the supreme
court shall be duly transferred. Upon
the orgaEiZatio of state district
courts and the expiration of the terms
of the present probate judges, on the
second Monday in January, 1896, the
probate papers and records shall pass
-,
and all cases viii be carried on with
out being affected by the change. I'm
til their terms expire probate judges
will carry on their work and the dis
trict courts will have appellate juris-
diction over them.
All military and civil territorial Of
fcers, holding under the territory or
the United States, shall hold until
superseded; provided that the section
shall be subject 20 the provisions of
the enabling act.
The election for the adoption or re-
lection Of this constitution and state
officers shall be conducted according TO
the territorial laws and enabling act:
and canvassed and returns made in
the same manner as in the election for
constitutional delegates. All male
citizens of the United States oVe- q
years resident in this territory for one
year may vote on the constitution and
for the state officers, and the returns
shall be made to the Utah Commission,
who shall cause the same to be can
Vassed and snail certify the result of
the vote to the president Of the United
States, and also issue certificates of
election to the state officers and file
with the secretary of the territory
certified abstract of the vote and
county totals.
The state officers to be voted for at
ene time of the adoption of the con-
stitution are governor, secretary Of
state. auditor, treasurer, attorney-gen-
aral- superintendent of public instruc-
ton m abers of the senate and house
of representatives, three supreme
Judges and nine district judges.
In case of contest on the result OF
the first election for judges of the dis |
frjct courts, evidence shall be taken |
under territorial laws and certified to |
the secretary of state, who, with the /
governor and treasurer. shall settle |
the contest.
This constitution shall be submitted |
for adoption or rejection on the Tues I
day after the first Monday in Novem-
Der, 1895. At that election the ballots |
shall be in this form:
For the Constitution. Yes. No.
The following instructions to voters |
will be Oh each ballot:
All persons desiring to vote for the
constitution must erase the word
's.No."
All persons desiring to vote against
the constitution must erase the word |
Eyes"
The legislature at it's first session
shall provide for the election of ali |
officers not provided for in this cen
stitution and fix the commencement
and duration of their terms.
The constitution shall be in force I
from the day on which the president |
nf the Unfeed States issues his proc I
f,4111a ton of admission, and the terms |
~ all officers elected at the first cleo
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