The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-10

A meeting of the Territorial Bar as
ISOLATION was held yesterday forenoon
in the Third district courtroom. Judge
j. c. Sutherland presided and there
was good attendance of members.
The object of the meeting was to re-
! ceive the judiciary article Of the con-
stitution, which was drawn up by the
committee specially appointed for that
purpose. The secretary of the asso-
citation, r. B. Shepard. read the article.
! discussion upon which was postponed
until next Saturday at 2 o'clock. when
another meeting will be held for that
purpose. The article reads as fol-
| lows:
judicial Department..
Section 1. The judicial power of the
| state shall be vested in the senate sit
! ting as a court of Impeachment, il a
| supreme court, in district courts, in
probate courts. in justices Of the peace,
and in such municipal courts as the
legislature may establish.
Section ,. The house of representa-
I tives shall nave the power Of impeach-
| I4CAAI DS d woe u 1il1jOL1ty OI Oil
! the members elected. The court for
the trial of impeachmepts shall be COM
| posed Of the president of the senate
and the senators or a major part OF
them. On the trial of an impeachment
against the governor the chief justice
shall preside and the lieutenant-gov-
| ernor shall not act as a member of
the court. Before the trial of an i'm
parchment all The members of the
mt rrla.l 1,I-.Z
truly and impartially to try the i'm
parchment according to the evidence.
and no person shall be convicted with
out the concurrence Of tWo-thirds of
the members present. No judicial Of
ficer shall exercise his office after he
shall have been impeached until after
he shall have been acquitted Judg-
ment in cases of Impeachment shall
not extend further than a removal from
office or disqualification to hold OF en-
JOY any Office Of honor. trust Or profit
under this state, but the party i'm
peached shall be liable to Indictment
and punishment according to law.
The Supreme Court.
Section 8. The supreme court shall
consist Of three judges; but after the
year 1900 the legislature may increase
the number thereof to any number not
exceeding five. y majority of the
judges constituting the court shall be
necessary to make a quorum or pro-
nounce a decision. The judges of the
supreme court shall be elected by the
electors Of the state at large. The
terms Of office Of the judge Of the su-
preme court, excepting as in this arti-
Gle otherwise provided, shall be nine
years. The judges of the supreme
| court shall Immediately after the first
election under this constitution be Sc
! lected by lot, so that one shall hold his
Office for the term of three years, one
| for the term OF six years. and one for
the term Of nine years. The lots shall
be drawn by the judges of the supreme
court, who shall for that purpose as
/ Semble at the seat OF government and
: they shall cause the result thereof to
be certified to by the secretary of state
: and filed in his office. The judge hav-
ing the shortest term to serve not
holding his office by appointment OF
! election to fill vacancy shall be the
! chief justice and Shall preside at all
! terms OF the supreme court, and in
case OF his absence the Judge having
e in like manner the next shortest term
l shah preside in his stead.
Sec. 4.-Every Judge of the supreme
t court shall be at least thirty years OF
2 age and shall before his election have
been a resident Of the state for three
4 years.
l Sec. 5.-The supreme court shall have
original jurisdiction to issue Writs OF
mandamuS, certiorari, prohibition, quo
= Warranto and habeas corpus and al
l writs necessary or proper to the com.
e plete exercise Of its appellate jurisdic,
! ton. In all other cases it shall have
+ appellate jurisdiction only. The SUI
e preme court shall hold at least three
I nd CHI CIT l..
capital of the state.
q Five Judicial Districts.
y Sec. 6.-The state shall be divided
I: into five judicial districts for each Of
= which one and not exceeding three
v electors thereof. The term of Office O.
i the district judges first elected anc
$ holding Office under this constitution
y shall be three years, and their success
a sOr5 shall be elected and shall holC
d their office for term Of six years
h There shall be held u district court il
q each county at least twice in a year
Each judge CT the district court shall
be at least thirty years of age anC
shall reside in the district for which h
u shall be elected. A district judge MAJ
2 hold district court in any county a
: the request of a judge Of the distric
court thereof and upon the request o
the Governor it shall be his duty to dt
t SO. Any cause in the district cour
may be tried by a judge pro tempore
Y who must be a member of the bat
agreed upon by the parties or thei
attorneys of record and who shall b,
sworn TO try the cause.
- Sec. THE district court shall pos
- sess charcery as well as the common
law Jurisdictions and such appellate
jurisdiction as may be provided b.
Jaw
i Sec. Sat the date of the election-o
L judges of the supreme and distric
courts no other person shall be votec
l. for excepting candidates for superfn
tendent OF public instruction ant
school trustees.
. Probate Judge.
Sec. e.-There shall be elected in eacl