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LAWS

OF THE

TERRITORY OF UTAH

PASSED AT THE

Twenty-eighth Session of the Legislative Assembly.

CHAPTER I.

COMPILATION.

AN ACT to provide for the Compilation of the Laws of
Utah Territory.

Committee.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That Samuel R. Thurman, Charles C. Richards, Enos D. Hoge, Luther F. Tuttle and John E. Carlisle Names of are hereby appointed and constituted a Committee to compile, during the present session of the Legislative Assembly, all the public acts, laws and resolutions in force in said Territory, including those passed and approved during the present session of said Assembly.

SEC. 2. Said Committee are hereby authorized to employ such professional and clerical assistance as may be necessary for the accomplishment of said compilation, and shall report to said Legislature from time to time during said session such portions of said work as may be completed; and report the whole thereof, systematically arranged and compiled, on or before the first day of March, A. D. 1888.

Authority of
Committee.

SEC. 3. Said compilation shall be subject to the approval of the said Legislature and said Committee shall at all time be under the direc- Legislature.

Approval by

to whom let.

tion and control of the same, and the compensation of those employed by said Committee and the expenses of said work shall be as determined by the Legislature.

SEC. 4. That if it shall be found by said Committee to be impracticable to complete said work within the time specified in this act, or during said session, said Committee shall continue the work of said compilation and complete and publish as soon as practicable the same, together with the Organic Act of this Territory, the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, and such other laws of the United States as the Committee may deem specially applicable to the Territories.

SEC. 5. Said publication shall be in suitable Publication, form, in volumes substantially bound, with marginal notes and proper index, not exceeding five thousand copies; the printing and binding of said work shall be let by said Committee to the lowest responsible bidder resident in Utah Territory.

Books, how dispo.ed of.

Who entitied to receive.

Proceeds of sales.

Auditor, what

SEC. 6. Said books, when completed, shall be placed by the Committee in the hands of the Auditor of Public Accounts, to be by him distributed to the Governor, Secretary and Judges of the Supreme Court of this Territory, Members of the present Legislative Assembly, Members of the Utah Commission, and Territorial, County and Precinct Officers, one copy each: and that the Auditor retain two hundred copies for the use of future Legislative Assemblies, and place the residue of said books in the hands of the Territorial Treasurer, to be sold by him to all other persons at such rate as said Committee shall direct, and place the proceeds of such sales in the Territorial Treasury.

SEC. 7. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall, before distributing the books herein pronotice to give. vided to be furnished to County and Precinct Officers, cause notice to be inserted in each book that it is the property of this Territory, and is furnished for the use of the office to which it is

delivered, and must be transmitted by the incumbent thereof, at the expiration of his term, to his successor in office.

County and

cers to turn over books.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of each County and Precinct Officer who receives any volume of Duty of the laws of this Territory, as hereinbefore pro- Precinct of. vided, to carefully preserve the same and at the expiration of his term of office to immediately deliver it to his successor in office; and any such County or Precinct Officer who wilfully neglects or refuses to so deliver such book or books to his successor, upon demand being made therefor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars and the costs of prosecution.

Approved January 19, 1888.

CHAPTER II.

RAPE.

AN ACT to Amend Sec. 1964, Chapter I, Title IX, of the Compiled Laws, relating to Rape.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That subdivision one of Section 1964 of the Compiled Laws of Utah Territory be amended so as to read as follows:

1st. When the female is under the age of thirteen years.

Approved January 26, 1888.

CHAPTER III.

APPROPRIATIONS.

AN ACT Making Appropriations for General Purposes.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That
the sums of money are hereby appropriated out of

any money in the Territorial Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed:

1. For salary of Territorial Superin

tendent, and Commissioner of

Schools, for 1886 and 1887,......$ 1,500.00 For salary of Auditor of Public

Accounts for 1886 and 1887,. 3,000.00 For salary of Territorial Librarian

for 1886 and 1887,....

2.

3.

500.00

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1,500.00

5.

For incidental expenses of the of-
fices of Auditor, Treasurer, Li-
brarian, Sealer of Weights and
Measures, and Recorder of
Marks and Brands for 1886
and 1887, or so much thereof as
by the examination of the Aud-
iting Committee of the Legisla-
tive Assembly shall be found to
have been expended,....

6. For rent of rooms for last named

officers for 1886 and 1887,.

7. To pay deficiency of witnesses in

criminal cases, and jurors in
criminal cases, for 1884 and 1885,
as reported by the Auditor of
Public Accounts...

8. For Messenger and expenses of
the Executive Office for the years
1886 and 1887, ..

9. For incidental expenses of the offices of Auditor and Territorial Treasurer, in the years 1884 and 1885, to be drawn on the order of Nephi W. Clayton,.

10. James Jack and Nephi W. Clayton,for witness fees and mileage in the case of the People, etc., vs. Josiah Rogerson, and others,.. 11. Zera Snow, for legal services in the case of the People vs. Mar

1,000.00

1,200.00

22,068.22

2,250.00

97.10

115.50

shall and others,.

12. To Benjamin Bachman, Deputy Clerk of the First Judicial District, for attendance at Court during the years 1884 and 1885, and for fees and services during the same period, as per bill rendered,

13. To J. R. Wilkins, Clerk of the Second Judicial District, for attendance at Court during the years 1884 and 1885, and for fees and other services, as per bill rendered,

14. To E. T. Sprague, for fees as Clerk of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah, in Territorial criminal cases, for the years 1877 to 1885 inclusive,....

15. To J. R. Wilkins, for statement of fines, forfeitures collected, and mode of paying jurors, etc., in the Second Judicial District, as per bill rendered..

16. To John M. Zane, Clerk of the District Court for the Third Judicial District, for fees in cases brought in said court under the Criminal code of the Territory,

150.00

758.25

1,290.02

240.00

5.00

during the years 1884 and 1885,.. 1,141.80

17. To John W. Turner, for services and expenses incurred in the prosecution of Frederick Hopt, in the years 1884 and 1885,.

18. To L. W. Roundy, for payment of Auditor's warrant No. 4330, dated December 11th, 1875, on account of Harrisburg and Bellevue Road,...

19. To Wm. Fotheringham, for exam-
ining records in the Second Ju-

dicial District Court, in the
years 1884 and 1885,...

718.25

8.50

150.00

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