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SEC. 24. That every male person twenty-one years 

 of age resident in the Territory of Utah shall, as a con- 

 dition-precedent to his right to register or vote at any 

 election in said Territory, take and subscribe an oath 

 or affirmation, before the registration officer of his vot- 

 ing precinct, that he is over twenty-one years of age, 

 and has resided in the Territory of Utah for six months 

 then last passed and in the precinct for one month im- 

 mediately preceding the date thereof, and that he is 

 a native-born (or naturalized, as the case may be) citi- 

 zen of the United States, and further state in such oath 

 or affirmation his full name, with his age, place of 

 business, his status, whether single or married, and, 

 if married, the name of his lawful wife, and that he 

 will support the Constitution of the United States and 

 will faithfully obey the laws thereof, and especially 

 will obey the act of Congress approved March 22, 

 1882, entitled " An act to amend section 5352 of the 

 Kevised Statutes of the United States, in reference to 

 bigamy, and for other purposes," and will also obey 

 this act in respect of the crimes in said act defined 

 and forbidden, and that he will not, directly or indi- 

 rectly, aid or abet, counsel or advise, any other per- 

 son to commit any of said crimes. Such registration 

 officer is authorized to administer said oath or affirma- 

 tion ; and all such Oaths or affirmations shall be by 

 him delivered to the clerk of the probate court of the 

 proper county, and shall be deemed public records 

 therein. But if any election shall occur in said Terri- 

 tory before the next revision of the registration lists 

 as required by law, the said oath or affirmation shall 

 be administered by the presiding judge of the election 

 precinct on or before the day of election. As a condi- 

 tion-precedent to the right to hold office in or under 

 said Territory, the officer, before entering on the du- 

 ties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath or 

 affirmation declaring his full name, with his age, place 

 of business, his status, whether married or single, and, 

 if married, the name of his lawful wife, and that he 

 will support the Constitution of the United States and 

 will faithfully obey the laws thereof, and especially 

 will obey the act of Congress approved March 22, 

 1882, entitled " An act to amend section 5352 of the 

 Kevised Statutes of the United States, in reference to 

 bigamy, and for other purposes," and will also obey 

 this act in respect of the crimes in said act defined and 

 forbidden, and that he will not, directly or indirectly, 

 aid or abet, counsel or advise, any other person to 

 commit any of said crimes ; which oath or affirmation 

 shall be recorded in the proper office and indorsed on 

 the commission or certificate of appointment. All 

 grand and petit jurors in said Territory shall take the 

 same oath or affirmation, to be administered, in writ- 

 ing or orally, in the proper court. No person shall be 

 entitled to vote in any election in said Territory, or 

 be capable of jury service, or hold any office of trust 

 or emolument in said Territory who shall not have 

 taken the oath or affirmation aforesaid. No person 

 who shall have been convicted of any crime under this 

 act, or under the act of Congress aforesaid approved 

 March 22, 1882, or who shaltbe a polygamist, or who 

 shall associate or cohabit polygamously with persons 

 of the other sex, shall be entitled to vote in any elec- 

 tion in said Territory, or be capable of jury service, 

 or to hold any office of trust or emolument in said 

 Territory. 



SEC. 25. That the office of Territorial Superintend- 

 ent of District Schools created by the laws of Utah is 

 hereby abolished and it shall be the duty of the 

 Supreme Court of said Territory to appoint" a Com- 

 missioner of Schools, who shall possess and exercise 

 all the powers and duties heretofore imposed by the 

 laws of said Territory upon the Territorial Superin- 

 tendent of District Schools, and who shall receive the 

 same salary and compensation ; which shall bo paid 

 out of the treasury of said Territory ; and the laws of 

 the Territory of Utah providing for the method of 

 election and appointment of such Territorial Superin- 

 dent of District Schools are hereby suspended until 

 the further action of Congress shall" be had in respect 



thereto. The said superintendent shall have power to 

 prohibit the use in any district school of any book of 

 a sectarian character or otherwise unsuitable. Said 

 superintendent shall collect and classify (statistics and 

 other information respecting the district and other 

 schools in said Territory, showing their progress, the 

 whole number of children of school age, the number 

 who attend school in each year in the respective coun- 

 ties, the average length of time of their attendance, 

 the number of teachers and the compensation paid to 

 the same, the number of teachers who are Mormons, 

 the number who are so-called Gentiles, the number of 

 children of Mormon parents and the number of chil- 

 dren of so-called Gentile parents, and their respective 

 average attendance at school ; all of which statistics 

 and information shall be annually reported to Con- 

 gress, through the Governor of saia Territory and the 

 Department of the Interior. 



SEC. 26. That all religious societies, sects, and con- 

 gregations shall have the right to have and to hold, 

 through trustees appointed by any court exercising 

 probate powers in a Territory, only on the nomina- 

 tion of the authorities of such society, sect, or congre- 

 gation, so much real property for the erection or use 

 of houses of worship, and for such parsonages and 

 burial-grounds as shall be necessary for the conven- 

 ience and use of the several congregations of such re- 

 ligious society, sect, or congregation. 



SEC. 27. That all laws passed by the so-called State 

 of Deseret and by the Legislative Assembly of the 

 Territory of Utah for the organization of the militia 

 thereof or for the creation of the Nauvoo Legion are 

 hereby annulled and declared of no efiect ; and the 

 militia of Utah shall be organized and subjected in all 

 respects to the laws of the United States regulating the 

 militia in the Territories : Provided, however, That all 

 general officers of the militia shall be appointed by the 

 Governor of the Territory, by and with the advice and 

 consent of the Council thereof. The Legislative As- 

 sembly of Utah shall have power to pass laws for or- 

 ganizing the militia thereof, subject to the approval 

 of Congress. 



February 17, the House adopted the report 

 of the Conference Committee by the following 

 vote: 



YEAS G. E. Adams, J. J. Adams, C. H. Allen, J. 

 M. Allen. J. A. Anderson, Atkinson, Baker, Ballen- 

 tine, Barksdale, Barry, Bayne, Belmont, Bingham, 

 Blanchard, Bliss, Blount, 'Bound, Boutellc, C. R. 

 Breckinridge, C. E. Brown, W. W. Brown, Buchanan, 

 Buck, Bunnell, Burleigh, Burrows, Butterworth, By- 

 num, Caldwell, J. M. Campbell, J. E. Campbell, Can- 

 non, Caswell, Catchings, Clements, Cobb, Comstock, 

 Conger, Cooper, W. R. Cox, Crisp, Croxton, Cutch- 

 eon, A. C. Davidson, R. H. M. Davidson, Davis, 

 Dawson, Dingley, Dockery, Dorsey, Dunham, El- 

 dredge, Ely, Farquhar, Fisher, Fleeger, Forney. Ful- 

 ler. Funston, Gallinarer. Gay, Geddes, C. H. Gibson, 

 Gilfillan, Glass, Goif. Grosvenor, Grout, Guenther, 

 Halsell, Hammond, Manner, Harris, Hatch, Hayden, 

 Haynes, Heard, Hemphill, J. S. Henderson, T. J. 

 Henderson, Henley, Hepburn, Hermann, Hiestand, 

 Hires, Hiscock, Hitt, Hohnan, Holmes, Hopkins, 

 Houk. Howard, Hutton, Jackson, James, F. A. John- 

 son, J. T. Johnston, T. D. Johnston, J. T. Jones, 

 Lanoon, La Follette, Laird, Lnndes, Lanham, Lehl- 

 bach, Lindsley, Little, Louttit, Lyman, Mahoney, 

 Matson, Mayburv, McComas, McCreary, McKenna, 

 McKinley, McMillin, McRae, Merriman, Millard, 

 Moflfatt, Morgan, Morrison, Morrow, Muller, Neal, 

 Nelson, Gates, O'Donnell, O'Ferrall, Charles O'Neill, 

 Osborno, Owen, Parker, Peel, Perkins, Peters, Perti- 

 bone. Plumb. Price, Randall, Reed, Reese, Richard- 

 son, Riggs, Robertson, Rogers, Romeis, Rowell, Ryan, 

 Sawyer, Savers, Seney, Sessions, Seymour, Slunv, 

 Singleton, S"malls, Sowden, Spooner, Springer, Stahl- 

 necker, Stecle, Stcphcnson, J. W. Stewart, E. F. 

 Stone, W. J. Stone of Kentucky, Storm, Strait, Stru- 

 blc, Swope, Symes, E. B. Taylor, I. H. Taylor, J. M. 



