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 THIRTY—SEVEN'I`H CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 125, 126. 1862. 501 request it in writing, at which only the parties shall be admitted, their parents, guardians, or other legal representatives. Seo. 11. And be it further enacted, That the expenses of maintenance Expenses of of the inmates committed for oflences against the people, or for trial, or as l“"l"f°““£°° °f witnesses, shall be paid by the county, and those of persons committed by gil; es' Ow parents, guardians, or next friends, shall be paid by the persons commit— Ling them, unless the trustees shall otherwise determine. The rates of Rates expenses shall be fixed by the board of trustees. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the grounds, and the build- Grounds, &c., ings thereon, for the use of said society, shall be exempt from taxation. °’$""‘P'* Mm mx' Amwvsp, July 1, 1862. “"‘°"· CHAP. CXXV`I.—-An Act to punish and prevent the Practice of Polygamy in the Territories July 1, 1862. qf the United States and other Places, and disapproving and annulling certain Acts of j"‘_" the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Z/Yah. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every person having a BFS3V1y lu tm husband or wife living, who shall marry any other person, whether mar- §$£§!§ia2;sth° ried or single, in a Territory of the United States, or other place over how punished: which the United States have exclusive jurisdiction, shall, except in the cases specified in the proviso to this section, be adjudged guilty of bigamy, and, upon conviction thereof; shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years: Provided, nevertheless, That this section shall not extend to any Actnot to apperson by reason of any former marriage whose husband or wife by such Egg? °"mm marriage shall have been absent for five successive years without being known to such person within that time to be living; nor to any person by reason of any former marriage which shall have been dissolved by the decree of a competent court; nor to any person by reason of any former marriage which shall have been annulled or pronounced void by the sentence or decree of a competent court on the ground of the mullity of the marriage contract. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following ordinance of Certaip ms of the provisional government of the State of Deseret, so called, namely: "AI] ordinance incorporating the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day mug;} and dis~ Saints,” passed February eight, in the year eighteen hundred and Eity- ¤PPY°V°d· one, and adopted, reenacted, and made valid by the governor and legislative assembly of the Territory of Utah by an act passed January nineteen, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled "An act in relation to the compilation and revision of the laws and resolutions in force in Utah Territory, their publication, and distribution,” and all other acts and parts of acts heretofore passed by the said legislative assembly of the Territory of Utah, which establish, support, maintain, shield, or countenance polygamy, be, and the same hereby arc, disap- _ proved and annulled: Provided, That this act shall be so limited and 9r§§;‘(§f1§;g’3K construed as not to affect or interfere with the right of property legally de; time acijg: acquired under the ordinance heretofore mentioned, nor with the right §¤;i_,;<:é<;tE¤§L¥;· “t0 worship God according to the dictates of conscience," but only to e Q ’ ' annul all acts and laws which establish, maintain, protect, or countenance the practice of polygamy, evasively called spiritual marriage, however disguised by legal or ecclesiastical solemnities, sacraments, ceremonies, oonsecrations, or other contrivauces. _ _ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for cO£)‘;};§;;’glsg ?;°·¤ any corporation or association for religious or charitable purposes to m.,m,,i€S not to acquire or hold real estate in any Territory of the United States during ggl)d063<>ref ills; the existence of the territorial government of a greater value than fifty Gs5W_ O thousand dollars; and all real estate acquired or held by any such corporation or association contrary to the provisions of this act shall be