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 FORTY-NIN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 397. 1887. 637 Sec. 11. That the laws enacted by the legislative assembly of the Laws of Utah Territory of Utah which provide for or recognize the capacity of ille- ¤ll0Wi¤g_ illegitigitimate children to inherit or to be entitled to any distributive share ‘E“’Ll’°.:h‘ld"f{‘d'° in the estate of the father of any such illegitimate child are hereby dis- m m mm" ° ` approved and annulled; and no illegitimate child shall hereafter be entitled to inherit from his or her father or to receive any distributive share in the estate of his or her father: Provided, That this section shall I’*‘•Wi¤¢>· not apply to any illegitimate child born within twelve months after the NM ¤‘°iY0='¤¢iiV¤· passage of this act, nor to any child made legitimate by the seventh section of the act entitled "An act to amend section fifty-three hundred Vol. 22, p.31. and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in reference to bigamy, and for other purposes ”, approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. ` Sec. 12. That the laws enacted by the legislative assembly of the Ter- ·l¤ri¤di¤ti¤¤ e f ritory of Utah conferring jurisdiction upon probate courts, or the judges {,;‘;S]"‘*° ° ° “ ’“‘*· thereof, or any of them, in said Territory, other than in respect of the ' estates of deceased persons, and in respect of the guardianship of the persons and property of infants, and in respect of the persons and property of persons not of sound mind, are hereby disapproved and annulled; and no probate court or judge of probate shall exercise any jurisdiction other than in respect of the matters aforesaid, except as a member of a county court; and every such jurisdiction so by force of this act withdrawn from the said probate courts or judges shall be had and exercised by the district courts of said Territory respectively. · Sec. 13. That it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General of the Proceedings to United States to institute and prosecute proceedings to forfeit and escheat f°'*`°'*° P¤‘°P°**.Y Pf to the United States the property of corporations obtained or held in {,‘;;,}’,‘;f,:,f;§,$“,;;‘ violation of section three of the act of Congress approved the iirst day vol. 12, p. edt. ` of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An act to punish R.s.,eec.1890,p. and prevent the practice of polygamy in the Territories of the United 333-. States and other places, and disapprovin g and annulling certain acts of ° the legislative assembly of the Territory of Utah ”, or in violation of section ei gh teen hundred and ninety of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and all such property so forfeited and escheated to the United States shall be disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior, and the pro- Proceeds. ceeds thereof applied to the use and benefit of the common schools in Promo. the Territory in which such property may be: Provided, That no build- Houses of woring, or the grounds appurtenant thereto, which is held and occupied ex- Sbip. etc. clusively for purposes of the worship of God, or parsonage connected therewith, or burial ground shall be forfeited. Sec. 14. That in any proceeding for the enforcement of the provisions Production c f of law against corporations or associations acquiring or holding property l’°°k“· °*°· in any Territory of the United States in excess of the amount limited by law, the court before which such proceeding may be instituted shall have power in a summary way to compel the production of all books, records, papers, and documents of or belonging to any trustee or person holding or controlling or managing property in which such corporation may have any right, title, or interest whatever. SEO. 15. That all laws of the legislative assembly of the Territory of P*{¤‘P*=¢¤=¤l Emi- Utah, or of the so-called government of the State of Deseret, creating, g;’f‘“,{§:fB‘;f;icE’,“'“` organizin g, amending, or continuing the corporation or association P y “ called the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company are hereby disapproved and annulled; and the said corporation, in so far as it may now have, or pretend to have, any legal existence, is hereby dissolved; and it shall not be lawful for the legislative assembly of the Territory of Inqmigrutionlaw Utah to create, organize, or in any manner recognize any such corpora- *`°"b‘d‘l°“· tion or association, or to pass any law for the purpose of or operating to accomplish the bringing of persons into the said Territory for any purpose whatsoever. ‘ Sec. 16. That it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General of the Ail`=i¤¤ of ilm United States to cause such proceedings to be taken in the supreme ff;,‘P“"·' *°l’° “°*‘ court of the Territory of Utah as shall be proper to carry into etlect the ‘