- Event type: CREATE
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)
Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled to Adopt a Constitution for the State of Utah
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Proposition Relating to Counties [File No. 63]
A Proposition Relating to Counties
The Delegates of the Constitutional Convention of the Territory of Utah, in Convention assembled, do propose as follows:
Section 1. The several counties of the Territory of Utah, existing at the time of the adoption of this constitution are hereby recognized as legal subdivisions of this State and the precincts and school districts as now existing in the said counties as legal subdivisions thereof, and shall continue until changed by law in pursuance of this articles.
Section 2. No county seat shall be removed unless two thirds of the qualified electors of the county voting on the proposition at the general election shall vote in favor of such removal and two thirds of the votes cast on the proposition shall be required to re-locate a county seat. A proposition of removal shall not be submitted in the same county more than once in four years.
Section 3. There shall be no territory stricken from any county unless a majority of the voters living in such territory shall vote therefor, and then only under such other conditions as may be prescribed by a general law applicable to the whole State. Every county which shall be enlarged or created from territory taken from any other county or counties shall be liable for a just proportion of the existing debts and liabilities of the county or counties from which such territory shall be taken; provided that in such accounting neither county shall be charged with the debt or liabilities then existing incurred in the purchase of any county property or in the purchase or under construction of any county buildings then in use o under construction, which shall fall within and be retained by the County.
Section 4: The Legislature shall establish a system of county government which shall be uniform throughout the State and by general laws shall provide for precinct or township organization under which any county may organize whenever a majority of the qualified electors of such county voting at the general election shall so determine, and whenever a county shall adopt precinct or township organization, the assessments and collection of the revenue shall be made, and the business of such county, and the local affairs of the several precincts or townships therein, shall be managed and transacted in the manner prescribed by such general law.
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- Proposition Relating to Counties [File No. 63] (introduced on 1895-03-15 14:00:00 - CREATE - e692400) [This document]
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- None (introduced on 1895-03-15 14:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e692402) [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1895-03-15 14:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e692403) [view current proposal at this moment]