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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Session 7353: 1895-03-15 14:00:00

Membership (at session start):

Louis Bernhardt Adams, Rufus Albern Allen, Andrew Smith Anderson, John Richard Barnes, John Rutledge Bowdle, John Sell Boyer, Theodore Brandley, Herbert Guion Button, William Buys, Chester Call, George Mousley Cannon, John Foy Chidester, Parley Christiansen, Thomas H. Clark Jr., Louis Laville Coray, Elmer Ellsworth Corfman, Charles Crane, William Creer, George Cunningham, Arthur John Cushing, William Driver, Dennis Clay Eichnor, Alma Eldredge, George Rhodes Emery, Andreas Engberg, Abel John Evans, David Evans, Lorin Farr, Samuel Francis, William Henry Gibbs, Charles Carroll Goodwin, James Frederic Green, Francis Asbury Hammond, Charles Henry Hart, Harry Haynes, Robert W. Heyborne, Samuel Hood Hill, John Daniel Holladay, William Howard, Henry Hughs, Joseph Alonzo Hyde, Anthony Woodward Ivins, William F. James, Lycurgus Johnson, Joseph Loftus Jolley, Thomas Kearns, David Keith, William Jasper Kerr, Frederick John Kiesel, Andrew Kimball, James Nathaniel Kimball, Richard G. Lambert, Christen Peter Larsen, Lauritz Larsen, Hyrum Lemmon, Theodore Belden Lewis, James Paton Low, Peter Lowe, William Lowe, Anthony Canute Lund, Richard Mackintosh, Karl G. Maeser, Thomas Maloney, William H. Maughan, Robert McFarland, George Parcust Miller, Jacob Moritz, Elias Morris, James David Murdock, John Riggs Murdock, Joseph Royal Murdock, Aquila Nebeker, Jeremiah Day Page, Edward Partridge, John David Peters, James Christian Peterson, Mons Peterson, Frank Pierce, William B. Preston, Alonzo Hazelton Raleigh, Franklyn Snyder Richards, Joel Ricks, Brigham Henry Roberts, Jasper Robertson, Joseph Eldredge Robinson, Willis Eugene Robison, George Ryan, William Gibson Sharp, Harrison Tuttle Shurtliff, John Henry Smith, Edward Hunter Snow, Hiram Hupp Spencer, George B. Squires, David Brainerd Stover, Charles Nettleton Strevell, Charles William Symons, Moses Thatcher, Daniel Thompson, Ingwald Conrad Thoresen, Joseph Ephraim Thorne, Samuel R. Thurman, William Grant Van Horne, Charles Stetson Varian, Noble Warrum Jr., Heber M. Wells, Orson Ferguson Whitney, Joseph John Williams (107 total)

Representing 31 delegations:

Beaver County Delegation, Box Elder County Delegation, Cache County Delegation, Davis County Delegation, Emery County Delegation, Garfield County Delegation, Grand County Delegation, Iron County Delegation, Juab County Delegation, Kane County Delegation, Millard County Delegation, Morgan County Delegation, Piute County Delegation, Rich County Delegation, Salt Lake All Other Areas Delegation, Salt Lake Precinct 1 Delegation, Salt Lake Precinct 2 Delegation, Salt Lake Precinct 3 Delegation, Salt Lake Precinct 4 Delegation, Salt Lake Precinct 5 Delegation, San Juan County Delegation, Sanpete County Delegation, Sevier County Delegation, Summit County Delegation, Tooele County Delegation, Uintah County Delegation, Utah County Delegation, Wasatch County Delegation, Washington County Delegation, Wayne County Delegation, Weber County Delegation


Imported Documents

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Utah County Suffrage Petition [File No. 61a] (e692386)
  • Legislative Power on Special Charters and Special Acts of Incorporation [File No. 61] (e692392)
    • Imported by 'Legislative Power on Special Charters and Special Acts of Incorporation [File No. 61]' (e697499) in Committee on Corporations other than Municipal,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition on the Incorporation of Cities [File No. 62] (e692396)
  • Proposition Relating to Counties [File No. 63] (e692400)
  • Proposition Prohibiting Municipalities from Selling or Disposing of or Leasing the Water-Works, Water Rights, and Water Supplies [File No. 64] (e692404)
    • Imported by 'Prohibiting Municipalities from Selling or Disposing of or Leasing the Water-Works, Water Rights, and Water Supplies [File No. 64]' (e697463) in Committee on Municipal Corporations,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition on Districting and Apportionment of Legislative members [File No. 65] (e692408)
    • Imported by 'Proposition on Districting and Apportionment of Legislative members [File No. 65]' (e697339) in Committee on Apportionment and Boundaries,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition on Militia [File No. 66] (e692412)
  • Relative to Protecting Livestock from Contagious Diseases [File No. 67] (e692416)
    • Imported by 'Relative to Protecting Livestock from Contagious Diseases [File No. 67]' (e697431) in Committee on Water Rights, Irrigation, and Agriculture,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition on Affecting the Employment of Labor [File No. 68] (e692419)
  • Proposal Relative to Prohibiting the Taking of Private Property for Public Purposes Without Just Compensation [File No. 69] (e692424)
    • Imported by 'Proposal Relative to Prohibiting the Taking of Private Property for Public Purposes Without Just Compensation [File No. 69]' (e697162) in Committee on the Preamble and Declaration of Rights,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition for Insertion in the Constitution of Utah Affecting the Wages of Employees [File No. 70] (e692440)
    • Imported by 'Proposition for Insertion in the Constitution of Utah Affecting the Wages of Employees [File No. 70]' (e697616) in Committee on Labor and Arbitration,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to Requiring Judges of the Supreme, District, and Superior Courts, to Report Defects in the Laws to the Attorney General [File No. 71] (e692446)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Requiring Judges of the Supreme, District, and Superior Courts, to Report Defects in the Laws to the Attorney General [File No. 71]' (e697230) in Judiciary Committee,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to Militia [File No. 72] (e692450)
  • Proposition Relative to Requirements for Judges of the Supreme Court [File No. 73] (e692454)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Requirements for Judges of the Supreme Court [File No. 73]' (e697231) in Judiciary Committee,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to Free Publication of Supreme Court Decisions [File No. 74] (e692458)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Free Publication of Supreme Court Decisions [File No. 74]' (e697232) in Judiciary Committee,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to County Organization [File No. 75] (e692462)
  • Proposition Relative to Requiring Judges to Decide Questions and Render Decisions Within Thirty Days After Argument, or Submission to Them [File No. 76] (e692466)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Requiring Judges to Decide Questions and Render Decisions Within Thirty Days After Argument, or Submission to Them [File No. 76]' (e697233) in Judiciary Committee,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to Protecting Settlers upon School Lands [File No. 77] (e692470)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Protecting Settlers upon School Lands [File No. 77]' (e697375) in Committee on Education and School Lands,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to Superintendence of District Schools and School Districts [File No. 78] (e692474)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Superintendence of District Schools and School Districts [File No. 78]' (e697376) in Committee on Education and School Lands,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposal Relative to Division of Counties [File No. 79] (e692478)
  • Proposition Relative to Forbidding Donations of Public Lands [File No. 80] (e692482)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Forbidding Donations of Public Lands [File No. 80]' (e697515) in Committee on Public Lands,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to Municipal Corporations [File No. 81] (e692486)
  • Proposition Relative to Fixing the Basis of Taxation [File No. 82] (e692490)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Fixing the Basis of Taxation [File No. 82]' (e697550) in Committee on Revenue, Taxation, and Public Debt,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to Fixing State Boundaries [File No. 83] (e692494)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Fixing State Boundaries [File No. 83]' (e697341) in Committee on Apportionment and Boundaries,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to State Institutions Other Than Educational [File No.84] (e692500)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to State Institutions Other Than Educational [File No.84]' (e697406) in Committee on Public Buildings and State Institutions,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to Non-Partisan Election of School and Judicial Officers [File No. 85] (e692504)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Non-Partisan Election of School and Judicial Officers [File No. 85]' (e697296) in Committee on Elections and Right of Suffrage,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to Narcotics [File No. 86] (e692508)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Narcotics [File No. 86]' (e697832) in Committee on Schedule, Future Amendments, Miscellaneous,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Proposition Relative to Boundaries [File No. 87] (e692433)
  • Proposition Relative to Legislative Apportionment [File No. 88] (e692521)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Legislative Apportionment [File No. 88]' (e697343) in Committee on Apportionment and Boundaries,
      on Saturday, 16 March 1895, at 10:00
  • Announcements of Caucus and Committee Meetings Take Precedence of Motions to Adjourn (e692576)

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