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 7350: 1895-03-12 14:00:00

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Proposition on the Distribution of Powers [File No. 32]

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Proposition on the distribution of powers.

File No. 32

Introduced by Dennis C. Eichnor

The Delegates of the Constitutional Convention of the Territory of Utah, in Convention assembled, do propose as follows:

Section 1. The powers of the government of this State are divided into three distinct departments: The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, and no person or collection of persons charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any powers properly belonging to either of the others, except as in this constitution expressly directed or permitted.

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