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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Article on Public Buildings and State Institutions [Article XIX]

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ARTICLE XIX

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND STATE INSTITUTIONS

Section. 1. All Institutions and other property of the Territory, upon the adoption of this Constitution, shall become the Institutions and property of the State of Utah.

Sec. 2. Reformatory and Penal Institutions, and those for the benefit of the Insane, Blind, Deaf and Dumb, and such other institutions as the public good may require, shall be established and supported by the State in such manner, and under such boards of control as may be prescribed by law.

Sec. 3. The Public Institutions of the State are hereby permanently located at the places hereinafter named, each to have the lands specifically granted to it by the United States, in the Act of Congress, approved July 16th, 1894, to be disposed of and used in such manner as the Legislature may provide:

First:--The seat of government and State fair at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake, and the State prison in the county of Salt Lake.

Second:--The Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind, and the State Reform School at Ogden City, in the County of Weber.

Third:--The State Insane Asylum at Provo City, in the County of Utah.

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