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  1. Overview: Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)
  2. Full Record: Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)
  3. Committee:Committee of the Whole
  4. Session: 1895-04-10 14:12:00
  5. 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

Committee of the Whole

The Committee of the Whole was created with the permanent adoption of rule five in the Standing Rules of the Convention of the State of Utah.

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Session 7659: 1895-04-10 14:12:00

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Article on Legislative [Article No. 9.2]

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Distribution of Powers.

Section 1. The powers of the government of the state of Utah are divided into three distinct departments–the legislative, the executive, and the judicial; and no person charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any functions appertaining to either of the others, except in the cases herein expressly directed or permitted.

Legislative Department.

Section 1. The legislative power of this state shall be vested in a senate and house of representatives, which shall be designated “the legislature of the state of Utah.”

Section 2. Regular sessions of the legislature shall be held bi-ennially at the seat of government: and except the first session thereof shall commence on the second Monday in January next after the election of members of the house of representatives.

Section 3. The members of the house of representatives after the first election shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the respective representative districts on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1896, and biennially thereafter and their term of office shall be two years from the first day of January next after their election.

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