The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-02-10
(OFFICIAL.)
AN ACT
70 Incorporate Boise CITY, Ia Ada County.
ANAcT

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Be 1t Enacted by the Legislati,e Assembly
Of The Territory Of Idaho, as folloscs:
SEC. l. That Boise City shall be bounded as fol
lows: All that district Of country lying within tht
following limits, to wit beginning at point,onC
quarter OF a mile east of the NORTH east corner o.
the present line of BOISE City, in the lire Of the
Military Reserve. thence west along said lire two
miles. thence south one and one quarter miles
taehce east two miles thence north to the place
OF beginning.
SEC 2. The inhabitants of said Boise CITY shall
be, and are hereby constituted body polite and
corporate, by the name and style Of Boise City
aud By that name they and their successors shall
be known III law and have perpetual succession
sue and be sued, plead and be impeaaed aud
shall have power to receive property real and per
sonal and may dispose Of the saine for the beaedt
OF the City. All deeds conveying real estate be.
longing to said CITY shall be signed by the Mayor
aad attestcd ny the Ci!y Clerk and the seal of said
CITY, and shall be acknowledged aud recorded as
other decd, and no conveyance not thus execat-
ed; Acknowledged aud recorded, shall have any
validity whatever as against said City.
SEC 3. For the government of said City there
shall he annually elected in the manner hereinaf-
ter provided the following offcers Mayor, a
Common Council consisting Of five members, a
City Marshal, Collector and Treasurer and the
Mayor and Comm0n Council shall have power to
aPpelht such other officers as they shall think
necessary, and To fix the compensation Of all the
officers herein provided for except the hIayor and
Common Council, who shall receive no compensa-
tion. The Mayor shall preside at all meetings Of
the Common Council and shall have the right to
veto any ordinance passed by the Council, and the
same SO vetoed shall be returned within three days
with his reasons to the Council. after which the
same shall not become law unless repassed by
two thirds vote.
SEC. 4. \ general election for all City officers
required by this Act to be elected, shall be held
on the first v ednesddy in January in each year.
At such elections any person shall be entitled to
vote, who shall have at the time Of said election
the qualifications of voters at the general COUNTY
elections provided by law, and who, i'll addition
thereto, shall have resided in said City thirty DAYS
next preceding said City election. Said cleo
ton shall be conducted as near as may be- in the
same manner as the County eietti0ls and returns
thereof shall within five days thereafter be made
to the City Clerk, who shall open and CANVASS the
same in the presence of the Mayor and Common
Council. A vacancy in any City office m4y be fill
ed by the Common Council, until the next election
In the absence Of the Mayor his duties shall be
performed by member OF the Council to be
chosen BY them for that purpose. The Common
Council may elect one of their own lumber to a, t.
as City Clerk and fix his compensation.
SEC. B. Said Mayor and Common Council shall
have full power and authority to levy taxes for
municipal purposes, not to exceed one halt of one
per centum per annum, upon all taxable property
Ia said City, aud to collect the same in the manei
herinatter prescribed. To prevent and restrain
any disturbance, or disordery conduct, riot
drunkenness, or any indecent, q immoral practice
within the limits OF said City Ito make such reg
ulai ions as shall promote the heaitl, ptae cle n
liness and good order Within said Guy; To control
al regulate the ire department, and to provide
by ordnance for the election OF the officers of said
department, by the members thereof, specifying
such officers aud defining their duties; to open
mud establish streets, and widen the same when
deemed necessary. and for that purpose to con-
6eInn propertYfOr the City use, under such regu
lations as theysmay provide for that purpose bat
the amount to be paid to the claimant shall be
fixed by three dsinterested persons after due no.
tce to the claimant and hearing all the ey dence to
be offered, thelr report to he afterwards acted
unon by the Council The Claimant of such prom
erty shall be entitled to appeal from tile de.
cisiOn of said Council; or of any Commissioners
or appraisers appointed by them to the District |
Court. by fling with the City Clerk within ten
days alter such decision shall be rendered, a |
bona with security in double the VaUe OF the prom.
erty so claimed To be approved by said clerk con.
dltioned for the payment OF all costs OF said appeal
and ia surrender the property to the CITY. if so
reouil ed by the District Court. In any such con-
demnation Of property, the same shall be done in
accordance with any general laws which now or
hereafter may be in force on the subject. The !
Mayor and Common Council shall have power to /
make all needful bylaws, ordinances and-Tlh here
Is an apparent ommission here III the enrolled
SEC. S. Should any person feel aggrieved by
apy assessment made by the City Assessor, he
NAV ett any time before sale for taxes, apply to
the Ctanlaon Council to have the same reduced. |
Ii said Council Shall refuse to reduce such assess
ment. said owner or claimant shall give public
notice If such refusal ut the tax sae and such re-
iusaI if unjust Or oppressive IVES shall then be good
nninstly assessed. la all cases deed shall be +
axsecnted by the City in the manner hereinafter
prescribed to any purchaser at tax sale when the
tame shall be applied for, and such deed shall be
,arina faca evidence of the regularity and validity
IF ali previous proceedings Said dee deed may be
not subject to taxation. or-Second, that tax
ea % "a the same had been paid, or-Third, that
I'd assessment is unjust OF oppressive, and that
11,;cston to reduce the same had been made to
s.a Cannon Council aud refused and that pub
Irv ~ notice Of such refusal had been gwen At the
- ~ sole "a hereiubefore required; but said deed
IsalJ not be invalidated for any other reason
ssc ;. Said Common Council shall appoint one
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