The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-03


for school purposes, shall, after de-
Quoting therefrom the amount be-
longing to the State, be paid into
and constitute a fund called
county expenses and redemption
fund.-" and all county expenses,
except for school purposes shall be
paid out of said fund in cash.
Whenever the market value OF
county warrants of such county at
date of issue shall be less than
ninety-ive cents on the dollar, all
moneys remaining in said fund
after the payment of said expenses
shall be set apart for the redemp-
ton of all unpaid county warrants
of such county; and the person or
persons who shall, on public adver-
tisement therefor, offer county war
rants of said county, principal and
interest included, for redemption
at the lowest rate, or smallest num-
Der of cents on the dollar, shall be
preferred in such redemption. The
Legislature shall by law enforce
the provisions of this section.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTORS,
All elections by the people must
be by ballot, and Legislature shall
provide for secret ballot.
Except as in this Article other
wise provided, every male citizen of
the United States twenty-one years
old, who has actually resided in
this State Tor Territory for six
months, and in the county where
he offers to vote thirty days, next
preceding the day of election if
as provided by law, is a
qualified elector; and until other
wise provided by the Legislature,
women who have the qualifications,
prescribed in this Article, may con-
tinue to hold such school offices and
vote at such school elections, as
provided by the laws of Idaho Ter
ritory..
No person is permitted to vote,
serve as juror, or hold any civil
office who is under guardianship,
non compos mentis, idiotic or insane
Or who has, at any place, been con-
victed of treason, felony, embezzle-
ment of public funds, bartering or
selling his vote or purchasing or
offering to purchase the vote of
another, or other infamous crime,
and who has not been restored to
The rights of citizenship, or who at
,he time of such election is confined
n prison on conviction of crimi-
lal offense, or who is bigamist or
oolygamist, or is living in what is
known as patriarchal, plural or
celestial marriage, or in any
'iolation of the law of this State. or
n of the United States, forbidding
ny such crime; or who in any
manner teaches, advises, counsels,
ids or encourages any person to
inter- into bigany, polygamy, or
UGH partriarchal, plural or celes-
ial marriage, or to live in violation
# any such law, or to commit any
uch crime; or who is member of,
r contributes to the support, aid or
of any order, or
,anization, association, corporation
r society, which teaches, advises,
ounsels, encourages or aids any
'erson to enter into bigamy, polyg-
my or such patriarchal or plural
carriage, or which teaches or
dvises that the laws of this State.
resembling rules Of civil conduct
re not the supreme law of the
tate; also all Chinese, or persons
f Mongolian descent not born in
ne United States, and all Indians
OF taxed, who have not severed
leir tribal relations and adopted
re habits of civilization: all Chi
csc, Indians, etc., shall not be
OF be allowed to hold Office and
erve on juries until SO provided by
ne Legislature.
The Legislature may prescribe |
limitations and con- |
tions for the right of suffrage |
lditional to those prescribed in
lis Article, but shall never annul
~ of the provisions in this Article
,ntained.
For the pupose of voting, no per-
N shall be deemed to have gained
lost residence by reason of his
essence or absence while employed
the service of this State, or of
e United States, nor while en-
lged in the navigation of the
this State or of the United States,
n while a student of any institu- {
IN of learning, nor while kept at !
" almshouse or other asylum at 6
e public expense. t
The vote on the final reading of
is Article stood: Yeas, 45; nays,
Of fhn 1or, Go | n