The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-26
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS

| "a ehS OF the state OF
! Idaho be amended to read as follows:
| Sectlon "a. Each County in the State
| OF Idaho shall be and constitute a ju-
dicial district and there shall be In
each OF said counties a District Court,
for each Of which at least one Judge
shall be elected by the qualified elect
ors Of said district at the general state
| election; Provided. however, That any
County, in which the total vote for
Governor at the last general election
was not at least two thousand votes.
shall be united with an adjoining coun-
ty In the election Of a Judge and there
shall be only one Judge elected for
said united counties until said coun-
ties shall each have cast at a general
state election at least two thousand
votes for governor, and until said time
only one Judge shall be elected for the
following counties, to-wit: Boise and
Ada, one Judge; Cassia and Lincoln,
one judge; Custer and Lemhi, one
Judge; Gilmore and Blaine, one Judge:
and Owyhee and Canyon, one Judge;
Provided further, That when any Judi
cial district shall cast over eight
thousand votes for governor at any
general state election an additional
judge shall be elected therein for each
additional eight thousand votes, or
major part thereof, thereafter in said
district, any one or more of whom may
hold court, and there may be as many
sessions of said court. at the same
time, as there are judges thereof. The
said judges shall choose from their
own number a presiding Judge, who
may be removed at their pleasure. He
shall distribute the business of the
court among the judges thereof, and
prescribe the order of business. In
districts composed of but one county
there shall be no term Of court, but
the court shall be open continuously
for the transaction Of business. In dis
tricts composed of two counties the
judge shall hold the district courts of
both OF said counties in accordance
with such rules for the dispatch of
business as he may adopt. The courts
shall be always open for the fling of
papers, and for the transaction of
business. The term Of offices of dis
trict judges shall be four years from
and after the first Monday of January
next after their election. The present
incumbent in each judicial district
heretofore existing shall be and shall
remain until the expiration of his term
OF once the judge of the new district
wherein he resided when elected or ap-
pointed. All vacancies created by the
adoption OF these amendments shall be |
nlled at special election called by the |
governor of Idaho, within ten days at
ter the canvass of the returns of the |
general election at which these amend
ments are adopted, and held in the
said new districts, upon giving notice
thereof as provided for a general cleo
lion, and said judges shall hold said
ofnces until their successors are elect
I'd and qualified. The salary of a Dis
rfct Judge shall be classified and
based upon the vote for Governor at
he last general election In his district
prior to the beginning of
lis term of office and shall be CLASSIFIED
IS follows: In district having under
our thousand votes, two thousand
dollars per annum; over four thousand
nd not more than six thousand votes,
wo thousand Ave hundred dollars per
mum; over six thousand votes, three
thousand dollars per annum; one-half
which salary shall be paid out of
he state treasury and the other half
which salary shall be paid out by :.
he county or counties for which he is
lected or appointed, and in cases
here one judge is provided for more &
han one county, that portion Of his
alary which is to be paid by the coun- {
es shall be apportioned between said =
ounties according to the assessed val
alton OF their taxable property to be 1
etermined by the assessment Of the .
receding year, and in addition to said a
llaries there shall be paid in the same
ay to all district judges the actual t
nd necessary hotel and travelling ex- :
enses incurred by them In holding {
'urt In counties other than those in
hich they reside.
Section 6. That Section Six of Ar r
Gle XVIII. of the Constitution Of the 1
late or Idaho be amended to read as !
FLOWS: Section 6. The legislature by I
eneral and uniform laws, shall pro- S
de for the election biennially in each
the several counties of the State, of |
'unty commissioners, sheriff, a In
'unty treasurer, who is ex-offlcio r
lblfc administrator; a county super
tendent of public instruction; a coun- ]
assessor, who Is ex-officio tax coll Il
ctor: a coroner and a surveyor. The l
ERIK of the district court shall be a
,-officio auditor and recorder. No
her county offices shall be estab-
shed. but the legislature by general s
Id uniform laws, shall provide for the =
ection of such township, precinct and n
unicipal officers as public convenience
ay require, and shall prescribe their
tiles and hx their terms of office. The
gislature shall provide for the strict I,
countability Of county, township,
ecinct and municipal officers for all
es which may be collected by them,
ID for all public and municipal mon N
8, which may be paid to them, or
IDEALLY come into their possession. | o.
lie county commissioners may employ y,
uncil when necessary. The sherifr, IL
ditor and recorder and clerk of the "
strict court shall be empowered by wv
3 county commissioners to appoint q,
CHI deputies and clerical assistance ~
the business OF their offices may re- s sn
ire; said deputies and clerical as nC