The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-31
Constitutional
AMENDMENTS

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of Idaho shall be and constitute a iu.
dieial district, and there shall be in
each OF said counties q 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 fol
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 APP
pointed. All vacancies created by the
adoption of these amendments shall be
hlled at special election called by the
governor of Idaho, within ten days af-
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
ton, and said judges shall hold said
offices until their successors are elect
ed and qualified. The salary of a Dis
trict Judge shall be classified and
based upon the vote for Governor at
the last general election in his district
prior to the beginning of
his term of office and shall be classified
rs follows: In district having under |
four thousand votes, two thousand
dollars per annum; over four thousand
two thousand Ave hundred dollars per |
annum; over six thousand votes, three |
thousand dollars per annum; one-half |
IF which salary shall be paid out of |
The state treasury and the other half |
u which salary shall be paid out by |
he county or counties for which he Is
elected or appointed, and in cases
where one judge 10 provided for more
han one county. that portion of his
'alary which Is to be paid by the coun-
les shar be apportioned between said
counties according to the assessed val
iation of r taxable property to be |
ietermined~by the assessment of the |
preceding year, and In addition to said |
salaries there shall be paid In the same
way to all district judges the actual
md necessary hotel and travelling ex-
lenses incurred by them in holding
court In counties other than those in
which they reside.
Section s. That Section SIP of Ar
icle XVIII. of the Constitution of the
state of Idaho be amended to read as
general and uniform laws, shall pro-
'ide for the election biennially in each
u the several counties Of the State, OF |
county commissioners. a sheriff.
county treasurer, who 10 ex-officio
'ublic administrator: a county super
ntendent Of public instruction; a coun-
y assessor, who IL ex-officio tax col
ector; a coroner and a surveyor. The
Jerk of the district court shall be
* officio auditor and recorder. No |
ther county offices shall be estab-
ished. but the legislature by general
nd uniform laws, shall provide for the
lection of such township, precinct and |
municipal officers as public convenience
nay require. and shall prescribe their
Iuties and TX their terms of Office. The
legislature shall provide for the strict
Of county. township.
'recinct and municipal officers for all
ees which may be collected by them,
nd for all public and municipal mon
US. which may be paid to them. or
ficially come into their possession.
he county commissioners may employ
ouncil when necessary. The sheriff,
uditor and recorder and clerk of the
district court shall be empowered by
he county commissioners to appoint
UGH deputies and clerical assistance
. the business Of their offices may re-
uire; said deputies and clerical as
istants to receive such compensation
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