Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-10-16

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 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 terms
continuously for the transaction OF
business In districts composed of two
counties the Judge shall hold the district
courts of both of said counties in ac-
cordance with such rules for the dis
patch of business as he may adopt The
courts shall be always open for the
| of business The term of offices OF
district judges shall be four years from
next after their election, The present
| incumbent in each judicial district here
tofore existing shall be and shall re-
office, 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
1 filled at a special election called by the
| governor of Idaho, within ten days after
eral election at which these amendments
are adopted, and held in the said new
districts, upon giving notice thereof as
| provided for general election, and said
| judges shall hold said offices until their
successors are elected and qualified The
salary of district Judge shall be clas-
| sified and based upon the vote for gov
| ernor at the last general election In his
district Immediately prior to the Begin
| classified as follows: In districts hay-
Ing under four thousand votes, two thou
sand dollars per annum; over four thou
sand and not more than six thousand
votes two thousand Ave hundred dollars
per annum; over six thousand votes,
three thousand dollars PEI, annum.i, one
half Of which salary shall be paid out
of the state treasury and the other half
Of which salary shall be paid out by the
ed or appointed, and in cases where one
judge is provided for more than one
county, that portion of his salary which
is TO be paid by the counties shall be
lapportioned between said counties ac-
lcording to the assessed valuation of
their taxable property to be determined
by the assessment of the preceding year,
and in addition to said salaries there
shall be paid In the same way to all dis
notel and travelling expenses incurred
by them In holding court in counties
other than those in which they reside"
section g. That Section of Article
XVIII of the Constitution of the state
or Idaho be amended to read as follows:
section g. The legislature by general
ana uniform laws shall provide for the
election biennially in each of the sew
Graz counties of the state, of county com
iiihssiulsTs' 9 shefln, a county treasurer
county superintendent of public instriic-
tion county assessor, who is ex-offi-
clio tax collector; coroner and a sur
veyor. the clerk of the district conrt
shall be ex-off1cio auditor and recorder.
no other county Offices shall be estab-
iished, but the legislature by general
and uniform laws. shall provide Far rha
election of such township, precinct and
nlunlclpaI olhcers as public convenience
may require and shall prescribe their
duties and fix their terms OF ONCE Tha
| legislature shall provide fer the strict
accountability of county, township. pre-
cinct and municipal officers for ali fees
which may be collected byathem, and
Tor all public and municipal moneys.
Iwnlch1 may be paid to them, or officiaIly
come into their possession The COUNTY
commissioners may employ counsel when
necessary. The sheriff, auditor and re-
corder and clerk of the district court
shall be empowered by the county com
rnlssioners to appoint such deputies and
clerical assistance as the busines~ -
their offices may require; said dennttes
ana clerical assistants to receive s,Ich
compensation as may be fixed by the
county assessor shall be quaiiffed to
mold the term of office immediately slc-
eeedns the term for which he was elect
| fixed by law"
Section 7. These amendments shall
become operative on the second Monday
or January, 1911, and all causes then
pending in the probate courts of said
|
settled in said probate courts, together
| with all the records of said courts shall
5e transferred at said time to the said
ties.
Section 8. The question to be sub
mitted to electors of the state at the
| next general election, shalr be in form
| as follows, to-wit:
Shall Sections II and 81 of Article v
no be repealed and annulled, and Sec
tons 2, II, 20. and "a of Article v, and
Section of Article XVIII OF the Com
| stitution of the State of Idaho be SO
| amended as to abolish the probate court
and extend the Jurisdiction of the dis
| trict court to all matters of probate and
| to provide for the election and appoint
| ment of Judges therefor and their sal
| aries, and to provide for the terms of
| said courts and establish system OF
Section 0. The secretaryiof state is
| hereby authorized to make publication
! of these constitutional amendments in
| each county for at least six consecutive
weeks prior to the next general election
in not less than one newspaper Of gen.
Ieral circulation published in each