The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-03
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS


OF Idaho shall be and constitute a ju.
dicial district, and there shall he FIR
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-
W 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;
ana 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 filing 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
hlled at special election called by the
COVE rnor 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
lion, and said judges shall hold said
ofnces until their successors are elect
I'D 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
lis term OF office and shall be classified |
ls follows: In district having under
our thousand votes, two thousand
iollars per annum: over four thousand
Ind not more than six thousand votes,
Wo thousand five hundred dollars per
tnnum; over six thousand votes, three
dollars per annum; one-half
II which salary shall be paid out of
he state treasury and the other half
II which salary shall be paid out by
he county or counties for which he is |
elected or appointed. and in cases
where one Judge Is provided for more
han one county. that portion Of his
alary which is to be paid by the coun- s
les shall be apportioned between said
ounties according to the assessed val !
lation of their taxable property to be
determined by the assessment of the !
recedihg year, and In addition to said
alaries there shall be paid in the same
way to all district judges the actual
nd necessary hotel and travelling ex-
lenses incurred by them In holding
curt In counties other than those IN
which they reside.
Section 6. That Section Six OF Ar ,
icle XVIII. of the Constitution of the
tate of Idaho be amended to read as '
allows: Section 6. The legislature by
eneral and uniform laws. shall pro- q
ide for the election biennially In each t
the several counties of the State. of l
ounty commissioners, sheriff, ?
ounty treasurer. who is ex-officio I
ublic administrator; a county super |
ltendent of public instruction; a coun-
assessor, who Is ex-officio tax COL
'ctor; coroner and a surveyor. The q
Jerk of the district court shall be l
x-officio auditor and recorder. No r
Their county offices shall be estab-
shed. but the legislature by general n
nd uniform laws. shall provide for the n
lection Of such township. precinct and n
lunicipal officers as public convenience I
lay require. and shall prescribe their
titles and f1x their terms OF office. The
'gislature shall provide for the strict II :,
ccountability Of county, township, S
recinct and municipal officers for all =
'es which may be collected by them.
nd for all public and municipal mon
Us, which may be paid to them, or
mcially come into their possession.
he county commissioners may employ n
'uncil when necessary. The sheriff, 5
aditor and recorder and clerk of the E
lstrict court shall be empowered by 5
he county commissioners to appoint n
ich deputies and clerical assistance N
, the business OF their offices may re- u
lire; said deputies and clerical as =
stants to receive such compens a ton n
may be fixed by the county commits