The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-19
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS


Idaho be amended to read as follows:
Section "A. Each County in the State
of Idaho shall be and constitute a ju-
dicial district, and here 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 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 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 office 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
filled 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 Dis
trict Judge shall be classified and
based upon the vote for Governor at
the last general election in his district
Immediately prior to the beginning of
his term of office and shall be classified
as follows: In district having under
four thousand votes, two thousand
dollars per annum; over four thousand
and not more than six thousand votes,
two thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; over six thousand votes, three
thousand dollars per annum; 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 county or counties for which he Is
elected or appointed, and in cases
where one judge is provided for more
than one county, that portion of his
ties shall be apportioned between said
counties according to the assessed val
uation 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 district judges the actual
and necessary hotel and travelling ex-
penses incurred by them in holding
court in counties other than those in
which they reside.
Section g. That Section Six of Ar
ticle XVIII. of the Constitution Of the
State of Idaho be amended to read as
fallows: Section 6. The Legislature by
general and uniform laws, shall pro-
vide for the election biennially In each
of the several counties OF the State, of
| county commissioners, a sheriff, a
county treasurer who Is ex-officio
public administrators; a county super
| intendent os public instruction; coun-
| ty assessor, who is ex-officio tax col
| lector; n coroner and a surveyor. The
clerk of the district court shall be
| ex- oficio auditor and recorder. No
other county offices shall be estab-
lished. but the Legislature by general
and uniform laws, shall provide for the
election OF such township, precinct and
municipal officers as public convenience
may require, and shall prescribe their
duties and fix their terms of office. The
Legislature shall provide for the strict
accountability OF county. township
precinct and municipal officers for all
fees which may be collected by them
and for all public and municipal mon
eys, which may be paid to them. or
officially come into their possession
The county commissioners may employ
council when necessary, The sheriff
auditor and recorder and clerk of the
district court shall be empowered by
the county commissioners to appoint
such deputies and clerical assistance
as the business Of their Offices may re-