The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-24
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS

each of said counties a District Co...
Tor each OF which at least one tudga
snail be elected by the qualified elect-
ors or said district at the general state
election; Provided, however. That .ny
county. in which the total vote for
Governor at the last general election
was not at least two thousand votes
snail be united with an adjoining coun-
ty in the election of a Judge and there
snail 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
mold 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 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 a 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
| 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; ofe-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
/
salary which is to be paid by the coun-
! 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 6. 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, sheriff, a
| county treasurer, who Is ex-officio
public administrators; county super
intendent OF public instruction; a coun-
ty assessor, who 10 ex-officio tax col
lector: n coroner and a surveyor. The
| clerk of the district court shall be
ex-oiiicio auditor and recorder. Nc
| 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 theiI
duties and NIX their terms of office. The
legislature shall provide for the strict
accountability of county, township
precinct and municipal officers for al
fees which may be collected by them
and for all public and municipal mon
eys, which may be paid to them' oil
officially come into their possession
The county commissioners may employ
council when necessary. The sherin
auditor and recorder and clerk OF TIT
district court shall be empowered b!
the county commissioners to appoin
such deputies and clerical assistance
as the business of their Offices may re
quire. said deputies and clerical as
sistants to receive such compensation
as may be fixed by the county commits
sioner. No sheriff or county assesso
shall be qualified to hold the term o
ONCE Immediately succeeding the tern
| o. which he was elected. The salar.