Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-10-23

De elected therein for each additional
eight thousand votes, or major part
tnefeof' thereafter in said district. any
me OF more of whom may hold court.
ind there may be as many sessions OF
sald court, at the same time. as there
Ire Judges thereof. The said judges
snail choose from their own number q
presiding Judge; who may be removed
At their pleasure. He shall distribute
lhe business of the court among the
iudgeS thereof. and prescribe the order
II business. In districts composed OF
out one county there shall be no terms
of court. but the court shall be open
continuously for the transaction of
business. In districts composed of two
counties the Judge shall hold the district
ourts of both of said counties in ac-
'ordance with such rules for the dis
3atch of business as he may adopt. The
tourts shall be always open for the
ling OF papers, and for the transaction
Il iis+ pusi1 is Inc term S OF offices Of
md after the first Monday of. January
next after their election. The present
Incumbent in each judicial district here
ofore existing shall be and shall re-
main till the expiration of his term OF
office, the judge of the new district
wherein he resided when elected or APP
'olnted. All vacancies created by the
ldoption of these amendments shall ba
1lled at special election called by the
.overnor OF Idaho within ten days after
ne canvass OF the returns of the gen.
raj election at which these amendments
IRE adopted, and held in the said new
districts, upon giving notice thereof as
provided for a general election, and said
Judges shall hold said offices until their
uccessors ars elected and qualified. The
alary of a district judge shall be clas-
'ifed and based upon the vote for gov
,rnor at the last general election in his
district Immediately prior to the Begin
ling of his term of office and shall be
lassif1ed as follows: In districts hav-
ng under four thousand votes, two thou
and dollars per annum: over four thou
and and not more than six thousand
5otes. two thousand five hundred dollars
er annum; over six thousand votes
hree thousand dollars per annum; ONE
alf of which salary shall be paid out
u the state treasury and the other half
IL which salary shall be paid out by the
ounty or counties for which he is elect
q or appointed, and in cases where one
Judge is provided for more than one
ounts, that poI ton of his salary which
10 be paid by the counties shall be
4pportloned between said counties ac-
ording to the assessed valuation of
helr taxable property to be determined
y the assessment of the preceding year,
nd in addition to said salaries there
nail be paid in the same way to all dis
Flct Judges the actual and necessary
lotel and travelling expenses incurred
~ them in holding court In Counties
itIer than those in which they reside
vS Section 8; That Section 6 OF Article
VIII or the Constitution of the State
I Idaho be amended to read as follows:
Section 6. The Legislature by general
nd uniform laws, shall provide for the
.s; ION piehnlaiiy In each of the sew
RAJ counties of the state. Of county COM
customers, "a sheriff, county treasurer.
fho Is ex-ofticio public administrator: n
Houhly superintendent of public instruc-
ION, county assessor, who is ex-offi-
10 tax collector. a coroner and a sur
seyor. The clerk of the district court
an pc ex-ofiicio auditor and recorder.
20 other county offices shall be estab-
shed, but the legislature Nv penara1
nd uniform laws, shall provide for the
iectlon OF such township, precinct and
i ianle I otficers as public convenience
iay require, and shall prescribe their
'aties and fix their terms of office The
legislature shall provide for the strict
gfeoun a.,, OF county, township. pre-
lnct ana municipal officers for ali fees
shich may be collected by them and
al public and municipal moneys,
wien may be paid TO them, or oficiaiIy
otns ihto tteir possession. The county
commissioners may employ counsel vhan
eeessary. The sheriff, auditor ana re-
hTqer and clerk OF the district court
mall be empowered by the comfy ron-
ilssioners to appoint such depufies ana
lerieai assistance as the business Of
neir otnees may require; said deputies
nm on "a assistants to receive such
ompehsatlon as may be fixed by the
ouhty commissioners. No sheriff or
o9nty assessor shall be Qualified 10
e oad oae re term OF office Immediately sue
5eoIng the term for which he was elect
IL Inc salary and qualifications of the
i,,as sShooi superintendent shall be
49, ny lava
Section T. These amendments shall
ecetne operative on the second Monday
u January. 1911. and all causes then
ending in the probate courts OF said
ounues and all matters of probate nm
s.Ied In said probate courts. together
sitn all the records of said courts shall
transferred at said time to the said
ties. GUM
section s. TIE question to be sub
ntted to electors of the state, an the
eVs ~eneral election, shall be In form
as follows, to-wit: "
snail secuons II and Ell of Article "
the Constitution OF the State of Ida
10 De repealed and annulled, and Sec
IONS :, a. 20, and "a of Article V, and
section of Article XVIII of the Cone
atNtion OF the State OF Idaho be so
amended as to abolish the probate court
md extend the jurisdiction of the dis
eiet court 70 all matters of probate and
70 provide for the election and appoint
ment OF judges therefor and their sal
aries, and to provide for the, terms of
districts?"
Section 3. The secretary of ssfste 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 gem
eral circulation published In each