American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-11

thence southeasterly along said di-
vide to the point OF it's intersection
With the base line between township
~ south and 13 south; running
thence westerly along said line to
the southwest corner of township 2
south, range 20 east Boise Meridian;
running thence north to the south
west corner of township 10 south,
range % east Boise Meridian; rum
ming thence west to the southwest
corner of section SO in township l6
south of range 2S east Boise Meri
dian; running thence north along
west line of said section 33 and an
extension thereof to the point of
main channel of Snake river; runn-
ing thence down the center of the
main channel of Snake river to the
intersection with the center of the
southeast corner Of the county of
Lincoln, State of Idaho; running
thence north and nOrtherly along
the eastern boundry of said Lincoln
county to the base line between
township south and township
south in range 26 east Boise Meri-
dian; running thence east to the
southwest corner of township 2 souf
range 80 east Boise Meridian; run
ming thence south to the southwest
corner of township 5 south, range
80 east, Boise Meridian; running
thence east to the center of the main
channel of Snake river; running
thence down the center of the main
channel of Snake river to the point
of beginning, shall be and hereby is
created into the county of Power,
state of Idaho.
Section 3. All those portions of
Oneida, Bingham, Blaine and Cassia
in the state Of Idaho, not embraced
within boundries of Power county
as defined in section 2 of this act,
shall remain and constitute the
counties of Oneida. Bingham, Blaine
and Cassia, respectively.
Section 4. The governor of the
state of Idaho is hereby authorized
and directed forthwith with this act
becomes effective, to appoint the fol
| lowing officers for the new county
of Power, to-wit: three county com
missioners, one sheriff, one clerk of
the district court who shall be ex-
officio auditor and recorder and
clerk of the board of county commits
sioners, one county treasurer, who
shall be ex-officio public administra-
tor, one county assessor, who shall
/ be ex-officio tax collector, one pi
/ Late judge, one surveyor, one
/ oner, one prosecuting attorney, or
i county superintendent of public in
struction; all of which officers shall
/ Immediately qualify in the manner
now provided by law, and enter up
on the discharge of their respective
/ duties The officers so appointed
shall hold their respective offices
until their successors are elected ant
qualified. And the territory of the
said Power county for judicial pur-
poses and the enforcement of the
laws against crime shall be deemed
to belong to the territory of the var
/ ious counties of which Power county
is made up, until the officers of
Power county have been appointed
and qualified as hereinbefore pro-
vided; Provided, That any county
officer who shall have been d
elected and qualified as such in the
year 1910, and who shall reside in
the portion of either Oneida county,
Bingham county, Blaine county or
Cassia county entering into Power
county shall continue in office as
such officer of Power county.
Section 5. The county seat OF
Power county shall be located at
and within the corporate limits of
the present village of American Fal'
Section s. The bonded indebted
ness of the counties of Oneida, Bin
CHAM, Blaine and Cassia, existing at
the time this act takes effect, shall
be paid by the counties of Oneida,
Bingham, Blaine, Cassia and Power
as follows:
The counties OF Oneida, Bingham
Blaine and Cassia shall pay the
amount of their respective indebted
ness in proportion to the value OF
all properties within the counties OF
Oneida, Bingham, Blaine and Cassia
after the creation of Power county,
including county buildings. fixtures
and improvements, together with all
the real and personal property be-
longing to Oneida, Bingham, Blaine
and Cassia counties, respectively, e>
cept moneys, credits and unpaid tax
eS (less the value of all similar and
corresponding property within the
county of Power). These values to
be ascertained in the manner here
matter provided, and the said count
les shall own and retain all such
properties within their respective
boundries, after the creation o
Power county, and any such proper
, ties remaining with the boundrieS
of Power county after its creation
shall be the property of said county
The county of Power shall pay such
proportion of the bonded indebted
ness of Oneida, Bingham, Blaine an
Cassia counties. respectively, as the
assessed valuation of property takeI
from each said county bears to the
total assessed valuation of property
of each said county as shown by th'
general assessment of the year 19lt
The floating Indebtedness OF Onei
da. Bingham, Blaine and Cassii