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ID Code § 34-1813 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 18 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS|Section 34-1813 - COUNTING, CANVASSING AND RETURN OF VOTES — EFFECTIVE DATES.

34-1813. COUNTING, CANVASSING AND RETURN OF VOTES — EFFECTIVE DATES. (1) The votes on measures and questions shall be counted, canvassed, and returned by the regular boards of judges, clerks, and officers, as votes for candidates are counted, canvassed, and returned, and the abstract made by the several county auditors of votes on measures shall be returned to the secretary of state on separate abstract sheets in the manner provided for abstract of votes for state and county officers. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, in the presence of the governor, to proceed within thirty (30) days after the election, and sooner if the returns be all received, to canvass the votes given for each measure, and the governor shall forthwith issue his proclamation, giving the whole number of votes cast in the state for and against such measure and question and declaring such measures as are approved by a majority of those voted thereon to be in full force and effect as the law of the state of Idaho from the date of said proclamation for any referendum measure. The effective date for an initiative measure shall be governed by the provisions of subsection (2) of this section. If two (2) or more measures shall be approved at said election which are known to conflict with each other or to contain conflicting provisions, he shall also proclaim which is paramount in accordance with the provisions of sections 34-1801 through 34-1822, Idaho Code. (2)(a) A statewide initiative may contain an effective date, if passed, that shall be no earlier than July 1 of the year following the vote on the ballot initiative. If no effective date is specified in the petition, the effective date of a statewide initiative that has been approved by the electorate shall be July 1 of the following year. (b) A city or county initiative may contain an effective date, if passed, that may be earlier than July 1 of the year following the vote on the ballot initiative, but no earlier than the mayor’s proclamation as provided in section 34-1801B, Idaho Code, or the proclamation by the board of county commissioners, as provided in section 34-1801C, Idaho Code. If no effective date is specified in the petition, the effective date of a city or county initiative that has been approved by the electorate shall be July 1 of the following year.  History: [34-1813, added 1933, ch. 210, sec. 13, p. 431; am. 2020, ch. 336, sec. 3, p. 978.]
ID Code § 34-1814 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 18 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS|Section 34-1814 - WHO MAY SIGN PETITION — EFFECT OF WRONGFUL SIGNING — PENALTY FOR WRONGFUL SIGNING.

34-1814. WHO MAY SIGN PETITION — EFFECT OF WRONGFUL SIGNING — PENALTY FOR WRONGFUL SIGNING. Every person who is a qualified elector of the state of Idaho may sign a petition for the referendum or for the initiative for any measure which he is legally entitled to vote upon. Any person signing any name other than his own to any petition, or knowingly signing his name more than once for the same measure at one election, or who is not at the time of signing the same a legal voter of this state, or any officer or person wilfully violating any provision of this statute, shall, upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding two (2) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court before which such conviction shall be had. Any such wrongful signatures are null and void and shall not be counted as a qualified signature. Any person circulating a petition, who knows, or who in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that a signature is forged and who shall thereafter fail to strike through and thereby void such signature, and any person in a position of supervision of such person who suffers or permits a forged signature to remain on a petition shall pay a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each such signature.  History: [34-1814, added 1933, ch. 210, sec. 14, p. 431; am. 1997, ch. 266, sec. 8, p. 762.]
ID Code § 34-1815 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 18 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS|Section 34-1815 - FALSE STATEMENTS SPOKEN OR WRITTEN CONCERNING PETITION UNLAWFUL — FAILURE TO DISCLOSE MATERIAL PROVISIONS.

34-1815. FALSE STATEMENTS SPOKEN OR WRITTEN CONCERNING PETITION UNLAWFUL — FAILURE TO DISCLOSE MATERIAL PROVISIONS. It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully or knowingly circulate, publish or exhibit any false statement or representation, whether spoken or written, or to fail to disclose any material provision in a petition, concerning the contents, purport or effect of any petition mentioned in sections 34-1801A through 34-1822, Idaho Code, for the purpose of obtaining any signature to any such petition, or for the purpose of persuading any person to sign any such petition. It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or obtain any signature on a petition without first showing the signer both the short title and the general title as defined in section 34-1809, Idaho Code, so that the signer has an opportunity to read them before signing the petition. Any signature obtained without compliance with this section is null and void.  History: [34-1815, added 1933, ch. 210, sec. 15, p. 431; am. 1997, ch. 266, sec. 10, p. 763.]
ID Code § 34-1816 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 18 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS|Section 34-1816 - FILING PETITION WITH FALSE SIGNATURES UNLAWFUL.

34-1816. FILING PETITION WITH FALSE SIGNATURES UNLAWFUL. It shall be unlawful for any person to file in the office of any officer provided by law to receive such filing any petition mentioned in sections 34-1801—34-1822, to which is attached, appended or subscribed any signature which the person so filing such petition knows to be false or fraudulent or not the genuine signature of the person purporting to sign such petition, or whose name is attached, appended or subscribed thereto.  History: [34-1816, added 1933, ch. 210, sec. 16, p. 431.]
ID Code § 34-1817 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 18 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS|Section 34-1817 - CIRCULATING PETITION WITH FALSE, FORGED OR FICTITIOUS NAMES UNLAWFUL.

34-1817. CIRCULATING PETITION WITH FALSE, FORGED OR FICTITIOUS NAMES UNLAWFUL. It shall be unlawful for any person to circulate or cause to be circulated any petition mentioned in sections 34-1801—34-1822, knowing the same to contain false, forged or fictitious names.  History: [34-1817, added 1933, ch. 210, sec. 17, p. 431.]
ID Code § 34-1818 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 18 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS|Section 34-1818 - FALSE AFFIDAVIT BY ANY PERSON UNLAWFUL.

34-1818. FALSE AFFIDAVIT BY ANY PERSON UNLAWFUL. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any false affidavit concerning any petition mentioned in sections 34-1801—34-1822, or the signatures appended thereto.  History: [34-1818, added 1933, ch. 210, sec. 18, p. 431.]
ID Code § 34-1819 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 18 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS|Section 34-1819 - FALSE RETURN, CERTIFICATION OR AFFIDAVIT BY PUBLIC OFFICIAL UNLAWFUL.

34-1819. FALSE RETURN, CERTIFICATION OR AFFIDAVIT BY PUBLIC OFFICIAL UNLAWFUL. It shall be unlawful for any public official or employee knowingly to make any false return, certification or affidavit concerning any petition mentioned in sections 34-1801—34-1822, or the signatures appended thereto.  History: [34-1819, added 1933, ch. 210, sec. 19, p. 431.]
ID Code § 34-1820 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 18 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS|Section 34-1820 - SIGNING MORE THAN ONCE OR WHEN NOT QUALIFIED UNLAWFUL.

34-1820. SIGNING MORE THAN ONCE OR WHEN NOT QUALIFIED UNLAWFUL. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sign his own name more than once to any petition mentioned in sections 34-1801—34-1822, or to sign his name to any such petition knowing himself at the time of such signing not to be qualified to sign the same.  History: [34-1820, added 1933, ch. 210, sec. 20, p. 431.]
ID Code § 34-1821 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 18 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS|Section 34-1821 - FELONIOUS ACTS ENUMERATED.

34-1821. FELONIOUS ACTS ENUMERATED. It shall be a felony for any person to offer, propose or threaten to do any act mentioned in this section of or concerning any petition mentioned in sections 34-1801—34-1822, for any pecuniary reward or consideration: (a) To offer, propose, threaten or attempt to sell, hinder or delay any petition or any part thereof or of any signatures thereon mentioned in sections 34-1801—34-1822; (b) To offer, propose, or threaten to desist, for a valuable consideration, from beginning, promoting or circulating any petition mentioned in sections 34-1801—34-1822, or soliciting signatures to any such petition; (c) To offer, propose, attempt or threaten in any manner or form to use any petition or power of promotion or opposition in any manner or form for extortion, blackmail or secret or private intimidation of any person or business interest.  History: [34-1821, added 1933, ch. 210, sec. 21, p. 431.]
ID Code § 34-1822 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 18 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS|Section 34-1822 - PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.

34-1822. PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS. Any person, either as principal or agent, violating any of the provisions of sections 34-1801—34-1822 shall be punished upon conviction by imprisonment in the penitentiary or in the county jail not exceeding two (2) years, or by a fine not exceeding $5000.00, or by both, excepting that imprisonment in the penitentiary and punishment by a fine shall be the only penalty for violation of any provision of section 34-1821.  History: [34-1822, added 1933, ch. 210, sec. 22, p. 431.]
ID Code § 34-1823 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 18 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS|Section 34-1823 - SEVERABILITY.

34-1823. SEVERABILITY. In the event that any part of chapter 18, title 34, Idaho Code, shall for any reason be determined void or unenforceable in any part thereof, the remainder thereof shall remain in full force and effect.  History: [34-1823, added 1997, ch. 266, sec. 11, p. 763.]
ID Code § 34-1901 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 19 - CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS|Section 34-1901 - NUMBER OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

34-1901. NUMBER OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. For the election of representatives in Congress, the state of Idaho is divided into two (2) congressional districts.  History: [(34-1901) 1917, ch. 121, sec. 1, p. 408; compiled and reen. C.L. 6:1; C.S., sec. 66; I.C.A., sec. 33-1601.]
ID Code § 34-2001 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2001 - GROUNDS OF CONTEST.

34-2001. GROUNDS OF CONTEST. The election of any person to any public office, the location or relocation of a county seat, or any proposition submitted to a vote of the people may be contested: 1. For malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of the judges of election in any precinct, township or ward, or of any board of canvassers, or any member of either board sufficient to change the result. 2. When the incumbent was not eligible to the office at the time of the election. 3. When the incumbent has been convicted of felony, unless at the time of the election he shall have been restored to civil rights. 4. When the incumbent has given or offered to any elector, or any judge, clerk or canvasser of the election, any bribe or reward in money or property for the purpose of procuring his election, or has committed any violation as set out in chapter 23, title 18, Idaho Code. 5. When illegal votes have been received or legal votes rejected at the polls sufficient to change the result. 6. For any error in any board of canvassers in counting votes or in declaring the result of the election, if the error would change the result. 7. When the incumbent is in default as a collector and custodian of public money or property. 8. For any cause which shows that another person was legally elected.  History: [(34-2001) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 132; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 119; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5026; C.S., sec. 7274; I.C.A., sec. 33-1701; am. 1982, ch. 209, sec. 1, p. 573.]
ID Code § 34-2001A (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2001A - BOND ELECTION AND LEVY CONTESTS — TIME FOR FILING — VALIDATION OF ELECTIONS AND BONDS.

34-2001A. BOND ELECTION AND LEVY CONTESTS — TIME FOR FILING — VALIDATION OF ELECTIONS AND BONDS. (1) The provisions of this chapter with respect to the contest of elections shall be applicable to bond elections conducted by cities, counties, school districts, and water and sewer districts and to elections conducted by school districts for levy increases as authorized by sections 33-802, 33-803, and 33-804, Idaho Code. Any such contest shall be regarded as one contesting the outcome of the vote on the bond or levy proposition, rather than election to office, and the public entity calling the election, rather than a person declared to have been elected to office, shall be regarded as the defendant. (2) When the validity of any bond or levy election is contested on any of the grounds enumerated in section 34-2001, Idaho Code, on the grounds of a failure to comply with the requirements of section 34-913 or 34-914, Idaho Code, or on any other grounds whatsoever the plaintiff or plaintiffs must, within forty (40) days after the votes are canvassed and the results thereof declared, file in the proper court a verified written complaint setting forth, in addition to the other requirements of this chapter, the following: (a) The name of the party contesting the bond or levy election, and that he is an elector of the public entity conducting the bond or levy election; (b) The proposition or propositions voted on at the election that are contested; and (c) The particular grounds of such contest. (3) No such election contest shall be maintained and no bond or levy election shall be set aside or held invalid unless a complaint is filed as permitted under this section within the period prescribed in this section.  (4) All bond elections conducted by cities, counties, school districts, and water and sewer districts prior to the effective date of this act, and all proceedings had in the authorization and issuance of the bonds authorized thereat, are hereby validated, ratified, and confirmed and all such bonds are declared to constitute legally binding obligations in accordance with their terms. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or validate any bond election, or bonds issued pursuant thereto, the legality of which is being contested at the time this act takes effect, or any election, the legality of which is contested within the forty (40) day period from and after the effective date of this act.  History: [I.C., sec. 34-2001A, as added by 1969, ch. 208, sec. 1, p. 604; am. 1976, ch. 291, sec. 1, p. 1008; am. 2021, ch. 288, sec. 5, p. 865.]
ID Code § 34-2002 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2002 - TERM INCUMBENT DEFINED.

34-2002. TERM INCUMBENT DEFINED. The term "incumbent" in this chapter means the person whom the canvassers declare elected.  History: [(34-2002) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 133; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 120; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5027; C.S., sec. 7275; I.C.A., sec. 33-1702.]
ID Code § 34-2003 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2003 - MISCONDUCT OF JUDGES.

34-2003. MISCONDUCT OF JUDGES. When the misconduct complained of is on the part of the judges of election, it shall not be held sufficient to set aside the election, unless the vote of the precinct, township or ward would change the result as to that office.  History: [(34-2003) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 134; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 121; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5028; C.S., sec. 7276; I.C.A., sec. 33-1703.]
ID Code § 34-2004 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2004 - JURISDICTION — CONTESTS OVER JUDICIAL OFFICES.

34-2004. JURISDICTION — CONTESTS OVER JUDICIAL OFFICES. The Supreme Court shall hear and determine contests of the election of judges of the Supreme Court and appellate court and judges of the district courts, and in case they shall disagree, the governor shall act with them in determining the contest, but no judge of the Supreme Court shall sit upon the hearing of any case in which he is a party. The appropriate district court shall hear and determine contests of the retention election of judges of the magistrate courts.  History: [(34-2004) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 137; am. 1899, p. 33, sec. 124; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5029; C.S., sec. 7277; I.C.A., sec. 33-1704; am. 1982, ch. 209, sec. 2, p. 574.]
ID Code § 34-2005 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2005 - JURISDICTION — REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND SPECIAL QUESTIONS.

34-2005. JURISDICTION — REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND SPECIAL QUESTIONS. The district courts of the respective counties shall hear and determine contests of election in regard to the removal of county seats, and in regard to any other subject which may by law be submitted to the vote of the people of the county, and the proceedings therein shall be conducted as near as may be hereinafter provided for contesting the election of county officers.  History: [(34-2005) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 138; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 125; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5030; C.S., sec. 7278; I.C.A., sec. 33-1705.]
ID Code § 34-2006 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2006 - JURISDICTION — COUNTY AND PRECINCT OFFICERS.

34-2006. JURISDICTION — COUNTY AND PRECINCT OFFICERS. The district courts shall hear and determine contests of all other county, township and precinct officers, and officers of the cities and incorporated villages within the county.  History: [(34-2006) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 139; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 126; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5031; C.S., sec. 7279; I.C.A., sec. 33-1706.]
ID Code § 34-2007 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2007 - WHO MAY CONTEST ELECTIONS.

34-2007. WHO MAY CONTEST ELECTIONS. The election of any person declared elected to any office, other than executive state officers and members of the legislature, may be contested by any elector of the state, judicial district, county, township, precinct, city or incorporated village in and for which the person is declared elected.  History: [(34-2007) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 148; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 135; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5032; C.S., sec. 7280; I.C.A., sec. 33-1707.]
ID Code § 34-2008 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2008 - COMPLAINT AND SECURITY FOR COSTS.

34-2008. COMPLAINT AND SECURITY FOR COSTS. The contestants shall file in the proper court, within twenty (20) days after the votes are canvassed, a complaint setting forth the name of the contestant, and that he is an elector competent to contest such election; the name of the incumbent, the office contested, the time of the election, and the particular causes of contest, which complaint shall be verified by the affidavit of the contestant, that the causes set forth are true as he verily believes. The contestant must also file a bond, with security to be approved by the clerk of the court or district judge, as the case may be, conditioned to pay all costs in case the election be confirmed, the complaint dismissed, or the prosecution fail.  History: [(34-2008) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 149; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 136; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5033; C.S., sec. 7281; I.C.A., sec. 33-1708.]
ID Code § 34-2009 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2009 - COMPLAINT — SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS.

34-2009. COMPLAINT — SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS. When the reception of illegal or the rejection of legal votes is alleged as a cause of contest, the names of the persons who so voted, or whose votes were rejected, if known, with the precinct, township or ward where they voted or offered to vote, shall be set forth in the complaint.  History: [(34-2009) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 150; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 137; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5034; C.S., sec. 7282; I.C.A., sec. 33-1709.]
ID Code § 34-2010 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2010 - ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS.

34-2010. ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS. Upon the filing of such complaint summons shall issue against the person whose office is contested, as prescribed in the Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure.  History: [(34-2010) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 151; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 138; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5035; C.S., sec. 7283; I.C.A., sec. 33-1710; am. 1982, ch. 209, sec. 3, p. 574.]
ID Code § 34-2011 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2011 - TIME FOR TRIAL.

34-2011. TIME FOR TRIAL. The cause shall stand for trial at the expiration of thirty (30) days from the time of service of the summons and complaint, if the court shall then be in session; otherwise, on the first day of the next term thereafter.  History: [(34-2011) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 152; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 139; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5036; C.S., sec. 7284; I.C.A., sec. 33-1711.]
ID Code § 34-2012 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2012 - POSTPONEMENT OF TRIAL.

34-2012. POSTPONEMENT OF TRIAL. The trial shall proceed at the time appointed, unless postponed for good cause shown by affidavit, the terms of which postponement are in the discretion of the court.  History: [(34-2012) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 153; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 140; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5037; C.S., sec. 7285; I.C.A., sec. 33-1712.]
ID Code § 34-2013 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 34 - ELECTIONS|Chapter 20 - ELECTION CONTESTS OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES|Section 34-2013 - PROCEDURE IN GENERAL.

34-2013. PROCEDURE IN GENERAL. The proceedings shall be held according to the Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure so far as practicable, but shall be under the control and direction of the court, which shall have all the powers necessary to the right hearing and determination of the matter; to compel the attendance of witnesses, swear them and direct their examination; to punish for contempt in its presence or by disobedience to its lawful mandate; to adjourn from day to day; to make any order concerning immediate costs, and to enforce its orders by attachment. It shall be governed by the rules of law and evidence applicable to the case.  History: [(34-2013) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 154; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 141; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 5038; C.S., sec. 7286; I.C.A., sec. 33-1713; am. 1982, ch. 209, sec. 4, p. 574.]