Sec. 11. The canvassing boards of the several counties shall issue certificates of election to the several persons found by them to have been elected to the several county and precinot oftices. Sec. 12. All officers elected at such election shall, within thirty days after they have been declared elected, take the oath required by this Constitution, and give the same bond required by the law of the Territory to be given in case of like officers of the Territory, district or county, and shall thereupon enter upon the duties of their respective offices; but the Legislature may require by law all such officers to give other or further bonds as a condition of their continuance in office. Sec. 13. All officers elected at said election, shall hold their offices until the Legislature shall provide by law, in accordance with this Constitution, for the election of their successors, and until such successors shall be elected and qualified. Sec. 14. The Governor-elect of the State, immediately upon his qualifying and entering upon the duties of his office, shall issue his proclamation convening the Legislature of the State at the seat of government on a day to be named in said proclamation and which shall not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days after the date of such proclamation. Within ten days after the organization of the Legislature both houses of the Legislature shall then and there proceed to elect, as provided bị law, two Senators of the United States for the State of Idaho. At said election, the two persons who shall receive the majority of all the votes cast by said senators and representatives, shall be elected as such United States Senators, and shall be 80 declared by the presiding officers of said joint session. presiding officers of the serate and house, shall issue a certifi. cate to each of said senators, certifying his election, which certificates shall also be signed by the Governor anl attested by the Secretary of State. Sec. 15. The Legislature shall pass all necessary laws to carry into effect the provisions of this Constitution. Section 16. Whenever any two of the judges of the supreme ourt of the State, elected under the provisions of this Constitution, shall have qualified in their offices, the causes then pending in the supreme court of the Territory, and the papers, records, and proceedings of said court, and the seal and other property pertaining thereto, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the supreme court of the State; and until so superceded the supreme court of the Territory and the judges thereot shall continue, with like powers and jurisdiction, as if this Constitution had not been adopted. Whenever the judge of the district court of any district, elected under the provisions of this Constitution, shall have qualified in office, the several causes then pending in the district court of the Territory, within any county in such district, and the records, papers, and proceedings of said district court, and the seal and other property pertaining thereto, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the district court of the State for such county; and until the district courts of this Territory shall be superceded in the manner aforesaid the said district courts and the judges thereof shall continue with the same jurisdiction and power to be exercised in the same judicial districts respectively, as heretofore constituted under the laws of the Territory. Sec. 17. Until otherwise provided by law, the seals now in use in the supreme and district courts of this Territory are hereby declared to be the seals of the supreme and district courts, respectively, of the State. Sec. 18. Whenever this Constitution shall go into effect, the books, records, and papers, and proceedings of the probate court in each county, and all causes and matters of administration and other matters pending therein, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the probate court of the same county of the State, and the said probate court shall proceed to final decree or judgment, order, or other determination in the said several matters and causes as the said probate court might have done as if this Constitution had not been adopted. Sec. 19. It is ordained by the State of Idaho that perfect toleration of religious sertiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of said State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship. And the people of the State of Idaho do agree and declare that we forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof, and to all lands lying within said limits, owned or held by any Indians or Indian tribes; and until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be subject to the disposition of the United States, and said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the Con. gress of the Usited States; that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States, residing without the said State of Idaho, shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to the residents thereof. That no taxes shall be imposed by the State on the lands or property therein belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by, the United States, or reserved for its use. And the debts and liabilities of this Territory shall be assumed and paid by the State of Idaho. That this ordinance shall be irrevocable, without the consent of the United States and the people of the State of Idaho. Sec. 20. That in behalf of the people of Idaho, we, in convention assembled, do adopt the Constitution of the United States. Done in open convention, at Boise City, in the Territory of Idaho, this sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. WM. H. CLAGETT, President, GEO. AINSLIE, W. C. B. ALLEN, ROBT. ANDERSON, H. ARMSTRONG, ORLANDO B. BATTEN, FRANK W. BEANE, JAS. H. BEATTY, J. W. BALLENTINE, A. D. BEVAN, HENRY B. BLAKE, FREDERICK CAMPBELL, FRANK P. CAVANAH, A. S. CHANEY, CHAS. A. CLARK, I. N. COSTON, JAS. I. CRUTCHER, STEPHEN S. GLIDDEN, JOHN S. GRAY, WM. W. HAMMEL, W. B. HEYBURN, |
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