over of the same to the proper authorities of said school district. * * * SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved February 14, 1923. CHAPTER 23 (S. B. No. 109) AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 34 OF CHAPTER 215, 1921 SESSION LAWS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, RELATING TO THE ANNUAL MEETING IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE ORGANIZING AND ELECTING OF OFFICERS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. That Section 34, of Chapter 215, of the 1921 Session Laws of Idaho be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 34. The first annual meeting in a common or joint common district shall elect three members of the board of trustees, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, while the first annual meeting in rural high and independent, joint independent, joint rural high, independent Class A, and joint independent Class A districts shall elect a board of six (6) members, two for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. Immediately on qualifying, the board of trustees shall organize and elect one of its number as chairman and one as clerk, or they may elect as clerk, some competent and responsible person who is not a trustee, and in the case of rural high, joint rural high, independent, joint independent, joint independent Class A, and independent Class A districts, shall in addition thereto elect a treasurer from among its number, or they may elect as treasurer some competent and responsible person who is not a trustee. SEC. 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved February 14, 1923. CHAPTER 24 (S. B. No. 45) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7375 OF CHAPTER 267, COMPILED STAT- SECTION 1. That Section 7375 of Chapter 267, Compiled Statutes of Idaho, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 7375. Any person or persons who shall, after the filing for record in the county recorder's office in the county in which said labor was performed of a claim of lien as in this article provided, remove, dispose of, secrete, or destroy, or who shall cause to be removed, disposed of, secreted or destroyed, or any person or persons who shall aid or assist in removing, disposing of, secreting or destroying, any or all of the crop or crops covered by such lien, without the written consent of the lien claimant first obtained, until the enforcement of said lien or the payment of such lien claimant for his labor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than one nor more than six months, or shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500, or shall suffer both such fine and imprisonment, unless prior to such removal or disposal a bond in double the amount of the lien claimed, said bond to be approved by the clerk of the district court and running to the lien claimant, the condition of said bond being that the owner of said crops, so liened upon, will pay any judgment, including costs and attorney's fees, rendered in favor of said lien claimant, said bond shall be filed with the county auditor, or that in lieu of said bond cash may bedeposited with said auditor in a sum equal to double the amount claimed in said lien. Approved February 14, 1923. CHAPTER 25 (H. B. No. 89) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $12,000 OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE TREASURY, NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING CLAIMS FOR 1919 TAXES AND WATER ASSESSMENTS ON LANDS ON WHICH THE STATE HOLDS MORTGAGES, TO PREVENT THE ISSUANCE OF TAX DEEDS ON SUCH LANDS FOR SUCH TAXES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of the general fund of the state treasury of the state of Idaho, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $12,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of paying delinquent taxes and water assessments and interest on lands on which the state holds mortgages, and to redeem such lands from such taxes and water assessments. SEC. 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this act shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. Approved February 14, 1923. CHAPTER 26 (H. B. No. 26) AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE TEACHING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE SIXTH AND EIGHTH GRADES; IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE; IN THE COURSES IN STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; AND IN THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENTS OF STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, TO AN EXTENT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. That in all public and private schools located within the state of Idaho, there shall be given instruction in the constitution of the United States, commencing with the school year next following the pasasge of this act. SEC. 2. Such instruction in the constitution of the United States shall begin in the elementary course in the sixth grade, shall be given as a grammar grade course in the eighth grade, and shall continue in the high school course, and in the courses in state colleges and universities, and the educational departments of state and municipal institutions, to an extent to be determined by the state board of education. Approved February 16, 1923. CHAPTER 27 (H. B. No. 35) AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 4348 OF THE COMPILED STATUTES OF THE STATE OF IDAHO RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS BY IRRIGATION DISTRICTS AND THE SALE OF SURPLUS POWER AND THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR WHICH CONTRACTS MAY BE ENTERED INTO IN REGARD TO THE SALE OF SURPLUS POWER AND THE MANNER OF RATIFICATION OF SUCH CONTRACTS. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. That Section 4348 of the Compiled Statutes of the state of Idaho be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: Section 4348. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS. The board of directors of any irrigation district, organized under the laws of the state of Idaho, shall have the power to construct and operate, or to contract for the construction and operation, of electric power plants, power transmission lines, and all other works in connection therewith necessary or proper for generating and transmitting electric power, and for pumping water for irrigation and domestic use; and to contract to sell surplus power generated at such power plants for delivery at the plant or within the boundaries of the district: Provided, That no such contract for the sale of surplus power generated at such power plants for delivery at the plant or within the boundaries of the district shall extend for a longer period of time than * * * thirty-five years, and no such contract involving more than $1,000 shall be binding on the district until ratified by a * * two-thirds vote of the electors of the district voting at any election at which such question is submitted. * Approved February 16, 1923. CHAPTER 28 (S. B. No. 42) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3902 OF THE COMPILED STATUTES OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, RELATING TO VILLAGE TRUSTEES. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. That Section 3902 of the Compiled Statutes of the state of Idaho is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 3902. Any person may be a trustee who shall be a qualified elector of this state and who shall have been an inhabitant and taxpayer of the village at the time of his election, and shall have resided therein for three months next preceding his election, and every trustee so elected shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor is elected and qualified; Provided, however, That upon qualifying after the first election held after this act shall have taken effect, it shall be determined by lot which three of the trustees elected shall serve for a term of four years and which two shall serve for a term of two years, and thereafter, each two years, there shall be elected a number of trustees sufficient to fill the vacancies occurring because of expiration of terms of office, who shall serve for a term of four years. SEC. 2. An emergency existing therefor, this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the governor. Approved February 17, 1923. CHAPTER 29 (H. B. No. 44) AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 1688, CHAPTER 71, IDAHO COMPILED STATUTES, RELATING TO THE ADULTERATION OF CONFECTIONERY. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. That Section 1688, Chapter 71, Idaho Compiled Statutes be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1688. ADULTERATION OF CONFECTIONERY OR GUM. For the purpose of this article confectionery or gum shall be deemed to be adulterated if it contains paraffine, terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, or other mineral substance or poisonous color or flavor, or other ingredients deleterious or detrimental to health, or any vinous, malt or spiritous liquor or compound or narcotic drug. Approved February 17, 1923. |