RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 9. I. C. HATTABAUGH SETTLEMENT WITH. AUTHORIZING SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO SETTLE CLAIM DUE THE STATE OF IDAHO. WHEREAS, There is now due the State of Idaho from I. C. Hattabaugh, late treasurer of the county of Latah, Idaho, the sum of seventeen thousand five hundred ninety-nine ($17,599.95) and 95-100 dollars. WHEREAS, A suit is now pending in the district court of the third judicial district of Idaho, in and for the county of Ada, by the State of Idaho, against the saia I. C. Hattabaugh, and his bondsmen, for the recovery of said sum, and, WHEREAS, There exists grave doubts as to the solvency of the said I. C. Hattabaugh, and of any of the sureties on his official bond as such treasurer, and of the collection of the said sum, now therefore. BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives of the State of Idaho, the Senate concurring. That a special committee of three, consisting of the Governor, the Attorney General, and the State Auditor of this State, be, and the same are hereby appointed to make and effect a settlement with the said I. C. Hattabaugh and his bondsmen, on such basis, as will best conserve, in the judgment of said committee, the interests of the State of Idaho: Provided, That if no such settlement is effected, nothing herein contained shall be construed, so as to release said Hattabaugh or his sureties from their obligations in the premises. Passed the House March 4, 1897. Passed the Senate March 6, 1897. Approved March 8, 1897. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 4. FERENCE. WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States at its present session has appropriated one hundred thousand ($100.000) dollars of the people's money, to pay the expenses of an international monetary conference to be held in a foreign country, therefore: BE IT RESOLVED By the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein: First, That we denounce this wanton expenditure of the peoples money for such purpose. Second, That we regard the action of Congress in this matter as an effort to continue in their long practiced efforts, to blind the people of the United States on the real monetary issue, by their continued fruitless efforts to reach bimetallism. Third, That we regard this nation capable of establishing a monetary system independent of foreign nations, and to that end we denounce any effort on the part of our government to induce foreign countries to join with us in an international agreement on bimetallism. We object to an international agreement brought about by any method, and hereby declare that we, the greatest nation on earth, are not obliged to cringe at the feet of foreign nations, and imploringly beg of them that which we have the inate power to establish by our independent action. Passed the House of Representatives January 26th, 1897. Passed the Senate February 2d, 1897. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 1. EMERGENCY BILLS-NOTICE OF. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho. Passed the Senate January 26th, 1897. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 8. DIVISION AND CREATION OF COUNTIES. TO SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, FOR REJECTION OR APPROVAL AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION FOUR (4) OF ARTICLE EIGHTEEN (18) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF RELATING TO THE DIVISION AND CREATION OF COUNTIES. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: IDAHO, SECTION 1. That Section four (4) of Article eighteen (18) of the Constitution of the State of Idaho, be amended to read as follows: Section 4. No new counties shall be established which shall reduce any county to an area of less than four hundred square miles, nor the valuation of its taxable property to less than one million dollars. Nor shall any new county be formed, which shall have an area of less than four hundred square miles, and taxable property of less than one million dollars, as shown by the last previous assessment. SEC. 2. The question to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election, shall be in form as follows: Shall Section four (4) of Article eighteen (18) of the Constitution of the State of Idaho, be so amended as to prescribe a property qualification for the division and creation of counties? Passed the House March 1, 1897. Passed the Senate March 6, 1897. Approved March 12, 1897. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 3. Resolved by the House of Representatives, of the State of Idaho, the Senate concurring therein: That there be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and the President of the Senate, a joint committee consisting of three, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and two by the President of the Senate, to confer together on the subject of action by the Legislature concerning the matter of the State of Idaho, participating in the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition at Omaha, Nebraska, in 1898. Which committee is to report to their respective bodies by bill or otherwise. Passed the House January 9, 1897. Passed the Senate January 14, 1897. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 9. FEES OF COUNTY OFFICERS. ASKING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO DRAFT A BILL RELATING TO FEES OF COUNTY OFFICERS. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That a committee of three members from the House be appointed to confer with a like committee from the Senate, to draft a bill regulating the fees of county officers. Said committee to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and the President of the Senate respectively. Passed the House February 9, 1897. Passed the Senate February 10, 1897. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3. CLERKS FOR THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF CLERKS FOR THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. That the judiciary committee of the Senate and of the House of Representatives be, and the same are hereby, empowered to employ a clerk for each of said committees, at a salary not exceeding five dollars per dav. Passed the House January 15, 1897. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 10. COUNTY OFFICERS FIXED SALARIES FOR. TO SUBMIT, TO THE ELECTORS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO FOR APPROVAL OR REJECTION, AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE, OF ARTICLE EIGHTEEN OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF COUNTY OFFICERS. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. That Section seven, of Article eighteen of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended to read as follows: Section 7. All county officers, and deputies when allowed, shall receive, as full compensation for their services, fixed annual salaries, to be paid quarterly out of the county treasury, as other expenses are paid. All actual and necessary expenses, incurred by any county officer or deputy, in the performance of his official duties, shall be a legal charge against the county, and may be retained by him out of any fees, which may come into his hands. All fees, which may come into his hands from whatever source, over and above his actual and necessary expenses, shall be turned into a county treasury at the end of each quarter. He shall, at the end of each quarter, file with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, a sworn statement, accompanied by proper vouchers, showing all expenses incurred and all fees received, which must be audited by the board as other accounts. SEC. 2. That Section nine, of Article eighteen of the Constitution of the State of Idaho, be amended to read as follows: Section 9. The neglect or refusal, of any county officer or deputy to account for and pay into the county treasury, any money received, as fees or compensation, in excess of his actual and necessary expenses, incurred in the performance of his official duties, within ten days after his quarterly settlement with the county, shall be a felony, and the grade of the crime shall be embezzlement of public funds, and be punishable as provided for such offenses. SEC. 3. The questions, to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election, shall be as follows: (1). Shall Section seven of Article eighteen, of the Constitution be so amended, as to provide for the compensation of all county officers by annual salaries instead of fees; and for the payment of the actual and necessary expenses of such officers instead of mileage? (2). Shall Section nine of Article eighteen of the Constitution be so amended as to make it a felony for any county officer as deputy to neglect or refuse to pay into the county treasury all fees in excess of his actual and necessary expenses? Passed the House March 5, 1897. Passed the Senate March 8, 1897. |