station by telegraph to the said Warden. Immediately upon receipt of such notice, the Warden of the State prison shall forthwith dispatch one or more guards, as may be necessary, from said prison to the place where such convicted person is detained, to secure and convey said convicted person to the State prison. Such guard shall have authority to demand and receive the convicted person, and the certified copy of the judgment from the Sheriff, and immediately upon the delivery of such convicted person to him, the said guard shall convey such convicted person to the State prison, and deliver him into the custody of the Warden thereof. Provided: That the Judge of the court in which any person is convicted may, by order duly made, direct the Sheriff of the County in which a term of court is being held, to withhold the notice herein provided for, until the last day of the then current term of said court, if said Judge has reason to believe that more than one person will be convicted at said term. And Provided further, That nothing in this Section contained shall be so construed as to apply to persons ordered into confinement in a county jail, as provided in Section 8503.

SEC. 2. Section 8008 of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 8008. If judgment is for imprisonment in the State prison, the Sheriff of the county must, upon a receipt of a certified copy of the judgment, hold the prisoner in his custody until demand for such prisoner is made upon him by the duly authorized guard of said prison, who may be sent to convey such prisoner to the State prison. When such demand is made upon the Sheriff by said guard, the Sheriff shall deliver the prisoner and said copy of the judgment to said guard, and take a receipt from said guard for the prisoner and said copy of the judgment.

SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. Whereas an emergency exists, this act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 6, 1897.

TO AMEND SECTION 61 OF AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SYSTEM OF FREE SCHOOLS, APPROVED MARCH 11, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

SECTION 1. That Section 61 of the above entitled act be amended so as to read as follows: Section 61. The trustees of every district in the state shall purchase at the expense of such district in the manner heretofore provided, all text books used in the public schools of their respective districts and shall immediately upon receipt thereof draw an order for a warrant in favor of the county superintendent of their county for the payment of said books, which said warrant shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer and shall be paid out of any money standing to the credit of the said district. In case there is not a sufficient amount in the treasury to the credit of any district at the time of receiving the books, the payment must be made out of the money appropriated by this chapter and charged to said district and refunded out of the first money placed to the credit of said district. The clerk of the board of trustees is hereby made the custodian of said books and all distributions thereof shall be under his supervision and control and may be either loaned to the pupils of said public schools free of charge, subject to the rules and regulations as to the care and custody prescribed by the State Superintendent, and such additional rules as the clerk of said district board may see fit to make, or they may be sold at cost to any of the pupils of such school district for cash only. Said clerk shall keep a strict record of all books so sold or loaned giving name of purchaser or borrower, description, condition and amount received therefor, and shall deposit the same at the close of each month with the county treasurer of the county in which the district is located to the credit of such district, and take his receipt therefor.

SEC. 2. An emergency existing therefor this act

shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 6, 1897.

S. B. No. 24.

QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS-AMENDMENTS TO.

AN ACT

TO AMEND SECTIONS 22 AND 23 OF AN ACT TO DEFINE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS, TO PROVIDE FOR NOMINATIONS TO PUBLIC OFFICE, TO AUTHORIZE PROCLAMATIONS AND REGISTRATION, TO GOVERN AND REGULATE ELECTIONS, TO SPECIFY THE DUTIES OF ELECTION OFFICIALS AND THEIR FEES, TO REGULATE PROCEDURE IN CONTESTED ELECTIONS, TO GOVERN AND REGULATE ELECTIONS FOR CHANGING COUNTY SEATS AND COUNTY BOUNDARIES, TO PROVIDE FOR PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING BALLOTS AND OTHER ELECTION SUPPLIES AT PUBLIC EXPENSE AND FOR THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES OF THE ELECTION LAWS, AND REPEALING ALL TERRITORIAL LAWS ON ELECTIONS, APPROVED FEBRUARY 25, 1891.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

SECTION 1. That Section 22 be amended so as to read as follows: Section 22 The Clerk of the several Boards of County Commissioners must at least twenty days before any general election make out and transmit by registered mail to the Registrar of each election precinct, three notices to be as nearly as circumstances will admit as follows: Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday following the first Monday of November next at the....(here designate polling place) in the county of.... an election will be held for Members of Congress, State, county district and precinct officers (naming the candidates and offices to be filled as the case may be) which election shall be open at eight o'clock in the morning and will continue until seven o'clock in the evening of the same day. Dated this .day of.... A. D 18....(as the case may be). Signed

Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners SEC 2. That Section 23 be amended so as to read as follows: Section 23. The Registrar aforesaid to whom such notices are transmitted, as aforesaid must cause to be posted up in three of the most public places of each election precinct the notices referring to such election precinct at least fifteen days previous to the time of holding any general election; said notices shall be posted as follows: One at the house or place where

the election is authorized to be held, and the others at two of the most public and suitable places in the precinct.

SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 6, 1897.

H. B. No. 80.

AMENDING POLITICAL CODE.

AN ACT

TO AMEND SECTIONS 1428, 1429, 1430 AND 1453, OF THE POLITICAL CODE AS AMENDED BY ACT APPROVED, MARCH 9 1895 RELATING TO REVENUE.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho.

SECTION 1. That Section 1428 of the Political Code of the State of Idaho, be amended to read as follows: Section 1428. Section 1428. All taxable property shall be assessed in the county, city or district, in which it is situated on the second Monday in January, or, if not within the State on that day, on the day of assessThe Assessor must, between the second Monday of January and the first day of July in each year, ascertain the names of all taxable inhabitants and all property in his county subject to taxation, and must assess such property to the persons by whom it was owned or claimed, or in whose possession or control it was, at 12 o'clock M. of the second Monday of January next preceding, or on the day of assessment as aforesaid; but no mistake in the name of the owner or supposed owner of real property shall render the assessment thereof invalid. In assessing solvent credits not secured by mortgage or trust deed, a reduction therefrom shall be made of debts due to bona fide residents of this State.

SEC. 2. That Section 1429 of the Political Code of the State of Idaho, be amended to read as follows: Section 1429. He must exact from each person a statement under oath, setting forth specfically all the real and personal property owned by such person, or in his possession or under his control at 12 o'clock M. on the second Monday of January, and as to property not within the State on that day, on the day of assessment. Such statement shall be in writing, showing separately: First. All property belonging

to, claimed by, or in the possession or under the control or management of such person. Second. All property belonging to, to, claimed by, or in the possession, or under the control or management of any firm, of which such person is a member. Third. All property belonging to, claimed by, or in the possession, or under the control or management of any corporation, of which such person is president, secretary, cashier, or managing agent. Fourth. The county, in which such property is situated, or in which it is liable to taxation, and (if liable to taxation in the county in which the statement is made) also the city, the school district, road district, or other revenue districts in which it is situated. Fifth. An exact description of all lands in parcels, improvements and personal property, including all vessels, steamers and other water crafts; and all taxable State, county, city or other municipal or public bonds, and the taxable bonds of any person, firm or corporation, and deposits of money, gold dust, or other valuables, and the names of the persons with whom such deposits are made and the places in which they may be found. Sixth. All shares of stock in any national banking association located within this State, and all solvent credits unsecured by deed of trust, mortgage or other lien on real or personal property, owned by, or due, or owing to such person or any firm of which he is a member, or any corporation of which he is the president, secretary, cashier or managing agent, deducting from the sum total of such credits and the assessed value of such shares of stock, such debts only unsecured by trust deed, mortgage or other lien on real or personal property, as may be owing by such person, firm or corporation to bona fide residents of this State. No debt shall be so deducted, unless the statement shows the amount of such debt as stated under oath in the aggregate: Provided, In cases of banks, the statement is not required to show the debt in detail, or to whom it is owing; but the Assessor shall have the privilege of examining the books of such banks to verify said statement.

Whenever one member of a firm, or one of the