GAME. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT TO PROTECT CERTAIN GAME IN IDAHO Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Terri SECTION 1. Section one of said act is hereby amend. ed to read as follows: SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, after the passage of this act within the Territory of Idaho, to kill or destroy any quail or partridge, or trap or carry away the same, or destroy their eggs, prior to the first day of September, A. D. 1883. SEC. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 10, 1881. Certain game not to be killed prior to a certain date. FIREMEN. AN ACT TO EXEMPT OFFICERS OF FIRE COMPANIES FROM JURY DUTY. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. The following officers of all fire companies in actual operation and ready for duty, are hereby exempt from jury duty: one chief engineer, and one as Cerain mem- sistant; one foreman and two assistant foremen for each bers exempt from jury duty, company; and for steam fire engine companies, in addition, one engineer, one assistant engineer and one stoker, and eight pipemen, to be designated by the foreman. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 10, 1881. RESOURCES OF IDAHO-PUBLICA- Governor to make contract. Payment. AN ACT EMPOWERING THE GOVERNOR OF THIS TERRITORY TO Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Terri- SECTION 1. That the Governor of this Territory is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract on behalf of said Territory, with Robert E. Strahorn for the preparation of the manuscript of a pamphlet relating to, and which shall embrace as far as practicable, a descriptive account of the progress and present condition of the mining, agricultural and grazing industries, and of the climate and scenery of Idaho, together with statistics of the financial condition thereof, and health and mortuary reports of the same. SEC. 2. Upon the completion of said manuscript, the Governor, if satisfied that the publication of the same will be beneficial to the interests of the Territory, shall certify to the controller that said work has been completed, and upon the filing of the said certificate, showing that the same is prepared in accordance with the terms of the contract, the controller shall draw his warrant on the treasurer in the sum of three hundred (300) dollars, and the same shall be paid by said treasurer. SEC. 3. The Governor is further empowered to enter into contract with the said Robert E. Strahorn, for the publi contract. cation of the work so to be prepared, in which said contract shall be inserted, substantially, the following conditions: First, that the said Robert E. Strahorn will Conditions of publish his work in pamphlet form of not less than eighty (80) pages; that the same shall have inserted therein a good county map of the Territory, which map shall be as authentic and accurate in its details as it can be made from present information, the same to be in one color, and of the dimensions of eight (8) by fourteen (14) inches. Second, that said pamphlet shall contain not less than six (6) engravings of Idaho scenery, in style not inferior to those contained in the pamphlet on the Territory of Montana. Third, that said pamphlet shall be arranged, published, and bound in the manner and in style in all respects equal to the standard of the Montana pamphlet, published and furnished by said Strahorn, the quality of paper, typographical appearance, and general execution. thereof not to be inferior to said model submitted by him. the Governor. U. P. R. R. Co. SEC. 4. Whenever the said Robert E. Strahorn shall, before the thirty-first day of August, A. D. 1881, deliver to the Governor six thousand (6,000) copies of such Delivery of pamphlet, and a certificate from some proper officer of copies to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, that fourteen thousand (14,000) copies thereof have been delivered at the 14000 copies to office of said company either in Omaha, Nebraska, or Chicago, Illinois, the Governor, if satisfied that the work has been executed faithfully according to contract, shall make his certificate to the controller of the fact of the Governor to delivery to him of the said number of copies, and of the cate. receipt by him of the certificate of said company, and thereupon the said controller shall draw his warrant on Contractor to the Territorial treasurer in the sum of twelve hundred and twenty-five (1225) dollars, in favor of the said Robert E. Strahorn, which, when paid by said treasurer, shall be in full compensation for twenty thousand copies of said pamphlet. make certifi draw warrant SEC. 5. Of the said copies so to be delivered to the Disposal of by Governor, he may retain five hundred (500) thereof, for the Governor. the use of his office; and shall deliver to the controller of the Territory the remaining five thousand five hundred (5,500) copies. The said controller shall distribute said. copies as follows: To each of the judges of the Supreme Court one hundred (100) copies; to the secretary of the Territory, two hundred (200) copies; to the Territorial treasurer, one hundred (100) copies; to each member of Same. Appropriation for charges of delivery. the Legislative Assembly, at the present session, one hundred (100) copies; to the Secretary of State of each State, and secretary of each Territory, two (2) copies; to the librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C., ten (10) copies; the residue the controller shall distribute as he shall deem proper. SEC. 6. There is hereby appropriated out of the carriage and Territorial treasury, an additional sum of two hundred (200) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which shall be drawn for in sums as occasion may require, to defray the expense and charges for carriage and delivery of the said six thousand (6000) copies herein required to be delivered to the Governor, and the cost of mailing, or otherwise distributing the five thousand five hundred (5,500) copies to be made by said controller in the last above section. SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 29, 1881. SUPREME COURT REPORTS. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. Hon. H. E. Prickett, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, is hereby authorized, without comPreparation, pensation from the Territory, to prepare and cause to be printed, a volume of the decisions of the Supreme Court of this Territory, with a brief abstract of each case and briefs of counsel when necessary, with suitable notes of the points decided in each case, and an index. Said volume shall be called the Idaho Supreme Court Reports, Volume I, new series, and shall contain all the decisions of said court from its organization to the present time; it shall be printed and bound in a good substantial manner and form, of good material for law books, and of a style and quality not inferior to volume fifty of the Californig Reports. Printing and binding. SEC. 2. The Territory of Idaho hereby agrees to pur- Purchase. chase of the publishers, four hundred copies of said volume, at a price not exceeding six dollars per volume. Price. SEC. 3. Whenever the four hundred volumes agreed to be purchased by the last section shall have been delivered to the secretary of this Territory he shall certify that fact to the Territorial Controller, who shall draw Payment. his warrant upon the Treasurer for the sum of money due therefor, not exceeding six dollars per volume; and also for all freight charges thereon; which warrants shall be payable out of the general fund, and a sufficient sum of money to pay the same is hereby appropriated for that purpose. SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Territory must distribute Distribution. and dispose of said volumes, as follows: 1. To the Library of Congress, two copies. 2. To each department of State of the United States, at Washington, one copy. 3. To the Idaho Law Library, two copies. 4. To each State and Territory of the United States, one copy. 5. One copy each to the Justices of the Supreme Court of this Territory, and to the Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Controller, and United States district attorney of this Territory, each one copy. 6. To the Clerk of the Supreme Court, one copy. To each clerk and deputy clerk of the District Courts, to each probate judge, justice of the peace and district attorney of this Territory, one copy. 7. The surplus must be kept on hand by the Secretary Surplus. of the Territory for future distribution, as subsequent laws may direct. SEC. 5. The secretary shall take a receipt from each Receipt. person, and officer named in subdivision five and six of the last section, to whom he shall deliver a volume of said reports, and file the same in his office, and each copy delivered to said officers shall be marked "Territorial Property" on the inside of the cover, and each of said officers shall deliver such volume to his successor. SEC. 6. The said H. E. Prickett is hereby authorized and required to contract with the publishers that there contract. shall be not less than eight hundred copies of said volume printed, and that the price to citizens of this Territory shall not exceed six dollars per volume. SEC. 7. This act shall take effect, and be in force from and after its approval by the Governor. Approved December 28, 1880. |