OF ACTS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND FOR OTHER Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. That there shall be, and there is, hereby created and formed out of the eastern part of Bannock County, of the State of Idaho, as now constituted, a new County, to be called Caribou County, to be organized as hereinafter provided for. SEC. 2. All that portion of the present County of Bannock, State of Idaho, included within the following boundaries, to-wit: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Township Five, South, Range Thirty-nine East, of Boise Meridian, thence East along the township line between Townships Four and Five South, Boise Meridian to the Northeast corner of Township Five South, Range Forty-six East, Boise Meridian, or to the Wyoming and Idaho State Line, thence South along the Idaho and Wyoming State Line to the corner of Bear Lake and Bannock Counties, thence in a Westerly direction along the line between Bear Lake and Bannock Counties to the Southwest corner of Township Nine South, Range Forty-two East, Boise Meridian, thence West along Township line between Nine and Ten South, Range Forty-one East, to the Southwest corner of Section Thirty-two, Township Nine South, Range Forty-one East, Boise Meridian, thence North three miles along section line to the Northwest corner of Section Twenty, Township Nine South, Range Forty-one East, thence West one mile to the Southwest corner of Section Eighteen, Township Nine South, Range Forty-one East, thence North nine miles to the Northwest corner of Section Six, Township Eight South, Range Forty-one East, thence west four miles to the Southwest corner of Section Thirty-three, Township Seven South, Range Forty East, thence North six miles more or less to the Northwest corner of Section Four, Township Seven South, Range Forty East, thence West along the line of First Standard Parallel one and one-half miles to the Southwest corner of Section Thirty-one, Township Six South, Range Forty East, thence North six miles to the Northwest corner of Township Six South, Range Forty East, thence West six miles to the Southwest corner of Township Five South, Range Thirty-nine East, thence North six miles to place of beginning, shall be hereby created into the County named and to be known as the County of Caribou, and to be organized as herein provided. SEC. 3. All that portion of Bannock County, within the State of Idaho, not embraced within the boundaries of the County of Caribou, (as defined in Section 2 of this Act), shall remain and constitute the County of Bannock. SEC. 4. The Governor of the State of Idaho, is hereby authorized and directed within ten (10) days after this Act shall take effect, to nominate and appoint for the County of Caribou, the following officers, to-wit: Three (3) County Commissioners; one (1) Sheriff; one (1) Clerk of the District Court who shall be Ex-Officio Auditor and Recorder and Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of the said County; one (1) County Treasurer who shall be Ex-Officio Public Administrator and Tax Collector; one (1) County Assessor; one (1) Coroner; one (1) Surveyor; one (1) Probate Judge; one (1) Superintendent of Public Instruction; one (1) Prosecuting or County Attorney. All of which officers shall possess the qualifications prescribed by the general laws of the State of Idaho, for such officers. Each of said officers shall perform the duties and have the powers and privileges prescribed, defined, and limited by the general laws of the State of Idaho, governing such officers, and in addition thereto do and perform the duties provided by the Act. The Recorder so appointed as above provided for, shall first qualify before a Judge of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of Idaho, and the other officers shall immediately thereupon enter upon the discharge of their respective official duties, and the said officers shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified, the same as if they had been elected at the regular general elction held in 1918. The territory of the said Caribou County as herein created for judicial purposes and for the enforcement of the laws against crime, shall be part of and belong to the territory of Bannock County, until the officers, of Caribou County have been appointed and qualified as herein provided for. SEC. 5. The County Seat of the said County of Caribou is hereby located and declared to be the City of Soda Springs, and for the purpose of fixing the annual salaries of the County Commissioners, said County of Caribou is designated as a County of the third class. The County Commissioners of the said Caribou County, shall immediately after their qualification provide suitable offices and places at the said City of Soda Springs, for the coommodation and safe keeping of the papers, files, records and other personal property belonging to the said County or conected with the offices therein, and for the proper use of the county officers of the said county and for the holding of the District Court therein; and in addition to the said duties, said Commissioners shall perform and do and have the rights and privileges prescribed and limited and defined for the General Laws of the State of Idaho, relating to such offices. SEC. 6. The County Commissioners of the said Caribou County shall, within five days after their qualification, meet at the City of Soda Springs, and organize for the transaction of county business; and shall at such meeting, divide said county into three commissioners' districts, and shall establish precincts for said county, and appoint officers therefor who shall hold their respective offices from the time of their qualification until their successors are elected and qualified; Provided, however, That where, at the general election of the year 1918, officers were elected in precincts heretofore established in said, territory while the same was a part of Bannock County, such officers shall continue in office for such part or all of their respective precincts as the said Board of County Commissioners may prescribe, during the full term for which they were elected. SEC. 7. For the purpose of ascertaining the value of the moneys, credits, and taxes, of the real, personal and mixed properties of Bannock County, and of the amount or amounts of bonded, floating, and other indebtedness evidenced by bonds, warrants, or orders outstanding and unpaid against Bannock County; and for the purpose of fixing the exact amount of indebtedness, both bonded and floating, to be paid by Caribou County and Bannock County, respectively, and for the purpose of ascertaining the assessed valuation of property within Bannock and Caribou Counties, and for the purpose of determining the amount of taxable property in Caribou County, and for the purpose of apportioning the indebtedness of each of the said counties, and for all other purposes as herein provided for, the Board of County Commissioners of Bannock County, and the Board of County Commissioners of Caribou County, shall each, immediately after the taking effect of this Act, and immediately after the qualification of the commissioners of the said County of Caribou, meet and each appoint one competent accountant, who shall be a resident of the county by which he is appointed. Said accountants so appointed shall act as a board of appraisers and shall, within five days from and after their appointment, meet in the City of Pocatello, Idaho, in Bannock County, and after taking the usual oath of appraisers to well and truly and impartially appraise, estimate and determine the actual, present cash value and worth of all property, both real, personal and mixed, belonging to Bannock County, and ascertain the amount of indebtedness, both bonded, floating, or other indebtedness, of the said Bannock County, together with the amount and proportion of the same to be borne by each of the said counties, respectively; said appraisers so appointed shall immediately proceed to well and truly and impartially appraise, estimate, and determine the actual, present cash value of all real, personal and mixed property of Bannock County, and the amount of the indebtedness, both bonded, floating, or other indebtedness, and the proportionate share thereof to be paid by each of the said counties respectively. Said accountants so appointed as aforesaid, shall also constitute and be an auditing Board and Board of Appraisers, each representing the county from which he is appointed. Said accountants shall ascertain from the records or otherwise the whole amount of indebtedness, if any, of the said Bannock County, as the said county existed prior to the subdivision thereof as herein made; and the said appraisers or auditing board shall make a statement and determine the valuation of all public property belonging to Bannock County and report thereon; and shall compute from the assessment rolls from said county for the year 1918, the total taxable property of each of the said counties; and shall determine the amount of money in the possession of, or under the control of the County Treasurer of Bannock County, including school moneys, and school funds, and money belonging to municipal corporations located within the territory of said Caribou County; and shall make in duplicate, a full statement and report of all said matters and of all other matters proper to be audited and reported upon, in order to make a full and satisfactory settlement and adjustment between the said Counties of Bannock and Caribou, with their conclusion as to the amount due from one county to the other upon the settlement of such indebtedness, if any, and of such public prop erty, and for and on account of the money in the hands or under the control of the County Treasurer of Bannock County, as aforesaid; and shall file a certified copy of all such statements and reports and conclusions with the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of each of the said counties as aforesaid, with said appraisement, report, apportionment, and statement, when so made and filed, shall be final and binding upon both and each of the Counties of Bannock and Caribou. Said statement and report shall include among other things, the following items, to-wit: First: The total assessed valuation of all taxable property within each of the said counties as shown by the assessment roll of Bannock County for the year 1918, and the ratio which the amount of such property within the boundaries of Caribou County bears to the amount of taxable property remaining in Bannock County. Second: The amount of taxable property in the respective portions of any school or road district divided by the creation of Caribou County, as shown by the assessment roll of Bannock County for the year 1918, and the ratio which the amount of such property in that portion of any such district included within the boundaries of Caribou County, bears to the amount of taxable property in that portion of such district remaining in Bannock County. Third: The amount of all moneys and funds in the possession or under the control of the County Treasurer of Bannock County at the time of the passage and approval of this Act, belonging to any school or road district divided by the creation of Caribou County, to which the segregated portion of such district is entitled according to the ratio established under the last preceding clause of this section. Fourth: The amount of all moneys in the general school fund of Bannock County in possession or under the control of the Treasurer of the said County, at the time of the approval and passage of this Act, and the portion thereof to which the school districts included within the boundaries of Caribou County would be entitled under an apportionment made in accordance with the laws of this State in force at the time such apportionment is made, and also the portion of any such fund to which the segregated portion of any school district divided by the creation of Caribou County would be entitled according to the ratio established under the second clause of this section. Fifth The amount of all general funds of Bannock County in the possession or under the control of the County Treasurer of Bannock County at the time of the passage and SL-1919-2 |