tion of the public lands of the State, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law. Adopted November 8th, 1910. AMENDMENT NO. 15. ARTICLE III. SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended by adding thereto the following: The people reserve to themselves the power to approve or reject at the polls any act or measure passed by the Legislature. This power is known as the Referendum, and legal voters may, under such conditions and in such manner as may be provided by Acts of the Legislature, demand a referendum vote on any act or measure passed by the Legislature and cause the same to be submitted to a vote of the people for their approval or rejection. Adopted November 5th, 1912. Effective November 25th, 1912. AMENDMENT NO. 16. ARTICLE III. SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended by adding thereto the following: The people reserve to themselves the power to propose laws, and enact the same at the polls independent of the Legislature. This power is known as the Initiative, and legal voters may, under such conditions and in such manner as may be provided by Acts of the Legislature, initiate any desired legislation and cause the same to be submitted to the vote of the people at a general election for their approval or rejection provided that legislation thus submitted shall require the approval of a number of voters equal to a majority of the aggregate vote cast for the office of Governor at such general election to be adopted. Adopted November 5th, 1912. AMENDMENT NO. 17. ARTICLE VIII. SECTION 1. The Legislature shall not in any manner create any debt or debts, liability, or liabilities, which shall singly or in the aggregate, exclusive of the debt of the territory at the date of its admission as a State, and exclusive of debts or liabilities incurred subsequent to January 1, 1911, for the purpose of completing the construction and furnishing of the State Capitol at Boise, Idaho, and exclusive of debt or debts, liability or liabilities incurred by the Eleventh Session of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, exceed in the aggregate the sum of Two Million Dollars, except in case of war, to repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection, unless the same shall be authorized by law, for some single object or work, to be distinctly specified therein, which law shall provide ways and means, exclusive of loans, for the payment of the interest on such debt or liability as it falls due, and also for the payment and discharge of the principal of such debt or liability within twenty years of the time of the contracting thereof, and shall be irrepealable until the principal and interest thereon shall be paid and discharged. But no such law shall take effect until at a general election it shall have been submitted to the people, and shall have received a majority of all the votes cast for or against it at such election, and all moneys raised by the authority of such laws shall be applied only to specified objects therein stated or to the payment of the debt thereby created, and such law shall be published in at least one newspaper in each county or city, and county, if one be published therein, throughout the State for three months next preceding the election at which it is submitted to the people. The Legislature may at any time after the approval of such law, by the people, if no debts shall have been contracted in pursuance thereof, repeal the same. Adopted November 5th, 1912. AMENDMENT NO. 18. ARTICLE III. "Sec. 2. The Senate shall consist of one member from each county of the State now created or hereafter to be created and the House of Representatives shall consist of not to exceed three times the number of Senators. The Senators shall be chosen by the electors of the respective counties and the Representatives shall be chosen by the electors of the respective counties or districts into which the State may from time to time be divided by law." Adopted November 5th, 1912. Section 6. AMENDMENT NO. 19. ARTICLE VI. Every public officer in the State of Idaho, excepting the Judicial officers, is subject to recall by the legal voters of the State or of the Electoral District from which he is elected. The Legislature shall pass the necessary laws to carry this provision into effect. Adopted November 5th, 1912. AMENDMENT NO. 20. ARTICLE XIII. SECTION 1. That Section 3 of Article 13 of the Constitution of Idaho be repealed. Adopted November 5th, 1912. AMENDMENT NO. 21. ARTICLE IX. Sec. 2. The general supervision of the State Educational Institutions and public school system of the State of Idaho, shall be vested in a State Board of Education, the membership, powers and duties of which shall be prescribed by law. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be exofficio member of said board. Adopted November 5th, 1912. AMENDMENT NO. 22. ARTICLE XVIII. SECTION 1. That that sentence of Section 6 of Article 18 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho reading: "The Legislature by general and unform laws shall provide for the election biennially in each of the several counties of the State, of county commissioners, a sheriff, a county treasurer, who is ex-officio public administrator, a probate judge, a county superintendent of public instruction, a county assessor, who is ex-officio tax collector, a coroner and a surveyor," be amended by striking out the words "who is exofficio tax collector" after the words "a county assessor" and inserting the words "and also ex-officio tax collector" after the words "public administrator." SEC. 2. That that sentence of Section 6 of Article 18 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho reading: "The sheriff, county assessor and ex-officio tax collector, auditor and recorder and clerk of the District Court shall be empowered by the county commissioners to appoint such deputies and clerical assistance as the business of their offices may require; said deputies and clerical assistant to receive such compensation as may be fixed by the county commissioners," be amended by inserting after the word "assessor" the words "county treasurer." SEC. 3. In order to carry out the provisions of this resolution two (2) questions shall be separately submitted to the electors of the State of Idaho at the next general election which questions shall be as follows: 1. "Shall Section 6 of Article 18 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended so as to make the county treasurer ex-officio tax collector?" 2. "Shall Section 6 of Article 18 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended so as to authorize county treasurers and ex-officio tax collectors to employ deputies and clerical assistance when so empowered by the board of county commissioners?" SEC. 4. In case the first question be carried by the vote of a majority of the electors voting thereon, said sentence of the Constitution of the State of Idaho shall read: “The Legislature by general and uniform laws shall provide for the election biennially in each of the several counties of the State, of county commissioners, a sheriff, a county treasurer, who is ex-officio public administrator and also ex-officio tax collector, a probate judge, a county superintendent of public instruction, a county assessor, a coroner and a surveyor." In case the second question be carried by the vote of the majority of the electors voting thereon said sentence of the Constitution of the State of Idaho shall read: "The sheriff, county assessor, county treasurer and ex-officio tax collector, auditor and recorder and clerk of the District Court, shall be empowered by the county commissioners to appoint such deputies and clerical assistance as the business of their offices may require; said deputies and clerical assistants to receive such compensation as may be fixed by the county commissioners. Adopted November 5th, 1912. Effective November 25th, 1912. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF IDAHO. I, WILFRED L. GIFFORD, Secretary of State of the State of Idaho, do hereby certify that the foregoing printed volume contains true and literal copies of all the laws, memorials and resolutions passed by the Legislature of the State of Idaho, at the Twelfth Session thereof, (which convened on the 6th day of January, 1913, and adjourned on the 8th day of March, 1913), as appears from the enrolled acts, memorials and resolutions now on file in this office; also true and correct copies of all amendments adopted at the General Elections held in 1908, 1910 and 1912, as appears from the record of the State Board of Canvassers; all of which are published by authority of the laws of the State of Idaho. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State. Done at Boise, the Capital of Idaho, this 5th day of April, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the One Hundred and ThirtySeventh. Wilfred L Gifford Secretary of State. |