ing interest by suggesting lines of supplementary work which are indispensable to a thorough course in civil government.

I wish to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation of the kindness of those who have added much to the value of this volume by their helpful corrections and criticisms. For this favor, I am under great obligations to Miss Grace M. Shepherd, State Superintendent of Public Instruction; her Deputy, Miss Bernice McCoy, former County Superintendent of Nez Perce County; Hon. George H. Roberts, former Attorney General of Nebraska and of Idaho; Capt. E. G. Davis, Representative from Oneida County, and former Instructor in Constitutional Law at West Point; and Supt. O. M. Elliott, of the Twin Falls Public Schools.

BOISE HIGH SCHOOL

C. E. ROSE.

I. INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

Origin of Government; Rights and Duties; Forms of Gov-

ernment; The United States; The State; The County;

The Township; The Incorporated Town or City; The

School District; The Home; No Conflict of Authority;

The Civil Government of Idaho.

II. ELECTIONS AND VOTING

The Precinct; Registration of Voters; Qualifications of

Voters; Disqualified from Voting; Elector's Oath; Im-

portance of Voting; Australian Ballot System; Model

Polling Place; Sample Ticket; Election Officers and

Duties; How to Vote; Absentee Voting; Canvassing the

Votes; The Primary Election; How to Become a Candi-

date; Limit to Campaign Expenses; Official Primary

Ballot; Counting Votes and Determining Who Are Nomi-

nated; Nomination and Election of Judges; Central Com-
mittees.

III. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Need of Schools; School Districts; Annual Meeting

Board of Trustees; Meetings of Board; Duties and

Powers of Trustees; School Census; School Funds; Ap-

portionment of County School Fund; Independent School

Districts; Boise, Lewiston, and Emmett; Rural High

Schools; Prevention of Disease; Compulsory Educa-

tion.

IV. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

Municipal Corporations; Cities under Special Charter;

City of the First Class; City of the Second Class; City

Officers; The Village; Organization as a Village; Or-

ganization as a City; Commission Form of Government;

City Manager Plan; Municipal Employment Office.

V. THE COUNTY

The County and Its Officers; County Commissioners;

Sheriff; Treasurer; Probate Judge and Court; Delin-

quent Child Defined; Juvenile Disorderly Person De-

fined; Proceedings against Such Children; County

Superintendent; Assessor; Coroner; Surveyor; Clerk

of the District Court; Prosecuting Attorney; Precinct

and Precinct Officers; Justice of the Peace; Constable;

Road Districts; Salaries; Fees; Counties and County

Seats; How New Counties Are Formed.

VI. THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT

The Judicial Districts; District Judge; Qualifications

and Disqualifications; Jurisdiction of District Court;

Kinds of Actions at Law; How Brought to Trial; Trial

by Jury; Jurors; Qualifications, Disqualifications, and

Exemptions; The Grand Jury.

VII. THE STATE OF IDAHO

Idaho; Admission as a State; State Boundaries; Pre-

amble to State Constitution; Declaration of Rights;

State Seal; Departments of Government.

VIII. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

Election and

Senate and House of Representatives;

Qualifications of Members; Privileges; Salary; Sessions;

Officers and Attachés; Duties of Houses Separately;

How a Bill Becomes a Law; Miscellaneous Provisions.

IX. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

Executive Department; Qualifications for State Offices;

Governor; Powers and Duties; Lieutenant Governor;

Secretary of State; Auditor; Treasurer; Attorney Gen-

eral; Superintendent; Other Officers, Boards, and Com-

missions; Mine Inspector; Engineer; Fish and Game

Warden; Insurance Commissioner; Board of Horticul-

tural Inspection; Board of Health; Live Stock Sanitary

Board; Bank Commissioner; Grain Commission; Board

of Arbitration; Board of Canvassers; Board of Educa-

tion; Board of Equalization; Board of Examiners; Land

Board; Highway Commission; Public Utilities Commis-

sion; Director of Farm Markets; Workmen's Compensation

Act; Other Boards of Examiners; Board of Pardons and

Prison Commissioners; State Board of Agriculture; Trus-

tees of Soldiers' Home; Trustees of Capitol Buildings

and Grounds; Directors of Insane Asylum; State Sani-

tarium; Library Commission; Educational Institutions;

Salaries.

X. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

The Judicial Department; Impeachment; Trial; Supreme

Court; Chief Justice; Terms of Court; Jurisdiction;

Mandamus; Certiorari; Prohibition or Injunction:

Habeas Corpus; Examination for Admission as an At-
torney; Court of Claims; Officers and Salaries.

XI. MISCELLANEOUS

Water Rights and Irrigation; State Historical Society;

State Militia; Taxation; Property Exempt from Tax-

ation; Bonds; Local Option and Prohibition; Initiative,

Referendum and Recall; Relations with the United States

Government; United States Representatives and Senators.

APPENDIX

Constitution of the State of Idaho; Declaration of Inde-
pendence.

INDEX

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83

89

99

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CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF IDAHO