cause to be erected a suitable safe or vault at the county seat of said county for the preservation of the records and other valuables of the county. SEC. 3. The Board of County Commissioners of Idaho County are hereby empowered to transfer any surplus remaining in said fund after the accomplishment of the object herein designated, to the Current Expense Fund. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 8, 1885. IDAHO COUNTY-BOUNDARIES. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES OF IDAHO COUNTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," APPROVED JANUARY 8, 1875. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: Section one of said act is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. The boundaries of the County of Idaho shall hereafter be as follows: Commencing at the junction of Salmon River with Snake River; thence in a northeasterly direction to a point where the Lewiston and Mount Idaho stage road crosses Willow Creek; thence down the middle of the channel of Willow Creek to its junction with Lawyer's Canyon; thence down the middle of the channel of Lawyer's Canyon to its junction with the Clearwater River; thence up the channel of Clearwater River to the mouth of the north fork of the south fork of said Clearwater River; thence due east to the Lolo fork of the Clearwater; thence up the Lolo fork to the summit of the Bitter Root Mountains; thence southeastwardly and southerly, following the present defined boundary line between the Territories of Idaho and Montana, to the northwest corner of Lemhi County; thence south to the present line of Custer County; thence southwesterly along the present line between Idaho and Custer Counties to the present line of Boise County; thence dae west along the present line between Idaho and Boise Counties, to the present line of Washington County; thence following the present line between Idaho and Washington Counties to Snake River; thence following the channel of Snake River to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. IDIOTIC AND INSANE. AN ACT SUPPLEMENTARY TO AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE BETTER MAINTENANCE OF THE INDIGENT SICK, IDIOTIC AND INSANE PERSONS IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THIS TERRITORY," APPROVED DECEMBER 13, 1864. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho. SECTION 1. That any sick person desiring aid from any county of this Territory shall, before such aid can be given, make a written application to the Probate Judge, the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners or to any Justice of the Peace in the precinct where such applicant may reside, setting forth and describing all the property, real, personal and mixed, wherever it is situated, owned in whole or in part by such applicant, or in which he or she has any legal or equitable interest; if such applicant have no available property, real or personal, then he or she shall declare his or her indigency and destitution, which shall be signed by the party or parties making such application, and sworn to before some officer authorized by the laws of this Territory to administer oaths, which said cath shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Probate Judge or Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners or said Justice of the Peace to whom such application is made, to immediately investigate the grounds of such application, and for such purpose he may require the applicant and such other persons as may be deemed necessary, to testify under oath, and if such officer is fully satisfied that said applicant is really sick, indigent and in destitute circumstances, and would suffer unless aided by the county, he shall file a certificate to that effect with the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of such county, and in case said Board of County Commissioners shall not be in regular session at the time of the date of such certificate, the officer to whom said application is made may, in his discretion, authorize the expenditure of any sums not exceeding the sum of forty dollars in the aggregate, to provide for the immediate necessities of such applicant, and shall present his bill for such expenditures to the said Board of County Commissioners duly verified under oath, and the said Board of County Commissioners shall audit and pay such bill out of the proper fund of such county at their next regular session. SEC. 3. That the County Commissioners of such county shall, after the filing of the certificate, as aforesaid, if in their judgment the applicant is sick and indigent, and would suffer if not aided by the county, make such provisions for his or her relief as may be necessary under the circumstances. SEC. 4. That the County Commissioners of such county shall not allow any claim or demand against the county, for services rendered to any sick person or persons, who have not previously obtained from the Probate Judge, Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners or the Justice of the Peace, as aforesaid, the certificate heretofore mentioned in this act, and shall not allow any claim or demands whatsoever against such county, for any expense incurred by, or in behalf of any sick person before the date of filing of the application and certificate aforesaid, except such claims and demands. as may be presented under the expenditures provided for in Section two of this act. SEC. 5. That the said Clerk, Probate Judge and Justice of the Peace, or either of them, is hereby authorized to administer any oath or affirmation required under the provisions of this act. SEC. 6. That if any sick and indigent person or persons, desiring assistance from any county in this Territory, is unable from illness to make the application in writing, required in Section one of this act, such application may be made for him or her, or on his or her behalf, by any other person under oath, and such application shall be valid under the provisions of this act. SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 30, 1885. INCLOSURES. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED “AN ACT REGULATING INCLOSURES, AND TO PREVENT THE TRESPASSING OF ANIMALS." Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. That Section eight of said act be amended so as to read as follows: A fence built of rock shall be four feet high, and the rock placed in a substantial manner. A jack or leaning fence shall be constructed of four, or more, strong poles or rails. Provided, that with the exception of the top pole, or rail, wire barbed, or other wire may be substituted. Provided further, that all fences constructed of other materials, which can be shown by evidence to be equal to those described by law, for the purpose of turning stock, shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be lawful fences. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 27, 1885. IRRIGATION. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT, ENTITLED AN ACT REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF WATER FOR PURPOSES OF IRRIGATION, APPROVED FEBRUARY 7, 1881. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. That Section four of an act regulating the distribution of water for purposes of irrigation, be amended by striking out the word "ten" in Îine ten, of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three," also by striking out the two last lines and substituting these words, viz: Pay his pro rata i cash, or two dollars per day for every day assessed against him, which may be collected by an action at law, by the water master in his own name, against such delinquent, and costs of suit. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 5, 1885. KOOTENAI COUNTY-EXPENSES. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF ALL CURRENT EXPENSES OF KOOTENAI COUNTY AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE OUTSTANDING WARRANTS OF SAID COUNTY AND PRESCRIBING THE MANNER OF SAID REDEMPTION. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. All taxes levied and collected for county purposes in Kootenai County under and by virtue of the laws of this Territory, including all licenses and revenues from all other sources (except those set apart for school and road funds) shall be apportioned as follows: Seventy-five per cent. to the Current Expense Fund, and twenty-five per cent. to the Redemption Fund. SEC. 2. The said Current Expense Fund shall be applied to pay the current expenses of the court house and jail of said county, salaries of officers as laid down by law, and such other lawful expenses as may be allowed by the County Commissioners, for rent, lights, fuel, stationery (including blank books), and printing for county officers, and for bedding, food and clothing for prisoners, for which said county would be liable by law, and none other, and the County Commissioners shall order warrants drawn on said Current Expense Fund for the purposes specified in this section only, and the same shall be paid out of any money in the treasury belonging to said funds. SEC. 3. The County Commissioners of said Kootenai County may, on the second Monday of January and second Monday of July in each and every year, if there shall remain at that time in the treasury any part of such Current Expense Fund, order the same to be immediately transferred to and become a part of the Redemption Fund of said county and be expended as such; and it is hereby |