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office or a subdivision of the State including two 

 or more counties ; to the number of at least 50 

 if for a county office ; and to the number of at 

 least 10 if for a township, precinct, or ward of- 

 fice. Each polling place shall be provided with 

 voting shelves or compartments, at which electors 

 may mark their ballots screened from observation, 

 and with a guard rail. Neither the ballot boxes 

 nor the voting shelves shall be hidden from the 

 view of persons outside the rail. The auditor of 

 each county shall prepare the ballots to be used 

 at all elections within the county, and shall print 

 thereon the name of every candidate duly nom- 

 inated ; but in municipal elections the duty 

 of preparing ballots shall devolve upon the 

 municipal clerk. Ballots shall be white paper, 

 printed with black ink. All the candidates of 

 each political party shall be grouped in a col- 

 umn together, under the party name. The elec- 

 tion clerk, before delivering a ballot to an elector, 

 shall place upon the back, near the top, the offi- 

 cial stamp. The elector shall indicate his choice 

 by marking a cross opposite the name of the 

 candidate voted for, or by writing in the name 

 of a candidate. A system of registration is es- 

 tablished by this act, and the following restric- 

 tions are placed upon the right of suffrage : 



" No person shall be permitted to vote who is 

 not registered as provided by law, or who is un- 

 der guardianship, idiotic, or insane, or who has 

 at any place been convicted of treason, felony, 

 embezzlement of public funds, bartering or sell- 

 ing or offering to barter or sell his vote, or pur- 

 chasing or offering to purchase the vote of an- 

 other, or other infamous crime, and who has not 

 been restored to the right of citizenship, or who 

 at the time of such election is confined in prison 

 on conviction of a criminal offense, or who, after 

 passing the age of eighteen years and since the 

 first day of January, 1888, has been or is a big- 

 amist or polygamist, or is living or has lived in 

 what is known as patriarchal, plural, or celestial 

 marriage, or in violation of any law of this State or 

 of the United States, forbidding any such crime ; 

 or who in any manner teaches or has taught, ad- 

 vises or has advised, counsels or has counseled, 

 aids or has aided, encourages or has encouraged, 

 any person to enter into bigamy, polygamy, or 

 such patriarchal, plural, or celestial marriage, or 

 to live in violation of any such law, or to com- 

 mit any such crime, or who has been a member 

 of, or contributes or has contributed to the sup- 

 port, aid, or encouragement of any order, organ- 

 ization, association, corporation, or society which 

 teaches or has taught, advises or has advised, 

 counsels or has counseled, encouraged, or aided 

 any person to enter into bigamy, polygamy, or 

 such patriarchal or plural marriage, or which 

 teaches or has taught, advises or has advised, 

 that the laws of this State, or of the Territory 

 of Idaho before its admission as a State into the 

 Union, f|r of the United States applicable to the 

 Territory of Idaho, prescribing rules of civil 

 conduct, ape not the supreme law." 



In order th fund the bonded and floating debt 

 of the State, an act was passed authorizing the 

 issue of 6-per-ctSnt. State bonds, redeemable on 

 Dec. 1, 1911, or acs^ny time after Dec. 1, 1900, at 

 the option of the State. The bonded debt to be 

 refunded under thisNact amounts to $51,715.06 

 with accrued interest,^and the floating debt to 



about $76,000 with accrued interest. The ad 

 valorem State tax to be levied annually for gen- 

 eral purposes was fixed at 8| mills on the dollar, 

 and a further annual tax of f mill was levied in 

 aid of the State University Building fund. 



A new law changes the school system in con- 

 formity with the requirements of the State Con- 

 stitution, and provides for an annual tax levy 

 in each county for support of schools of not less 

 than 5 nor more than 10 mills on the dollar. The 

 license law enacted at this session fixes the an- 

 nual license fee for the sale of liquors at $500 in 

 all places where the total vote for Governor at 

 the last election exceeded 150, and at $800 in 

 other places ; but taverns where liquor is sold 

 8 miles or more outside of a village shall pay 

 only $100 annually. The selling or giving of 

 liquors to minors is forbidden. 



The sum of $35,000 was appropriated for re- 

 storing the buildings of the Insane Asylum at 

 Blackfoot, destroyed by fire on Nov. 24, 1889. 

 For the World's Columbian Exposition at Chica- 

 go the sum of $20,000 was appropriated, to be 

 expended under the direction of a State commis- 

 sioner appointed by the Governor and charged 

 with the duty of securing a suitable exhibit for 

 the State. 



Aliens are now forbidden to acquire or hold 

 any real estate in the State, except mining lands, 

 unless such real estate shall be acquired by in- 

 heritance or by the enforcement of a lien or 

 judgment for debt, and all real estate so acquired 

 must be sold within five years after such acquisi- 

 tion or it shall thereafter escheat to the State. 

 No restrictions are placed on the ownership of 

 mining lands by any class of aliens, except' the 

 Chinese and other persons of Mongolian descent. 



Resolutions were adopted urging the submis- 

 sion to the States of a constitutional amendment 

 providing for the election of United States Sena- 

 tors by the people, and urging the passage of a 

 bill permitting the free coinage of silver pro- 

 duced in mines of the United States. 



Other acts of the session were as follow : 



Creating the county of Canyon out of a portion of 

 Ada County. ' 



To regulate the storage of grain, flour, wool, or other 

 produce when received for storing, shipping, grind- 

 ing, or manufacturing. 



To provide for the punishment of crime, for the ap- 

 pointment of peace officers, and to enforce section 6 of 

 Article XIV of the State Constitution. 



Establishin^the State Penitentiary at Boise 1 City, 

 on the grounds and in the buildings occupied by the 

 Territorial Penitentiary. 



To prohibit the killing of moose within six years 

 from the passage of this act (Feb. 6, 1891). 



To define and punish crimes against the elective 

 franchise. 



Defining the duties of the State Board of Land 

 Commissioners, and providing for the selection, loca- 

 tion, protection, sale, rental, and general management 

 of the public lands of the State, and for the invest- 

 ment ot funds arising from the sale and leasing of 

 such lands. 



Repealing the act of 1889 for the suppression and 

 prevention of contagious diseases among domestic ani- 

 mals. 



Allowing three fourths of a jury to render a verdict 

 in a civil action. 



To authorize the organization of county mutual fire- 

 insurance companies. 



Making eight hours a day's work on all State, coun- 

 ty, and municipal works. 



