appointed a Commissioner, to be known as the PanamaPacific Exposition Commissioner, for the purpose of installing, maintaining and exhibiting the products and resources of this State at an International Exposition to be held in the City of San Francisco in the year 1915, known as the Panama-Pacific International Exposition; and as such Commissioner he shall have full and exclusive charge and control of said exhibit and the maintenance and installation thereof, with power to appoint and employ deputy commissioners, and all other persons necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, upon such terms and salaries as he shall deem to be fair and reasonable.

The Governor shall receive no compensation for his services, but shall receive his actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties in connection with said Exposition.

SEC. 2. The sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of paying the expenses of said Commissioner and any deputies or Commissioners appointed by him to visit the Panama-Pacific Exposition site in the City of San Francisco, California, and select a location for a State building in which to properly house and exhibit the products of this State at said Exposition and for such other expenses as may be properly incurred in carrying out the provisions hereof; and the State Auditor is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the General Fund from time to time for such portions of said Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500) and in favor of such persons as the Governor of the State shall designate, and the State Treasurer is hereby directed and empowered to pay the same.

SEC. 3. Whereas, an emergency exists, this Act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 3, 1911.

CHAPTER 34
AN ACT

AUTHORIZING A TAX LEVY OF ONE THIRD (1-3) OF A MILL ON THE DOLLAR PER ANNUM FOR PURPOSES OF THE DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND SCHOOL AT GOODING; DIRECTING THE INCLUDING OF THE AMOUNT THEREOF IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL, AND AUTHORIZING A SIMILAR LEVY AND APPROPRIATION UNTIL THIS ACT IS REPEALED; AND REQUIRING THE GOVERNOR'S APPROVAL OF CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.

Be It Enacted By the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

SECTION 1. That for the maintenance, equipment, improvements, buildings, the purchase and condemnation of property, and other expenses pertaining to the Deaf, Dumb and Blind School at Gooding, there be appropriated a sum equal to one-third (1-3) of a Mill on the Dollar, annually, on the present assessed valuation of the State, and that the same be included in the general appropriation bill for this session; that a like sum equivalent to one-third (1-3) of a mill on the dollar on the assessed valuation of the State at each recurring legislative session on the present basis of valuing property, be appropriated and included in the general appropriation bills of said sessions until this Act is repealed; Provided, always: That any expenditure of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) or over from said appropriation shall first receive the approval of the Governor of Idaho before it shall be made; Provided, further: That this amount be appropriated in addition to the interest funds.

SEC. 2. Whereas, an emergency exists, this Act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 3, 1911..

CHAPTER 35
AN ACT

TO AMEND SECTION 1622 OF THE REVISED CODES OF IDAHO.

Be It Enacted By the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

SECTION 1. That Section 1622 of the Revised Codes of Idaho be, and the same is, hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1622. No contract shall be made by the Board which requires a greater time than five (5) years for the construction of the works, but such time may be extended by the Board for a period not exceeding three (3) years. All contracts shall state that the work shall begin within six (6) months from date of contract; that at least one-tenth of the construction work shall be completed within two (2) years from the date of said contract and that construction shall be prosecuted diligently and continuously to completion. A failure to complete the works within the time required by the contract, or an extension thereof as herein. provided, shall forfeit to the State all rights under the same.

SEC. 2.

This Act shall apply to contracts heretofore made as well as to contracts hereafter to be made by the Board. SEC. 3. An emergency existing therefor, this Act shall be in force from and after its approval by the Governor. Approved March 3, 1911.

CHAPTER 36

AN ACT

AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY OF STATE TO CONVEY CERTAIN LOTS IN MOREHEAD'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF WEISER TO WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WEISER FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING A PUBLIC BUILDING THEREON, AND PROVIDING CONDITIONS FOR SAID TRANSFER; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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Be It Enacted By the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. The Governor and Secretary of State hereby authorized and directed to convey unto the County of Washington and City of Weiser, jointly, by proper conveyance under the Great Seal of the State of Idaho, the following described lots and parcels of land situated in the City of Weiser, County of Washington, State of Idaho, towit:

All of the lots numbered one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), six (6), seven (7) and eight (8) of Block nine (9) of Morehead's Addition to the City of Weiser, according to the official plat of said addition on file in the office of the County Recorder of Washington County, Idaho, to be used for the purpose of erecting a public court house or city hall, or a joint public court house and city hall; Provided: That said conveyances shall be upon the following express conditions:

1.

That the said County of Washington, or the said City of Weiser, or both of them, shall within five (5) years from the date thereof, commence the erection of a County Court House, or City Hall, or joint County Court House and City Hall upon said premises, and in case either of said buildings shall not be commenced within five (5) years, as aforesaid, then the said lots shall revert to the State of Idaho.

2. That said grantee or grantees shall take said proverty subject to all lawful claims against it, and shall save the State of Idaho harmless against all costs, damages, attorney's fees, or claims of whatever nature that may arise because of such conveyance.

3. That said County of Washington and City of Weiser must accept said conveyance within three (3) years after date thereof.

Said conveyance shall contain a statement of the conditions as above set forth.

SEC. 2. Whereas, an emergency exists, this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 3, 1911.

CHAPTER 37
AN ACT

TO CREATE AND ORGANIZE THE COUNTY OF LEWIS IN THE STATE OF IDAHO; TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF; TO CLASSIFY SAID COUNTY AND LOCATE THE TEMPORARY COUNTY SEAT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE INDEBTEDNESS BETWEEN NEZ PERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS IN SAID LEWIS COUNTY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSCRIBING OF THAT PORTION OF THE RECORDS OF NEZ PERCE COUNTY PERTAINING TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY WITHIN LEWIS COUNTY; TO CONSTITUTE THE COUNTY OF LEWIS A PART OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY THEREFOR.

Be It Enacted By the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

SECTION 1. That there is hereby created and formed out of a portion of the existing County of Nez Perce, in the State of Idaho, a new County to be named and called Lewis County, which new County shall be organized and governed as provided by this Act and the General Laws of the State of Idaho relating to the organization and government of counties.

SEC. 2. That all that portion of the State of Idaho included within the following boundaries, to-wit: Commencing at the mouth of the Lolo Creek and running in a northerly direction down the middle of the channel of the Clearwater River to a point where the Seventh Standard Parallel crosses the Clearwater River; thence due west along said parallel to a point where the same intersects Little Canyon Creek; thence down the center of the channel of Little Canyon Creek to a point where the same empties into Big Canyon Creek; thence up the center of the channel of Big Canyon Creek to a point where the same crosses the

township line between Townships thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35), north; thence west on said township line to a point where the same crosses Mission Creek; thence up the middle of the channel of Mission Creek to a point where the same crosses the township line between Townships thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), north; thence west on said township line to the northeast corner of Section four (4), Township thirty-three (33), North of Range three (3) west of Boise Meridian; thence due south on Section lines to the center of the channel of Salmon River; thence up the center of the channel of Salmon River to the mouth of Deep Creek; thence up the middle of the channel of Deep Creek to the mouth of the Right Fork of Deep Creek; thence up the middle of the channel of the Right Fork of Deep Creek to a point where the line between Ranges one (1) and two (2), west of Boise Meridian crosses said Deep Creek; thence due north along said line to the point where the said line 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 down the middle of the channel of Clearwater River to the mouth of Lolo Creek, the place of beginning; be, and the same is, hereby created and organized into and declared to be the County of Lewis, and for the purpose of fixing the salaries of the County Commissioners, said Lewis County is hereby designated as a county of the third class.

SEC. 3. The Governor of the State of Idaho is hereby authorized and directed to appoint within ten (10) days after this Act shall take effect, for said County of Lewis, three (3) County Commissioners, a Sheriff, a Clerk of the District Court, who shall be ex-officio Auditor and Recorder and ex-officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, a County Treasurer, who shall be ex-officio Public Administrator, a County Assessor, who shall be ex-officio Tax Collector, a Coroner, a Surveyor, a Probate Judge, a County Superintendent of Public Instruction, and a Prosecuting Attorney. The County Commissioners shall forthwith qualify by taking oath before the District Judge of the Second Judicial District of the State of Idaho, and the other officers shall immediately qualify thereafter in the manner provided by law and thereupon enter upon the discharge of their official duties and shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified the same as if they had been elected at the regular election of the year 1910.