CHAPTER XXVII. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSCRIBING OF THE RECORDS of OWYHEE COUNTY, NOW ON THE BOOKS OF BOISE COUNTY. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the recorder of Owyhee County, and he is hereby required, before the first day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to transcribe, or cause to be transcribed, all the records belonging to or in any way appertaining to the county of Owyhee, now recorded in the books of Boise County, at Idaho City. SEC. 2. He shall receive for such service the sum of thirty cents per folio, also mileage in going to and returning from the county seat of Boise County, by the nearest traveled route, at the rate of thirty cents per mile: provided, that mileage shall only be allowed but once for going and returning. SEC. 3. On the completion of said transcribing, the recorder shall present his bill to the board of county commissioners in his county, and if they find it conforms to the above specified rates, they shall allow it and order it paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the governor. APPROVED, December 3d, A.D. 1864. CHAPTER XXVIII. AN ACT LOCATING THE COUNTY SEAT OF ALTURAS COUNTY. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. That the county seat of the county of Alturas be, and the same is hereby located at Rocky Bar. SEC. 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in full force, from and after its passage and approval by the governor. APPROVED, December 3d, A.D. 1864. CHAPTER XXIX. ΑΝ ACT TO ORGANIZE THE COUNTY OF ADA. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. That all that portion of Boise County, in the territory of Idaho, included within the following lines, to wit: Commencing at the point where Grimes' Creek forms a junction with Boise River, on the westerly line of Alturas, and on the easterly line of Boise County, and running thence in a north-westerly direction to a point on Payette River, known as Picket's Corral; thence due north to the south line of Idaho County; thence west along said line of Idaho County to the middle of the channel of Snake River; thence up the middle of the channel of Snake River to the point where the westerly line of Alturas County intersects the same; thence in a northerly direction along said westerly line of Alturas County, to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby organized into a county, to be called the county of Ada, and the county seat of said county is hereby located at Boise City. SEC. 2. The said county of Ada shall, from and after the passage of this act, be exempt from all jurisdiction and control of the officers of Boise County, except that all taxes heretofore levied upon any person or property by the county last named, and which have not been paid, may be collected in the same manner as though this act had not been passed. SEC. 3. The recorder of the county of Ada, who shall be hereafter elected, is hereby authorized to transcribe into books to be procured for that purpose, such parts of the records and files of Boise County, as relate to matters within the county created by this act, and the same shall have the same force and effect, and be of the same degree of evidence as the original files and records. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the governor to appoint all the county officers of said county of Ada; and the county commissioners so appointed shall, at their first regular session, to be held on the first Monday in February, appoint all the necessary precinct officers; and all officers so appointed, shall continue in office until their respective successors shall have been elected and qualified. SEC. 5. An election shall be held at the various precincts of said county of Ada, on the first Monday in March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, subject to the laws and regulations governing general elections, at which election all county and precinct officers for said county shall be chosen; and the several officers so chosen shall, within twenty days thereafter, duly qualify according to law, and enter upon the discharge of the duties of their respective offices. SEC. 6. The term of office of all officers elected under the provisions of this act, shall expire on the first Monday in January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. SEC. 7. The county of Ada shall pay to the treasurer of Boise County, a just and equitable proportion of the debts for which the said county of Boise is now liable; and the auditors of said counties shall, on or before the first Monday in September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, meet at Idaho City, and apportion the same, and ascertain the amount to be paid as aforesaid, from the assessment rolls of said counties, that may be made in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five; and in case the said auditors shall be unable to agree as to such apportionment, they shall refer the matter in difference between them to the judge of the second judicial district, who shall determine the same, and such determination shall be final. SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the governor. APPROVED, December 22d, A.D. 1864. CHAPTER XXX. AN ACT CREATING THE COUNTIES OF LAH-TOH AND KOOTENAL Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho as follows : SECTION 1. That all that portion of Idaho Territory embraced within the following described boundaries, be and the same is hereby created into, and shall be known as the county of Lah-toh, to wit: Beginning at a point in the main channel of the Snake River at its junction with the Clearwater River; thence running due north along the dividing line between Washington and Idaho terrritories, to the forty-eighth degree of north latitude; thence east with said degree of latitude until it intersects the boundary line of Shoshone County; thence south with the boundary line of said county to the middle channel of Clearwater River; thence with the channel of said river to its junction with the Snake River, to the place of beginning; and the county seat of said county of Lah-toh is hereby located at Coeur d'Alene. SEC. 2. That all that portion of Idaho Territory embraced within the following described boundaries, be and the same is hereby created into, and shall be known as the county of Kootenai, to wit: Beginning at a point on the forty-eighth degree of north latitude, on the dividing line between Washington and Idaho territories; thence north with said dividing line of longitude to the forty-ninth degree of north latitude; thence east with the said degree of lati |