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Section 73-112 – JOINT AUTHORITY CONSTRUED.

73-112. JOINT AUTHORITY CONSTRUED. Words giving a joint authority to three (3) or more public officers, or other persons, are construed as giving such authority to a majority of them, unless it is otherwise expressed in the act giving the authority. History: [(73-112) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 11; R.S., sec. 14; reen. R.C., sec. 14; reen. […]

Section 73-113 – CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS AND PHRASES.

73-113. CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS AND PHRASES. (1) The language of a statute should be given its plain, usual and ordinary meaning. Where a statute is clear and unambiguous, the expressed intent of the legislature shall be given effect without engaging in statutory construction. The literal words of a statute are the best guide to determining […]

Section 73-101 – CODES NOT RETROACTIVE.

73-101. CODES NOT RETROACTIVE. No part of these compiled laws is retroactive, unless expressly so declared. History: [(73-101) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 2; R.S., sec. 3; reen. R.C., sec. 3; reen. C.L. 500:3; C.S., sec. 9443; I.C.A., sec. 70-101.]

Section 73-102 – CODES LIBERALLY CONSTRUED — MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS TO BE COMPILED

73-102. CODES LIBERALLY CONSTRUED — MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS TO BE COMPILED . (1) The rule of the common law that statutes in derogation thereof are to be strictly construed, has no application to these compiled laws. The compiled laws establish the law of this state respecting the subjects to which they relate, and their provisions and […]

Section 73-103 – CODES CONTINUE EXISTING LAW.

73-103. CODES CONTINUE EXISTING LAW. The provisions of these compiled laws, so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutes, must be construed as continuations thereof, and not as new enactments. History: [(73-103) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 4; R.S., sec. 5; reen. R.C., sec. 5; reen. C.L. 500:5; C.S., sec. 9445; I.C.A., sec. 70-103.]

Section 73-104 – TENURE OF OFFICES PRESERVED.

73-104. TENURE OF OFFICES PRESERVED. All persons who at the time these compiled laws take effect hold office under any of the acts repealed, continue to hold the same according to the tenure thereof, except those offices which are not continued by these compiled laws. History: [(73-104) R.S., sec. 6; reen. R.C., sec. 6; reen. […]

Section 73-105 – CERTAIN OFFICES TO CEASE.

73-105. CERTAIN OFFICES TO CEASE. When any office is abolished by the repeal of any act, and such act is not in substance re-enacted or continued in the compiled laws, such office ceases at the time the compiled laws take effect. History: [(73-105) R.S., sec. 7; reen. R.C., sec. 7; reen. C.L. 500:7; C.S., sec. […]

Section 73-106 – ACCRUED RIGHTS AND PENDING ACTIONS NOT AFFECTED.

73-106. ACCRUED RIGHTS AND PENDING ACTIONS NOT AFFECTED. No action or proceeding commenced before the compiled laws take effect, and no right accrued, is affected by their provisions, but the proceedings therein must conform to the requirements of the compiled laws as far as applicable. History: [(73-106) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 5; R.S., sec. 8; reen. […]

Section 73-107 – LIMITATIONS NOT TOLLED.

73-107. LIMITATIONS NOT TOLLED. When a limitation or period of time prescribed in any existing statute for acquiring a right, or barring a remedy, or for any other purpose, has begun to run before these compiled laws go into effect, and the same or any limitation is prescribed in these compiled laws, the time which […]

Section 73-108 – HOLIDAYS ENUMERATED.

73-108. HOLIDAYS ENUMERATED. Holidays, within the meaning of these compiled laws, are: Every Sunday; January 1 (New Year’s Day); Third Monday in January (Martin Luther King, Jr.-Idaho Human Rights Day); Third Monday in February (Washington’s Birthday); Last Monday in May (Memorial Day); July 4 (Independence Day); First Monday in September (Labor Day); Second Monday in […]