50-201. PROOF OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE — EFFECT OF THIS ACT. The corporate name of each city governed by this act shall be City of ….. All courts within the county in which such city is situated shall take judicial notice of the corporate capacity and existence of such city, and of the fact that such […]
50-202. EXISTING RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES NOT AFFECTED — OPERATION OF PRIOR INCORPORATED CITIES AND VILLAGES. This act shall not impair or affect any act done, offense committed or right accruing, accrued, or acquired or liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time this act takes effect, but the same may be enjoyed, asseted […]
50-203. OFFICIALS — COMPENSATION. The officials of each city shall consist of a mayor and either four (4) or six (6) councilmen whose compensation shall be fixed by ordinance published at least seventy-five (75) days before any general city election, which ordinance shall be effective for all said officials commencing on January 1 following said […]
50-204. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS — OATH — BOND. The mayor, except as otherwise provided in sections 50-801 through 50-812, with the consent of the council shall appoint a city clerk, a city treasurer, a city attorney and such other officers as may be deemed necessary for the efficient operation of the city. The city clerk, […]
50-205. REFUSAL TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS — VACANCIES. If the city council shall refuse to confirm any nomination, the mayor shall then within ten (10) days thereafter, nominate another person to fill the office and he may continue to nominate until his nominee is confirmed. If the mayor fails to make another nomination for the same […]
50-206. REMOVAL OF APPOINTIVE OFFICERS. Any appointive officer, unless appointed under sections 50-801 through 50-812, may be removed by the mayor for any cause by him deemed sufficient; but such removal shall be by and with the affirmative vote of one half (1/2) plus one (1) of the members of the full council; provided, that […]
50-207. DUTIES OF THE CLERK — JOURNAL — ADMINISTERING OATHS. The city clerk shall keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the council and shall have the custody of all laws and ordinances of the city. He may administer oaths to any person concerning any matter submitted to him or the city council. He […]
50-208. DUTIES OF TREASURER — RECORD OF OUTSTANDING BONDS. (1) The treasurer of each city shall be the custodian of all moneys belonging to the city. He shall account for each fund or appropriation made in its annual budget appropriation or otherwise directed by the city council. Such accounting shall track the debits and credits […]
50-208A. DUTIES OF CITY ATTORNEY. (1) The city attorney shall be the legal advisor of the municipal corporation, may represent the city in all suits or proceedings in which the city is interested, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinances and resolutions duly passed. Nothing herein, however, shall preclude any […]
50-209. POWERS OF POLICEMEN. The policemen of every city, should any be appointed, shall have power to arrest all offenders against the law of the state, or of the city, by day or by night, in the same manner as the sheriff or constable. Whenever such policemen shall be in fresh pursuit of any offender […]
50-210. BOARDS — COMMISSIONS. The mayor and council shall have authority to appoint such boards, commissions and committees as may be deemed necessary or expedient to assist the mayor and council in better carrying out the responsibilities of their offices. The responsibilities, duties and authority granted permanent boards or commissions, shall be enumerated by ordinance. […]
50-213. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER. The city council of each city shall, by ordinance, designate a newspaper within the provisions of title 60, Idaho Code, to be the official newspaper of that city. Said newspaper shall be one published within said city, or if none there be, then a newspaper published within the county in which said […]
50-214. CENSUS AUTHORIZED. Any city council may provide, by resolution, for taking census or enumeration of the inhabitants thereof, and in such resolution shall provide for engaging the services of the bureau of census, U.S. department of commerce, to take said census or enumeration. Whenever it shall have been duly ascertained by any census or […]
50-215. PROSECUTIONS AGAINST CORPORATIONS UNDER CITY ORDINANCE. In all prosecutions of any corporation for a violation of any city ordinance or any forfeiture or penalty provided by ordinance of such city, it shall be sufficient to make the corporation in its corporate name a defendant and service may be procured by serving of summons upon […]
50-216. COMPELLING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES BEFORE COUNCIL. The council of any city shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses before the mayor and council or any committee thereof in any investigation ordered by the council: provided, that all process shall be issued by the mayor, and the attendance of such witnesses may be […]
50-217. PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS. The city council shall have power to order paid any final judgment against such city, but none of its lands or property of any kind or nature, taxes, revenues, franchises, rates or interest shall be attached, levied upon or sold in or under any process whatsoever. History: [50-217, added 1967, ch. […]
50-218. PROHIBITION AGAINST RECOGNITION OF INVALID OR STALE CLAIMS. The city council of any city shall never allow, make valid, or in any manner recognize any demand against the city, which was not at the time of its creation a valid claim against the same; nor shall it authorize to be paid any demand which, […]
50-219. DAMAGE CLAIMS. All claims for damages against a city must be filed as prescribed by chapter 9, title 6, Idaho Code. History: [50-219, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 12, p. 1249; am. 1983, ch. 93, sec. 1, p. 206.]
50-220. ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF LANDS OUTSIDE CORPORATE LIMITS — PURPOSE. Cities are hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, lands outside of their respective corporate limits and to own, control, regulate and administer lands so acquired, either directly by said corporations or through any governmental agency or other agency. History: [50-220, added […]
50-221. CITIES SITUATED ON NAVIGABLE LAKES AND STREAMS — EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES INTO WATERS. Cities situated on navigable lakes and streams, when the corporate boundaries or limits of such cities extend to the shorelines of such lakes or streams, shall have power by ordinance to fix, determine or extend its corporate boundaries or limits over […]
