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Rh the district courts of this territory shall be superseded in the manner aforesaid the said district courts and the judges thereof shall continue with the same jurisdiction and power to be exercised in the same judicial districts respectively, as heretofore constituted under the laws of the territory.

SECTION 17. SEALS OF COURTS. Until otherwise provided by law, the seals now in use in the Supreme and district courts of this territory are hereby declared to be the seals of the Supreme and district courts, respectively, of the state.

SECTION 18. TRANSFER OF PROBATE MATTERS. Whenever this Constitution shall go into effect, the books, records, and papers, and proceedings of the probate court in each county, and all causes and matters of administration and other matters pending therein, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the probate court of the same county of the state, and the said probate court shall proceed to final decree or judgment, order, or other determination in the said several matters and causes as the said probate court might have done as if this Constitution had not been adopted.

SECTION 19. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM GUARANTEED — DISCLAIMER OF TITLE TO INDIAN LANDS. It is ordained by the state of Idaho that perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of said state shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship. And the people of the state of Idaho do agree and declare that we forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indians or Indian tribes; and until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be subject to the disposition of the United States, and said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the congress of the United States; that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States, residing without the said state of Idaho, shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to the residents thereof. That no taxes shall be imposed by the state on the lands or property therein belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by, the United States, or reserved for its use. And the debts and liabilities of this territory shall be assumed and paid by the state of Idaho. That this ordinance shall be irrevocable, without the consent of the United States and the people of the state of Idaho.

SECTION 20. ADOPTION OF FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. That in behalf of the people of Idaho, we, in convention assembled, do adopt the Constitution of the United States.

SIGNATURES. Done in open convention at Boise City, in the territory of Idaho, this sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

Wm. H. Clagett, President

Geo. Ainslie,

W.C.B. Allen,

Robt. Anderson,

H. Armstrong,

Orlando B. Batten,

Frank W. Beane,

Jas. H. Beatty,

J.W. Ballentine,

A.D. Bevan,

Henry B. Blake,

Frederick Campbell,

Frank P. Cavanah,

A.S. Chaney,

Chas. A. Clark,

I.N. Coston,

Jas. I. Crutcher,

Stephen S. Glidden,

John S. Gray,

Wm. W. Hammell,

H.S. Hampton,

H.O. Harkness,

Frank Harris,

Sol. Hasbrouck,

C.M. Hays,

W.B. Heyburn,

John Hogan,

J.M. Howe,

E.S. Jewell,

G.W. King,

H.B. Kinport,

Jas. W. Lamoreaux,

John Lewis,

Wm. C. Maxey,

A.E. Mayhew,

W.J. McConnell,

Henry Melder,

John H. Myer,

John T. Morgan,

A.B. Moss,

Aaron F. Parker,

A.J. Pierce,

A.J. Pinkham,

J.W. Poe,

Thos. Pyeatt,

Jas. W. Reid,

W.D. Robbins

Wm. H. Savidge,

Aug. M. Sinnott,

James M. Shoup,

Drew W. Standrod,

Frank Steunenberg,

Homer Stull,

Willis Sweet,

Sam F. Taylor,

J.L. Underwood,

Lycurgus Vineyard,

J.S. Whitton,

Edgar Wilson,

W.W. Woods,

John Lemp,

N.I. Andrews,

Samuel J. Pritchard,

J.W. Brigham.