2005 Idaho Code - 50-102 — MANNER OF INCORPORATING

                                  TITLE  50
                            MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
                                  CHAPTER 1
                              MANNER OF ORIGINAL
                        INCORPORATION -- ORGANIZATION
    50-102.  MANNER OF INCORPORATING. When the provisions of section 50-101[,
Idaho Code,] have been satisfied and the county board or a majority of the
members thereof has been satisfied that 60 per cent of the qualified electors
of the proposed city have signed such petition and that qualified electors to
the number of 125 or more are actual residents of the territory described in
the petition, the said board shall hold a public hearing upon said petition
and fix a time and place therefor, not more than thirty (30) days from the
filing of said petition, and cause notice thereof to be published twice prior
to said hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in said county and said
board shall, on or before thirty (30) days following the date of said hearing,
determine, by resolution, whether or not said proposed city may be
incorporated and, in the event said board determines that the proposed city is
to be incorporated, they shall enter the order of incorporation upon their
records, and designate the metes and bounds thereof. Thereafter the said city
shall be governed as other cities by the laws of the state of Idaho. The said
county board shall, at the time of the incorporation: (1) proclaim that
henceforth the former area shall be known as ....; (2) order the clerk of the
board of county commissioners to certify a copy of such proclamation, which
shall be filed with the office of the secretary of state; (3) appoint a mayor
and either four (4) or six (6) councilmen having the qualifications provided
in this act, who shall at that time subscribe to the oath, and after receiving
a certificate of election, they shall assume their offices and perform all the
duties required of them by law, until the next general city election
succeeding their appointment and until their successors are elected and
qualified.