WICKERSHAM’S COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT BILL
H. B. 823.
A bill to establish a commission form
of government in ths adm.nlsimtlon
of national affairs In Alaska and for
other purposes. Mr. Wickersham in
troduced the following bill in the
bouHe of representatives, December C,
1915. Was referred to the committee
on tcrrtories and ordered printed.
Third installment
Sec. 24. Treasury Disbursing
Officer..—That the secretary of
the treasury of the United S‘ate
shall appoint some fit and proper
poll on out 01 the treasury de
partment to act as disbursing of
ficer of the funds appropriated
by congress to meet the expenses
of carrying on the work of the
Alaska administrative commis
sion; such disbursing officer shall
reside at Juneau, Alaska, during
his exercise of the duties of dis
bursing officer, and he shall re
ceive a salary of $5,000 per an
num ; the said disbursing officer
shvll give a bond in a sum to be
fixed by the secretary of the
treasury sufficient to indemnify
the United States against any loss
of such funds as may come into
his possession, and the expense
of procuring said bond and of
maintaining the office of said dis
bursing officer and the transporta
tion of moneys and other exT
penses incident to the said office
shall be paid out of the funds foi
the support of said Alaska admin
istrative commission; all moneys
available when this act takes ei
fect or hereafter appropriated for
carrying on the work of the said
commission in Alaska shall be
disbursed by the secretary of the
treasury, through the said dis
bursing officer, upon orders sign
ed by the governor of Alaska as
ex Oiiicio chief of the department
of finance of the said Alaska ad
ministrative commission. The
secretary shall include in his an
nual estimates to congress such
amounts as the secretary of the
interior shall estimate to be ne
cessary to carry on the work of
the said Alaska administrative
commission for the following
fiscal year.
Sec- 25. Unexpended Appro
priations.—That all appropria
tions of money heretofore made by
congress and unexpended at the
date when this act takes effect
for the payment of salaries, ex
penses, or other uses, in carrying
on the work of any department,
bureau, or official in Alaska,
where such work, employment, or
use is by this act assigned to be
performed by the Alaska admin
istrative commission, is hereby
authorized to be expended for the
purpose for which it was author
ized by law by the authorized
officers provided in this act; and
the secretary of the treasury is
authorized and empowered to sc
expend it through the disbursing
officer provided for in this act
upon orders signed by the gov
ernor of Alaska, as provided in
this act.
Sec. 26. Appellate Jurisdiction,
Secretary of the Interior.—That
the secretary of the interior shall
have general supervisory and
appellate power and jurisdiction
over the said Alaska administra
tive commission and its subrodi
nate departments and employes,
and authority to prepare, adopt
and impose upon the said com
mission and upon its departments
and employes rules and regula
- tions, not in violation of law, to
enable the said commission to
carry out the intent and purpose
of this act.
Sec. 27. Appointment of Attor
ney General.—That there shall
be appointed by the president, by
and with the advice and consent
of the senate, for the period of
four years, unless sooner remov
ed by the president, an attorney
general for the territory of Alas
ka, who shall maintain hi9 office,
to be provided by the L'mteu
Mates, at tne caphat of Alaska,
and who shall have such neces
sary assistants and clerks as ma>
enaole him to perform the duties
oi lus oince. the said attorney
general for Alaska shall be the
legal adviser of the Alaska ad
ministrative commission, and u.
each ol the departments thereol,
and ot the governor and othe*
United States officials in said ter
utory. lie shall receive a salary
of $0,000 per annum and Ins ne
cessary traveling and suosistence
expenses when away from juneau
upon public business. He shah
perto'm such other duties as ma>
ue required of him by the attorney
geneial ot the United Mates anu
wnen instructed to do os by the
atteiney general ot the U. S. shun
peitect appeals from the courts in
Alaska on the part 01 the umteu
States, prepare briefs, and argue
cases in which the United States
is a party ueiore appellate courts
i\either the attorney general of
Alaska nor any of his assistants
shall engage in the private prac-'
tice ot law during ms or their i
incumbency ot oince. He shall,
make an annual report to the at
torney general of the United
States.
Sec- 28. Powers of Chiefs of
Departments.—'that the chief in
charge of each department under!
.ne niaska administrative coin-:
mission shall have the supervision
and control of ail the anairs and!
piopeity which (belongs to his 1
uepaitment, suoject to the pro
visions of this act, and to such
rules and regulations as may be
affi-pted lor 111s guidance by the
secretary of the interior; but no
olhcial, clerk, or employe shall be
appointed or employed in any
department until such appoint
ment or employment is author
ized and the salary or wages fix
ed by order of the commission
Sec. 29. Public Work by Con
tract.— that all public work un
dertaken by the commission in
Alaska shall be done by contract,
upon competitive bids, under
uond and sufficient security; and
the secretary of the interior shall
make such rules and regulations
as will carry out this provision,
and protect the United State.'
fiotn loss or damage: Provided,
1 hat where the amount of the
work to be done will cost less
Man $500 it may be done as the
commission shall direct, either b\
contract or by the day, aid ii
exceptional cases, to be judged
and determined by the secretary
of the interior, such public work
may be done as "directed by the
secretary.
Sec. 30. Alaska Fund Created.
—That all moneys received by
the said commission, other than
from appropriations made by con
i gress, shall be deposited quarterly
in the treasury of the United
| Mates, and there deposited in
the “Alaska fund,” for the uses
and purposes declared by con
gress; that the custody and safe
keeping of all moneys paid to and
received by the said commission
or by any department or employe,
| shall be under the general con
trol, supervision, and superin
tendence of the governor, as
chief of the department of finance,
subject to such rules and regula
tions as may be adopted by the
secretary of the interior.
Sec. 31. Limitation upon Pow
ers.—That nothing in this act
shall be construed to give the
Alaska administrative commission
any power, authority, control, or
jurisdiction over the political or
internal affairs of the territory of
Alaska, nor to grant to said com
mission any legislative pow-er or
authority.
Sec. 32. Annual Reports.—That
it shall be the duty of said com
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f mission, in its annual report,
.uiougu tne secretary of the in
terior, to advise congress about
existing conditions respecting
matters under its jurisdiction, and
it may recommend such changes
m the law relating thereto as may
seem desirable for the develop-,
merit of Alaska.
Sec. 33- When Act Takes Ef
fect.—That for the purposes of
organization, the appointment of
members, the preparation of rec
ords and lists of property to be
transfered, the arrangement of
offices and other preliminary work I
of preparation, this act shall take
effect upon its passage and ap- j
proval by the president; that fori
the transfer of the duties, powers,!
authority and jurisdiction provid-i
ed in this act, it shall be in full!
icrce and effect on and after July
i, 1916, and on and after that date
all departments, bureaus, and of
ficials shall cease to do, perforin,
or exercise the duties, powers, au
1 oritv, or jurisdiction by this act
transferred to the said Alaska ad
minstrative commission, which
^ba 11 on that date and thereafter
do, perform, and exercise them,!
except as in this act provided.
ALASitT
NOTES
A woman, Mrs. Rose Johnson,
is freighting on the Matanuska
trail.
Geoige Frazier has been ar
rested at Anchorage, charged,
with shoving the queer,
“I am a sourdough,” says Wm.
Sulzer, of New York “I have
made nine trips to Alaska.”
The crop of bootleggers is still
good at Anchorage. The govern
ment supports the town.
Attorney E. E. Ritchie, of Val
dez, denies that he is a candidate
for delegate to congress.
C. M. Sheenan was assessed
$100 and costs for selling \vhiskev
without a license at Seward,
A 60 pound wolf was killed at
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three companion* escaped.
The Ketchikan Progressive
Miner says that out at kasaan
hay the run of king salmon still
continues.
Immediately upon his arrival
£t Washington, Chairman Edes,
of the Alaska railroad commiss
sion, submitted to an operation
for the removal of art abscess
from his ear, that he may hear as
well as see when he coine* hack
North.
J. A, West, of Dawson, has in
vented a scraper for working
ing placer gravels which is re
ported to be a wonder, and which
results in revolutionizing open
cut place1- mining in the north.
One of the scrapers has been in
stalled on Plat creek and is re
ported to have moved more dirt
at less expense than anything of
the kind ever before invented.
ConHictitg reports are being
circulated regarding the Alaska
Gastineau mine at Jufieail on ac
count of the working force hav ing
been reduced. The management;
of the mine is credited with hav
ing made the statement that the
men were laid off owing to the!
fact that the month’s output had
fallen behind the usual amount
and that by temporarily reducing
expenses and milling a greater;
quantity of high grade ore that
the balance would be struck.
Rumor has it that the values are
decreasing in much of the ore t
such an extent that it no longer
pays for milling.
i
Thos. Riggs, Jr., one of the
members of the Alaskan Engi
neering commission, has come
forward with a very practical sug
gestion—one that would mean a
very slight expense, but would I
result in opening up more mines
than ten times the amount of!
money invested in any other way,,
namely, the appointment of a
competent mining engineer to
make the preliminary examina
tions of likely looking properties.
A similar method has been in
operation for several years in
Canada and has been found t<
work to good advantage as min
ing men rely very largely on the.
reports of government geologist -
as to the possibility of mines in
certain formations making good
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