The following is the full text of
chapter 50 of the 1915 session
laws of Alaska, more commonly
known as the new election law,
under the terms of which the re"
dent city election was held and
the present mayor and common
council were seated. As the terms
thereof seem to be little unde^
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WOMEN HAVE
NO RIGHT TO
SIT AS JURORS
Owing to the fact that there
have L/iu many ms^uics in x air
baims paiUcu.a.iy s.uce tue pres
ent tci ni ox comt convened, re
gaining tne rigius grauteu to wo
men vvuen tue Alaska legislature
gave tnem tne power to vote, a
wen known ran names attorney
,iias loOKeu up tne law on tue suu
jtCL says tue ranmanas c-iuzen
eu iViaicu 13. auu lie nas iuund.
111 euecc, tuat tne law giving wo
men tue elective nanemse uoes
..ot give tnem tne rignt to sit as
jurors.
it would be necessary, says this
attorney, lor tne women 01 Alas
ka to petition tue next legisla
tuie, asking tuat tney be given
juiOis nguts it they wish to sii
011 juries. And even were they
given the power to do so it prob
able that tne matter would event
ually have to be settled in con
gross before the courts with wo
men on the juries could work wit!
any certainty that all which they
did would not be undone
For in all probability the firsl
attorney who defended a mar
among whose jurors women wen
numbered would move for a new
trial 011 those grounds, unless tin
act of the legislature empowering
the women to sit on juries had
been ratified by a special act oi
congress.
STRONG AFFINITY -
BETWEEN BACHELORS
AND DIVORCEES
That there is a strong affinity
between bachelors and divorcee:,
is shown by a report just issued
by Chief Ceorge D. Leslie of the
state bureau ot vital statistics 01
California.
Although the great bulk of mar
riages take place between single
men and single women, the most
striking gains are shown by per
sons of former matrimonial experi
ence, particularly those for whom
the previous marriage was ended
by divorce rather than death.
The weddings between bache
lors and divorcees totaled r.,150 in
1914, or 67 per cent of all mar
riages while unions between bach*
elois and widows were only 1614
or 51 per cent. Moreover, the ten*
ency for bachelors to marry di
vorcees seems to be increasing
continuously. Thus the per cent
of total marriages which were
unions between bachelors and di
vorcees rose sucessively in the
ight years from 1907 to 1914 as
follows: 4.6, 4.9, 5.2, 5.8, 5.9, 6.1
6.2 and 6.7 per cent.
Marriages also take place be
tween single women and divorced
men somewhat more often than
between spinsters and widowers,
though in less degree than be
tween bachelors and divorcees.
Where men or women who have
been married before wed again
with those of like prior experi
ence, the mate chosen is more
often a widow or widower bereft
by death than a person of eithe*
sex left alone by court decree.—
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stood we present the act in its
entirety: .
An act designating incorporat
ed towns in the temtory of Al
aska as incorporated cities of the
hrst class and incorporated cities
of the second class; providing for
l.'cing the time of municipal elec
tions by ordinance; providing for
the election of a mayor and com
mon council in cities of the first
class; providing for the election
of city officials in cities of the
first class, and repealing all acts
and parts of acts in conflict there
with.
lie it enacted by the legislature
of the territory of Alaska:
Section I. That all incorporat
ed towns in the territory of Al
aska shall hereafter be designated
as cities of the first class and
cities of the second class.
Section 2. That the common
councils in cities of the first class,
and the board of trustees in cities
of the second class, shall by ordi
i.ance, fix the time of holding all
municipal and school elections
within the boundaries of the mu
nicipal corporation.
Section 3- There shall be elect
ed in every incorporated city of
the first class in the territory of
Alaska, at the next regular elec
tion after the ratification of this
section, a mayor and common
council, consisting of six council
men. The term of office of the
mayor shall be one year, and of
the councilmen two years; pro
\ided that immediately after the
c 'iim.il ' shall be assembled in
consequence of the first election
under r'his section, they shall by
lot o* drawing be equally divided
into two clases. T5ie seats of
councdm n of the first class shall
he vacated at the end of one year,
and when their successors are
elected and qualified; and the
seats of councilmen of the second
class at the end of two years, and
when their successors are elect
ed and qualified, so that three
members of the council shall be
electee] annually thereafter for a
term of two years. A mayor shall
also be elected for a term of one
year, and until his successor is
elected and qualified, at each an
imal election thereafter.
Section 4, It shall be the duty
of the mayor so elected to pre
side at Meetings of "the common
council, to approve Or disapprove
of all oruinauces or resolutions
passed by the common council, to
sign all warrants drawn ou the
city treasury, and to exercise a
general supervision over the af
lairs of the city in which he has
been elected. 1 he mayor shall be
the executive head of the city,
tie shall have authority to veto
any ordinace or resolution passed
by the common council, and anv
ordinance or resolution so vetoed
shall oe returned to the common
council at the next regular meet
ing, together with a statement
from' the mayor giving the rea
sons for his veto. Any ordinance
so vetoed by the mayor may be
passed by a majority of the com
mon council, in which case it
shall become effective witnout
Hie signature of the mayor. If
tile mayor neither signs nor
v etoes an ordinance or resolution
before the next regular meeting
of the common council after its
passage, it shall become effec
tive without his signature.
Section 5. Section three and
four ot this act, nor any of the
provisions ot tne said sections
snail 0e in force or effect, or in
any way apply to any incorpor
ated city 01 the first class until
ratified by a majority of the qual
uieci electors ot suefi city voting
upon the ratification of said sec
tions three and four at any reg
ular or special election in said
city
Section 6. There shall be elect
ed in every incorporated city of
the first class in the territory ot
. .laska at the next regular elec
tion after the ratification of this
section, one city clerk, one city
casurer and one city attorney.
Section 7. The duties ot the
city clerk, city treasurer and city
attorney shall be the same as the
‘duties imposed upon such offi
cers by laws previously enacted,
and such additional duties as the
common council of the city in
which such clerk, treasurer or at
torney shall have been elected,
may from time to time impose.
The city clerk, city treasurer and
city attorney shall be elected at
■ch regular annual election held
for the election of city officers
after the ratification of this sec
tion, and they shall bold office for
one year and until their succes
sors are elected and qualified, un
less sooner removed by the coun
cil for cause. The qualifications
of the officials provided for in
sections six and seven of this act
.shall be the same as those now
required for like positions in
cities of the first class in the ter
ritory of Alaska.
Section 8. Sections six and
seven of this act, nor any of the I
•provisions of the said sections
shall be in force or effect, or in
any way apply to any incorporat -!
ed city of the first class until rat-[
ified by a majority of the quali-j
lied electors of such city voting
upon the ratifications of said sec
tions six and seven at any regu
lar or special election in said city.
Section 9. All vacancies in
the offices of mayor, city clerk,
city treasurer or city attorney i
shall be classed and filled by the
common council in the same man
ner as vacancies 111 tne commo..
council aie declared and hlleu|
under chapter 40, Alaska session
laws 1913, and amendments!
tnereto.
Section 10. Upon a petition of
fifty quaimed electors 111 any city j
01 the lu st class, tlie matter of I
ratitication of sections 6 and 4, |
or tiie ratification of sections 6|
and 7, of this act shall be referred 1
by tne common council to a vote
of the people- At the same elec
tion tlij.e shall also be placed
uopn the official ballot at such1
city election the names of such 1
electors as may be candidates foi j
the offices of mayor and council
men, city clerk, city treasurer or;
or city attorney. In case a ma- j
jority of the votes cast at such j
election shall be in favor of rati-;
fying sections 6 and 7, thep the
candidates receiving the highest \
number of votes for the office for
which each was a candidate shall
be declared elected and take of
fice qualifying ami filing bond as
required by the council.
Section 11. All acts and parts
of acts, so far as they are in con
flict with this act, are hereby re
pealed.
Approved April 28, 1915._
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