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Scores of old mining claims,
mill sites, cannery sites and other
miscellaneous tracts in Alaska
were patented and the owners
have died without record of heirs,
or have abandoned their land
without leaving their addresses.
The result: No one knows where
to go or whom to contact, if he
seeks occupancy or ownership of
the tract.
Recognizing this fact, the 1945
legislature passed an act requir
ing all owners of patented laud
outside of municipalities to file a
declaration of ownership in the
Federal Land Office. A penalty
was provided , for the owners who
did not file their declaration of
ownership within the time al
lowed. If the penalty was not paid
within a period of four years
after it was due, it became a lien
against the tract and it became
subject to foreclosure- In 1949
the Territory repealed this law
and no outstanding liens were
foreclosed because the four year
period had not expired.
The 1953 legislature passed a
similar act which required every
owner of real estate in Alaska,
including tracts within munici
palities, to file a similar state
ment of ownership. The Legis
lature overlooked appropriating
any funds for the administration
of such act and it was impossible
to compile any records.
Delinquent List
The |955 legislature amended
the -1953 act. The amended act
applied only to lands outside in
corporated municipalities, school
districts and public utility dis
tricts and made an appropriation
to cover the cost of compiling all
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1 the applicable records filed under
the 1945, 1953 and 1955 acts.
Owners of real estate outside in
corporated municipalities, school
districts and public utility dis
tricts were required to file
statements of ownership prior to
January 1, 1956- A penalty of $5
was due from all owners who
failed to file or filed late. If the
penalty was outstanding for six
months, it becomes a lien against
the tract and the Land Commis
sioner is required by law to com
pile a list of unpaid penalties.
This is known as the “Delinquent
List” and is filed with the Clerk
of the Court and published in a
newspaper once each week for
four consecutive weeks.
If the owners do not file the
statement of ownership and pay
the small penalty and additional
costs, foreclosure proceedings by
due process of law follow and
the Territory becomes the owner.
It has been a tremendous task
to compile the record of every
tract of patented land through
out all of Alaska. This has been
done insofar as possible in the
office of the Territorial Land
Commissioner. The list of delin
quent penalties has been filed
with the Clerks of Court in all
Divisions and in due time the
Territory will become the owner
i of all tracts where the owner
! does not make his ownership
j known and pay the small penalty.
The delinquent list may con
| tain the names of many owners
j who overlooked the necessity of
j filing the ownership statement or
! were unaware that such filing
, was a requirement, regardless of
the fact of the release of many
news items which emphasized the
importance of complying w'th
filing requirements. These people
are still given the opportunity to
claim their property classed as
that of unknown ownership and
I foreclosed to the territory.
Advantages Apparent
There are advantages and dis
advantages to all laws. The dis
advantage here is only the pos
sible inconvenience of filing a
statement of ownership on a
simple form made available for
the purpose. The advantages are
many. It has brought to the atten
tion of several property owners
the importance of recording their
deeds. U.S. Commissioners report
that a surprising number did i-his
after the law was passed- While
the law did not require this re
cording of deed, the owners did
it for their own protection. A
big advantage, of course, is that
for the first time in the history
of Alaska we have a compiled
record of property ownership.
The Land Commissioner can now
give you the name of the last
owner of record in his office for
almost every tract of land out
side incorporated municipalities,
school and public utility districts.
The greatest advantage is that
the abandoned tracts and tracts
j of unknown ownership will be
| foreclosed to the territory and
again made available for sale or
lease as the law provides.
It has been a big undertaking.
It will be a step in favor of
granting statehood. U S. Congress
men and Senators will be glad to
know that the territory is manag
ing is own land problems under
a logical system.
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Demonstrations In
|Three Polish (lities
WARSAW, Poland, t.P — Wild
anti-Russian demonstrations were
reported from three major Polish
cities Tuesday.
Angry crowds in Wroclaw, the
former German city of Breslau,
stormed the headquarters of the
Polish-Russian Friendship Society
and tore down and trampled on
Soviet flags.
A Western eyewitness said the
crowds yelled “Rokossovsky to
Siberia!” and “Tell the truth
about the Katyn murders!”
Marshal Konstantin Rokossov
sky, a Soviet Red Army hero of
World War II, is the Polish de
fense minister who was ousted
Sunday from the Communist
party in a purge of Stalinists.
The Katyn forest was the scene
of the machine gunning of 10,000
Polish officers in 1940, before
Russia entered the world war.
The Russians, who had moved in
to occupy eastern Poland, denied
Western charges that they did the
killing.
Similar demonstrations were
reported from Stettin and the
university city of Krakow.
The demonstrations came as
parliament was called into ses
sion here amid public celebration
of the nation’s newly proclaimed
independent course. A govern
ment shakeup appeared immin
ent.
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