TEITORIIL DUTIES BT
ELECTED OFFICIALS
By Will A. Steel
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At the forthcoming session of
the Territorial Legislature the
delegation from the First divi
sion hopes to have the coopera
tion of enough progressive
members to secure the enact
ment of quite a few beneficial
measures.
In the matter of taxation
they will endeavor to have the
school tax of $5.00 per male
person abolished, with a ma
terial reduction of professional
and business taxes and on in
fant industries. On the other
hand they favor a higher tax
on non-resident fishermen and
an increased tax on fish traps
or their products, with the ob
ject of preserving the fish in
dustry and increasing the num
ber of resident fishermen.
They will seek the enact
ment of statutory provisions to
protect primary, special and
municipal elections against
fraud, by providing for crim
inal prosecutions and punish
ment. They also favor a com
plete new Probate Code.
Elective Territorial officers is
among the many other aims of
the progressive members. They
want to recover, in spirit and
fact, the fullest degree of
home rule that Congress in
tended that the Territory should
have, .bach succeeding session
of the Legislature has burden
ed Federal officials with strict
ly local duties until now prac
tically all our affairs and in
stitutions are managed thru
channels responsible only to
men who receive their appoint
ment from Washington.
The Governor has been cloth
ed with remarkable appointive
power. He names the Terri
torial Treasurer, the Cothmis
sioner of Health, the Mine In
spector, Inspector of Live Stock,
Trustees of the Alaska Agri
cultural College and School of
Mines, School Tax Collectors
and the members of the various
Boards.
The Governor is also the
head of the Territorial Board
of Education and usually selects
the Commissioner of Educa
tion. He is the Chairman of
the Territorial Board of Road
Commissioners, of the Histor
ical Library and Museum Com
mission, of the Banking Board.
He is the chairman of the Ter
ritorial Fish Commission and
of the Board of Trustees of the
Alaska Pioneers’ Home, and
appoints the other members of
these boards.
In fact the Governor, in con
nection with the Secretary of
the Territory, both officials be
ing appointed by the Pres
ident, have been given tre
mendous power and duties'by
our Legislatures. Yet legal
authority declare the exercise
of most of these functions is
without the sanction of law.
Laws of Alaska declares: “And
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no person folding a commis
sion or appointment under the
United ^States * * * shall hold
any~ office under the govern
ment of said Territory.” While
the Governor receives no direct
recompense from the Terri
tory the Secretary receives
$2,000 per annum, and the em
ployees’ salaries of both of
fices are almost entirely paid
by the Territory, the appro
priation for two years being
The Royal Fish Company
Buyers and* Shippers of
Fresh and Frozen Fish
John Dybhavn, Mgr.
Prince Rupert, B. C.
When in Prince Rupert—
phone on
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PRINCE RUPERT, B. ~C., CANADA
offer to the fishermen of AlRska the means of obtaining
highest prices for their halibut and salmon. • -
We have recently reconstructed btir ice plantv Rii<i now
produce only hard transparent ice which preserves the fish
one hundred per cent.