utes of the United States con
ferring limited powers upon the
Territorial legislature.
In considering this subject it
will be necessary to make refer
ence to various provisions of the
bill. Under the Federal Consti
tution Congress has full and
complete power to enact laws for
local government of Terri-: orios.
It may legislate directly o
transfer the power to the loci',
legislature formulated in such
manner and invested with sish\
limited powers as Congress may
see fit to grant.
By the act. of May 17, 1384 (23
Stat. 24) Alaska was constituted
a civii and judicial district and
authority was provided for the
appointment of a governor and
a district judge. In respect to
the powers of the governox ii
r Tovidcd: “He shall perform
.erally in and over said dis -
trict such acts as pertain to tdao
office of governor of a Territory
so far as the same mo.v be made
or become applicable thereto."
By the act of Juno 8. 1800
(31 Stat. 321) entitled “An ■w*.
making further provision for a
civil government of Alaska, and
for other purposes," it was pro
vided in section 2 thereof that
the governor should exercise
authority as above stated in the
quotation from the act of May
17, 1834. It added certain oUiev
specified duties of the governor
and expressly conferred -non
him the authority to appoint no
taries public for the district.
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By the act nf J >nancy 1''7, 100 )
(0,1 CIO) thn g'W'-raor wo
made ex-oirudo '.’.•••■ in.;
or public. histvocLion an:1, as
each. v/as given siibcrvi ion and
direction of fue pi folio schools in
paid district
By the act of August 24, 1912
(07 Stat. 512) Congress provided
the organization of a Territorial
form of government for Alaska
and created a legislative assem
bly with limited cowers of legis
lation. Section 3 of the act ex
pressly prev deti: ‘‘That all the
powers of the United States
heretofore oa -sod establishing
the executive and judicial do
i mi merits in hr1' >a Cvill co i~
tin re in fail fore- whil n-nond
eri or repealed by act of Con -
gress.” It fur'hm v) r o v i d e 1
that all laws then in force • in
Alaska, c: repi as othcrw e
provided therein should con’ha -
re in full force and effect
until amended or repealed by
Cong'-ess c 1'y ton legislature
But it was further expressly pro
vided that. 1 lie authority therein
granted to ho legislature to
amend or re■cal 1 lie 3aws t h <. n
in force in Alaska should not ex
tend to certain specified sub
jects, no' hare n cos a . r to
mention. nor to the act of Janii
m v~j °7 1 (V ■
nets o}tjo'
tlen 9 else- contained a long list
of specific limitations to be vio
lated by the bill in question.
Subject to the limitation spe
cified in the said organic act,
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