Office Agents, why should the legis
lators of Alaska persist in disre
garding and ignoring that policy and
in nullifying the intent of Congress
when it gave us autonomy. It would
appear that the difficulty encounter
ed in obtaining the powers we now
have should have appreciated their
value and should have aroused our
most jealous regard for their main
tenance.
deemed it proper, thus, and
hereby, to give public notice
that from and after the 4 th day
of March, A. D. 1873 (except
as herein specified) persons
holding any Federal Civil Ser
vice office by appointment un
der the Constitution and laws, of
the United States, will be ex
pected, while holding such of
fice, not to accept or hold any
office under State or Territorial
Government, or under the
charter or ordinances of any
Municipal Corporation; and fur
ther, that the acceptance or con
tinued holding of any such State,
Territorial or Municipal office,
whether elective or by appoint
mem, uy any pcrsuii iiuiuiu^
Civil office as aforesaid under
the Government of the United
States, other than Judicial Of
fices under the Constitution of
the United States, will be deem
ed a vacation of the Federal of
fice held by such person, and
will he taken to be, and will be
treated as a resignation by
such Federal officer of his com
mission or appointment in the
service of the United States.”
“The offices of Justices of
the Peace, of Notaries Public
and of Commissioner to take
the acknowledgement of deeds,
of bail, or to administer oaths,
shall not be deemed within the
purvue of this order and are
excepted from it operation and
may be held by Federal Of
ficers.”
“The appointment of Deputy
Marshals of the United States
may be conferred upon Sheriffs,
or Deputy Sheriffs. And De
puty Postmasters, the emolu
ments of whose office do not ex
ceed six hundred dollars per an
num, are also excepted from
the operation of this order, and
may accept and hold appoint
ments under State, Territorial
or Municipal authority, provid
ed th«| same be found not to in
terfere with the discharge of
|hf!f duties as postmaster,
Heads of Departments and oth- ,
or officers of the Government
who have the appointment of
subordinate officers, are re
quired to take notice of this or
der, and to see to the enforce
ment of its provisions and
terms, within the sphere of
their respective Departments
or offices, and as relates to the
several persons holding appoint
ments under them respectively.”
“By order of the President”
“Hamilton Fish,”
“Secretary of State,”
“Washington, January 17, 1873.”
President Grant’s order stood as
the attitude of all executives on this
subject until the great War emer
gency arose and then President Wil
son modified it for the occasion on
ly, by issuing the following order
oil April 14th, 1917:
“The provisions of the Exe
cutive Order of January 17,
1S73, prohibiting Federal em
ployees from holding office un
der any State, Territorial, or
Municipal Government, are
hereby waived to permit the ap
pointment of such employees
in and under the Treasury De
partment with the approval of
the Secretary of the Treasury,
on any State, county, or muni
cipal council or committee of
defense for purposes of mob
ilizing and conserving the re
sources of the country.”
“This order is issued on the
recommendation of the Sec
iwmi.v ui tne ireasury.
“WOODROW WILSON” ,
“The Wh\t?, House,”
"14. April, 1917.”
“(No. 2596)”
By this we see that only at times
of crises and for purposes of public
defense has that, law or any portion
of it been waived hv Chief Execu
tives. If Presidents of the United
States have in the past upheld and
respected this law and the policy
that recognizes a territory as an in
dependent unit of our government
to be conducted by its inhabitants,
free from all encumbrances of Home
The Transportation
Question
I5y JOHN RUSTGARD,
Attorney General for Alaska.
The Legislature of 19 21 directed
the Attorney General to investigate
transportation problems and to
investigate transportation problems
and to report. I have done so bv
a good deal of research and study,
the results of which have been laid
before the public in my report of
1923, 1925 and 1927. I have de
monstrated in those reports that ;t
costs more to send a ton of freight
from Seattle to Seward than ir
costs to send that same ton of
freight from Seattle to New York
and back again by way of the Pana
ma Canal; I demonstrated that,
measured by the ton mile, the
freight rates on the water routes of
Alaska are from eight to seventeen
time as high as the freight rates
on the leading water routes of the
world; I have demonstrated that
freight on Alaska routes flows more
evenly each way each month of the
year than on the intercoastal routes
through the Panama Canal or on
the Atlantic Ocean, not to speak of
such routes as the Great Lakes; I
have demonstrated that while the
periodicty of the ebb and,flow of
freight through, for instance, the
Panama Canal is such that in the
intercoastal trade thru that water
way the ships average throughout
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