in the same manner as provid
ed for election of comptroller.
He is declared to be the official
advisor of the governor, the se
cretary, the comptroller , the
treasurer, and the other officers
of the Territory. He is author
ized to perform “any such duties
as may be required by law as
usually pertain to the office of
attorney general of a Territory,
and such authority shall extend
to all proceedings, both in the
courts of Alaska and the appel
late courts, and, whenever in any
case above mentioned the Unit
ed States is allowed the right to
review by writ of error, appeal,
or certiorari the attorney gener
al of the Territory may perfect
the proceedings on such writ,
appeal, or certiorari in event of
the refusal of the United States
attorney so to do.” He is also
assigned the duty of prescrib
ing forms of official ballots, re
gister of voters, certificates, etc.,
relating to election, and is re
quired to perform all of the du
ties now imposed upon the se
cretary of the Territory relating
to the printing and distribution
of laws enacted by the legisla
ture and the records of the se
cretary pertaining to the mat
ter are transferred to the at
torney general. The attorney
general is also authorized to
bring suit in the name of the
Territory to determine the val
idity of any statute, proclama
tion, or regulation, or for such
purpose he may institute or de
fend actions or suits for private
individuals or corporations, and
at the expense of the Territory,
whenever the importance of the
questions involved to the inhab
itants shall warrant it.
A board of control is also es
tablished, consisting of the
comptroller, treasurer, and at
torney general of the Territory.
This board is to take over the
duties of Territorial board of
road commissioners, the banking
board, and is to constitute the
Territorial board of education
and discharge all of the func
tions imposed, upon the governor
under any of the Territorial acts
relative to schools and educa
tion not otherwise provided for.
The said board is also invested
with authority to appoint the
Territorial mine inspector, the
trustees of Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines, the
members of the Territorial
board of accountancy, and the
inspector of livestock. It is al
so to constitute the Territorial
fish commission and the Terri
torial historical library and mu
seum commission. Also supplies
for the various offices of the
Territory are to be purchased
through the board.
The comptroller, the treasur
er, and the attorney general are
subject to removal from office
on impeachment by the legisla
ture for malfeasance, misfeas
ance in office, or for intoxica
tion. or may be removed by the
district court for such offense or
any crime involving moral turpi
tude.
It will be noted that article 4
establishing the board of control
does not include the governor as
a member. Article 1 provides
that the governor and the re
maining two members of the
board of control may fill a va
cancy in the office of anyone of
the three members of the board.
He merely has one vote in a body
of three in the choice of a per
son to fill such a vacancy tem
porarily when the legislature is
not in session.
It thus appears that this bill
proposes to strip the governor
and the secretary of the Terri
tory of virtually all authority in
respect to duties theretofore
conferred upon them by acts of
the legislature. Doubtless much
of this is permissible. In respect
to matters properly within the
jurisdiction of the local legisla
ture no valid objection may be
urged to such measures as it may
in its judgment deem wise to
enact. But some of the provi
sions of this bill strike at the
very root of Territorial govern
ment as established by Congress.
Indeed, it would amount to a
virtual emancipation from Fed
eral control. In some respects it
is in contravention of the stat
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