QRD£L.CL ILECilQU.
This mather cam' cn reaular
.ly for hearing■ at Valdez, Alaska
.an"the 2nd;day of July, 1940, up
on the petition of 0. A. Torger
sen and one hundred seven (107)
ether residents of Kodisk, Alas
ka, for the incorporation of tfr
village d Kodi°k into an incor
Porated city of the first class,
the petitioners appearing by War
ren A. Taylor of their counsel,
,nd the Court having read the
said petition and heard the tes
tiniony of those in favor of the
said incorporation end of those
opposed ,thoreto, and being fully
•’dvisod in the premises, end it
appearing -to the satisfaction of
’she court that it is for the best
interests and v;elfar . of the said
community to be incorporated as
a city of the first does;
VOW, THEREFORE, it is the
ordor of t . is C ourt that the said
boundaries of toe community be as
follows, to-wit:
Beginning "t be ; inters op
tion of. the north shra of St.
Paul Harbor with the vast lin: of
• th g Nav a 1 R o s e rv, c s tr ■ b 1 i s oh
and described by Executive Order
of October 28, 1939; thaneo"in a
northerly direction a lor. a the
s; e i d e -a s t 1 i n e o f t h •: s a i d N *. v ?. 1
Roervv, as .surveyed’ or pro 1 r.g
;.d, to the intersection of . the
eancj with the croslt lin: cf the
high steoo hills wbst.qrly of said
St. F au1 rt °r bor; thone e in
north.- cot rly direction alon'f. •
th c c r s t o f t h o s aid 'hills t o ....
th1 intersection of the - said
crest- line with the westerly lint
o f U. S. S ur.v o y Nurnb r 12 7 2;
■ thence in a northwesterly' dir-c-'
tion -along the westerly, -line- t f
\ U. S. Survoy Number ■ 1272, .s oii1 -
«veyed c r • pro.Ionged, t th e in
\tersectian of too s.-'r.-e” with 'the
northerly-..lin cf U-. S. .-Survey
Numb-or 1396. \ pro 1 o.n g.. d; th cnc <
in a nortllo astdrly dir^cti' with
sbiid pro 1 cn'g6d .line cf U. 3.
SUrvcy Number 1396 to th./. north
v/0 st corn c r :■ f U. S. 3 u rv c y N un i - ■
bar 1.396; thence in a southeast
erly direction along*, the'westerly
lino of U. 3. Survey Number 1396
tc the southerly corner thereof;
thence .in a northeasterly dir.ee-..
tion along the).-- southerly line cf
TJ. S. Survey Number 1396' to.the
easterly corner'of, the same;
| thonpo - lon~ the .easterly lino
i of U'. S.. Survey Number 1389 h-rc
S lonc^d to. the intersection of
j 'the 8fls;0 with.the westerly line
j of the Alexandra Lei;te- ht ni'estcad'
j pr^lohy jcU .thence alone tlie ' »
j ^-.asteely line of sail U. 3. Sur
j vcy Number 1389 in-a southeast's r
| ly direction 2 distance of arpto
I -ximately 2,375 foot to the north
1 west corner of the Swobodo let,
1 'the snmb beinp a port of U. 3. '•
Survey Number 1681; thence at
right -suables in a southeasterly
direction across said U. S. Sur
vey Kumoor 1581 to the middle of
the channel of St. Paul Harbor;
thence in a general southwester
ly direction along the middle of
the said channel of St. Paul Har
bor to the easterly boundary cf
the U. 3. Naval Reserve; thence
in a northerly direction along
the easterly boundary of the said
U. 3. Naval Reserve to the point
of beginning.
It Is further ordered that
an election be hold at the school*
house- in tie village of Kodiak,
Alack-., on too Igth day of Aug
ust, 1940, b j t w e o n t h o h >: u r s - c f
8 a.ni, and 7 p.m., at which time
and place ■11 citizens of the
United St- ,tes a ver the ::go of
twenty-one (31) years, who have
resid'd continuously for one (1)
year in tie. Territory of Alaska
an4 six (6) months within the
limits of th~ preposed corpora
tion, immediately preceding the
said election, may vote in favor
of the incorporation of the said
community or against the same by
| a writton or printed ballot as j
| prescribed by law.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that
Ina1 Clifton and Oh rlcs Peck
; and Norman Nobly,three qualified
jvot.ro of the said community
j' S o .. hi t - g i n o o r p orotic n b , a n d
! th .y .ro, hereby appoint ,d os
| judg .s of th: o- id. ..-lection, da
j sh oil, tk. f: ro ont ring upon to hr
! dub 1 ws as. ?■ uc , tok. to. : c" to - i"
|-.Offlee '.a required by 1 .:, god,
I that /they shall duly c :nvosc h
| compile bho :;y- f c ot in fear
! of inccrptration of -the sold
| community, -and that th.y shell
make a -true r .turn of the- same’
r-nd- shall certify to the 3 ana,
1 and shall return such certifi
c a to, t ■ _ t h... r \: i t h a 11 ball o t s
cas.t •and the oath of the judges
of olecti. n.j t-'' the cl.ork cf
this court.
IT IS FURTHER .ORDERED ' that
notice cf this election shall bo
given to the qualified voters of
the•said proposed corporation by
posting three (3) printed or
typewritten copies cf this order j
in throe (3) "f the- most public
-places within, the limits cf the
proposed corporation for a period
.of.at least thirty.(30) days im
mediately encoding the date of
■•election. ^ .
Done arid. • order entered Nat
Valdez, Alaska, this 2nd day cf
.July, 1940.
Sign-d,SIMON HELLENEHA^L
District Judge
«Te r r v t (: 11.3 ■ -u s- ■ t ha t the
"North rn" will remain open un
til 3 a.E# seven days per week.