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[PUBLIC-NO. 158.]
An Act Making further provision for a civil goveriment for Alaska,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the lited
States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I.
CHAPTER ONE.
SEC. 1. That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by
the treaty of March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and
known as Alaska, shall constitute a civil and judicial district, the gov-
ernment of which shall be organized and administered as hereinafter
provided. The temporary seat of government of said district is hereby
established at Juneau: Provided, That the seat of government shall
remain at Sitka until suitable grounds and buildings thereon shall be
obtained by purchase or otherwise at Juneau.
SEC. 2. There shall be appointed for the district a governor, who
shall reside therein during his term of office and be charged with the
interests of the United States Government within the district. To the
end aforesaid he shall have authority to see that the laws enacted for
the district are enforced and to require the faithful discharge of their
duties by the officials appointed to administer the same. He may also
grant reprieves for offenses committed against the laws of the district
or of the United States until the decision of the President thereon shall
be made known. He shall be ex officio commander in chief of the
militia of the district, and shall have power to call out the same when
necessary to the due execution of the laws and to preserve the peace,
and to cause all able-bodied citizens of the United States in the district
to enroll and serve as such when the public exigency demands; and he
shall perform generally in and over said district such acts as pertain to
the office of governor of a Territory, so far as the same may be made
or become applicable thereto.
He shall, subject to the direction and approval of -the Secretary of
the Interior, advertise for and receive bids and, in behalf of the United
States, contract from year to year with the responsible asylum or sani-
tarium west of the main range of the Rocky Mountains submitting the
lowest bid for the care and custody of persons legally adjudged insane
in said district of Alaska; the cost of advertising for bidg, executing
the contract, and caring for the insane to be paid, until otherwise pro-
vided by law, by the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, on accounts and vouchers
duly approved by the governor and the Secretary-of the Interior.
The governor shall from time to time inquire into the operations of
any person, company, association, or corporation authorized by the
United States, by contract or otherwise, to kill seal or other fur-bear-
ing animals in the district, and any and all violations by such person,
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