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ary 1, 1922, at the Post Office at
McGrat-h, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1819.
Mc GRATH, ALASKA. SEPT. 30, 1922
Bill to Establish an
A laska Appellate Court
Several months ago, at a meeting of
the Bar Association of the Third divi
sion, the matter of an appellate court
for the Territory was discussed at
so me length, and the matter was re
fe tved to a committee of the bar to
draw utf a measure to correct as far as
possible tbe evils of the present system.
Under the existing laavs -an appeal
from the district court of Alaska must
be taken before the.appellate court for
th e Ninth circuit, and roust be heard
either at San Francisco or Seattle, ne
cessitating delay and unnecessary ex
pense to litigants.
To correct this, Attorney J. L. Reed,
of Valdez, a member of tbe committee
appointed by the bar association, draft
ed a bill and forwarded it to ’Delegate
D an Sutherland, with the result that
the Delegate introduced the bill in the
H ouse of Representatives as II. R.
11905. The body of the bill is as fol
lows:
“A bill to provide for the establish
ment of the supreme court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, imposing additional
duties on the district judges.
‘•Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem
bled, that hereafter there shall be es
tablished a supreme court of the Terri
tory of Alaska, which shall consist of a
chief justice and three associate jus
tices, to be composed of the judges of
the district court of the several judicial
divisions of the iTerritory of Alaska,
any three of whom shall constitute a
quorum: Provided, that the judge
who presided at the trial of a cause in
the court below shall not, sit at the
h earing of the same case on appeal, or
writ of error in the supreme court of
the Territory.
“Sec. 2. That Section 1337, Chapter
51, of the Compiled Laws of Alaska,
1913, shall be amended to read as fol
lows:
“ ‘Sec. 1337. That in all cases other
than those in which a writ of error or
appeal will lie direct to the supreme
court of the United States, as provided
in Section 1336, in which the amount
involved in the value of the subject
matter in controversy * shall exceed
$500, and in all criminal cases, writs of
error and appeals, shall lie from the
district court of Alaska, or from any
division thereof, to the supreme court
for the Territory of Alaska, and the
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska,
and at
705 L. C. Smith Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Practice in all Courts.
judgments, orders and decrees of said
court shall be final in all such cases.
But whenever such supreme court inaA
desire the instruction of the supreme
court of the United States upon any
question or proposition of law which
shall have arisen ip any such case, the
court may certify such question or
proposition to the supreme court, and
thereupon the supreme court shall give
its instruction upon the question or
proposition certified to it, and its in
structions shall be binding upon the
supreme court for the Territory.’
“Sec. 3. That Section 1339, Chapter
51, of the Compiled Laws of Alaska,
1913, shall be amended to read as fol
lows: . '
“Sec. 1339. That an appeal may be
taken to the supreme court of the Ter
ritory from any interlocutory order
granting or dissolving an injunction,
refusing to grant or dissolve an injunc
tion made or rendered in anv cause
pending before the district court within
sixty days after the entry of such inter
locutory order. The proceedings in
other respects in the district court in
the cause in which such interlocutory
order was made shall not be stayed
during t-he pendency of such appeal,
unless otherwiseoreered by the district
court.’
“*Sec. 4. That Section 1339 1-3,
Chapter 51, of the Compiled Laws of
Alaska. 1913, shall be amended to read
follows:
“ ‘Sec. 1339 1-3. That hereafter all
appeals, writs of error, and other cases
coming from the district court for the ;
Territory of Alaska to the supreme j
court for the Territory of Alaska shall j
be entered upon the docket and heard j
at Juneau, in the Territory of Alaska, ■
or such other place as the court may j
sit, as the trial court before whom the j
case was tried below shall fix and de- !
termine: Provided, however, that at i
aDy time before the hearing of any ap
npftl wrir. nf prrnr. nr* nl.hpp i.hft 1
parties thereto, through their respec
tive attorneys, mav stipulate at which i
of the above named places the same j
shall be heard, in which case the case
shall be remitted to and entered stipu
ulated and shall be heard thare.’
“ ‘Sec. 5. That Section 1340, Chapter
51, of the Compiled Laws of Alaska.
1913, shall be amended to read ^ fol
lows:
'* ‘Sec. 1340. That all provisions of
law now in force regulating the pro
cedure and practice tn cases brought by
appeal or writ of error to the supreme
court of the United States, or to the
United States circuit court of appeals
for the Ninth circuit, except in so far
as the same may be inconsistent with
any provision of this act, shall regulate
the procedure and practice in cases
brought to the supreme court for the
Territory of Alaska from the district
court for the Territory of Alaska. The
provisions of Chapter 51, as amended,
shall apply to all cases pending in the
district court of Alaska at <the time
this act takes effect.’ ”
Washington U. Enrollment.
Seattle.—The University of Wash
ington an 1875 had an enrollment of 96
students. Io 1920, .7,155 students were
enrolled, or an increase of more than
7,000 per cent.
In 1876 one student -was graduated.
In 1920, 505 students graduated, or an
increase of 50,000 per cent.
The greatest increase has been from
John W. Dunn
Of Ruby *
Candidate for Territorial
Senator
- ]
(For the Long Term)
1905 to 1920. Id 1905 there were- 8.11
stueents; in 1910, 2,429; in 1995, 4,050
in 1920. 7,155.
The percentage of men and womer
registered in the university has figurec
oat/ to be almost -constant, although
there is a continual^ fluctuation. Over
a period or twenty years it has beer,
found that there are usually ten per
cent more men than women.
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