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jfUSt 29th, 1923, at the poatoffiee at
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March fi„ ia?9, .
Tftkiitpai Alaska, April 20, 1929. .
f'QNTEOJULER JBILL NOT.,
LIKE FORMER MEASURE
The .home rule hill which was ap
proved by the Territorial Senate sev
eral days ago and which is now .pend
ing before th. eHouse, is a substitute
for the controller bill which occupied
•he attention of several .earlier legis
latures and about which there was
much .controversy during the 192?
session, of the lawmakers, says the
Anchorage Times,
The major changps in the measure,
as explained by Senator Will A. etS.el.
its author and sponsor, are: The
Governor is made a member of the.
board of control, and an .auditor, cre
ated by the bill, is put on it instead
of the attorney general,, the third
member being the treasurer. Both
auditor and treasurer are madj* elec
tive officers.
The measurey wfclch is Senate., hill
No. 35, is entitled, “A bill for an act
to reorganize the executive depart
ment of Alaska, creating the offices
of auditor, treasurer arid board of
control, and defining their functions,
and declaring an emergency,”
The reorganizations consists main
ly, it seems, in bestowing on the au
ditor the present territorial duties
vested in the office of Secretary of
Alaska and giving those now vested
in the Governor to the hoard of con
trol- ...
The first auditor .is to be chosen by
the present legislature, during the
session, if . the bill becomes operative
before final adjournment, otherwise
after adjournment. He will hold of
fice until .March L, 1931, being sue*
eeeded by an auditor to be elected at
the general election in November,
1930. His salary is fixed at $5,000
per year-. And the term is for four
years.
The treasurer, it is provided, also,
will be elected by the present legis
lature in the same manner as pre
scribed for the auditor, and there
after by., popular, election every four
years, beginning at the-general elec
tion of ,1030. v
The. hoard of control is composed
of the governor, chairman; auditor,
vice chairman, and treasurer.. Its du
ties will be to. run the territorial gov
ernment.
It takes over all of the present ap
pointive power of the governor and
succeeds to the duties of the terri
torial board of education. Specific
ally, it would constitute the territo
rial board of road commissioners,
banking^board, hoard of trustees, of
the Pi''*K*rK Home, historical library
and wjsrmaar commission,
I ns tend, .of, the governor,, it would
appoint the ^superintendent of the Pi
oneers’ Hofn&a, .territorial mine . in
spector, trustees of the Agricultural
College and ypbool of Mines, ragm?
bers of the bojg|d*hf .pharmacy, bofued
of. children’s gua«iians, board of iSlMfr
teal examiner*; , ccunmissioner >nd
deputy commis»toae^s. of health, in
spector of livestock, tpembers of the
of accountancy.., ,
Among its other duties^ it, instead
of the governor,, .would make a bi
ennial report to each legislature on
administrative affairs, together with
recommendations for legislation, file
estimates for appropriations, necdel
by the various departments, and “also
recommend a tax schedule for the ad
vice and convenience of the legisla
ture.”
All printing and supplies for the
various offices would he procured
through or purchased by the board
“on bids whenever the same is prac
ticable.” x
Xo expense for traveling by any
officer of the Territory, or for print
ing, shall be allowed or paid unless
the same shall hav ebeen authorized
in advance hy the hoard, except “the
necessary expenses connected with
litigation or hearings, which'may. be
incurred by the ^attorney. general
without authority from the hoard.” .
.And the.celel>rapart flirniture clause
is there, provision being, .made, that,
the board shall have ..“authority, to
•sell such office furniture, equipment,
or. paraphernalia, or other implements,
or appliances belonging to the Terri
tory and which shall, shall have-be
come superfluous, antiquated or unfit
I for further use by the Territory.”’
The. leasing, of land, belonging; to
the Territory, heretofore conducted
by the governor and secretary, is
-vested in the board. Tie handling of
indigent funds and relief moneys,
which i snow a function of the gov
ernor, is turned over to-the board and
“all duties or functions conferred
upon either the governor we the sec
retary-of the Territory by any statute
enacted by the Legislature, and which
has not otherwise disposed qf or pro
vided for by this act, shall be dis
charged hy. the board .of control.” .
The attorney general’s offic eis left
practically unhampered by the board.
True, the bill provides that, t heboard
may direct that officer to commence
actions, etc., but, At coptipugst; “The
attorney genera •‘ftiail,. proceed as. di
rected * * * *; jn his opinion,
the action or proceeding can be prose
cuted with .success. .If his opinion is
adverse to such action, he shall..set
forth the reasons for. such opinion
and embody same.and-th ec.orregpond
ence in regard thereto in his biennial
report to-the Legislature.* And no
direction of the bo»d can detec him
from beginning lawsuits “whenever
he deems it proper for him to do so.”
OPPt«JTK)>4!tTtt P8UGJLAS
mining location bill?
WASHINGTON, — Both Senators
Oddie and Pittman of. Nevada, ex
pressed their disapproval of the
Douglas .mining location bill before
the Senate, committee public: land a
unless it id importantly amended. The
bill -vas passed by the House at the.
recent session, and would permit mint
ing locations to be. entered and pat
ented without a surface discovery
being made.,
“I-am opposed to the Bill as it is
written,” Oddie. declared^ “and will
resist its passage. Furthermore, I
will oppose: any change in the patent
legislation relating to mineral loea»
tionc until l kijow-absolutely .that the
change will ^ he .satisfactory* ri.
“There is serioips danger that this
bill will nqt. .pnlyvin.'upe the ,, small
prospector, V>ut will„permit ..thp loca
tion of large areas of lands without
the discovery being made and allow
the locators of such, areas to hold
them until the enterprise of others
makes them valuable."
After listening to Oddie’* statement
the committee took.the till,under ad
visement and reported th A.ifc .would
| take no action at this
The bill was ocered by Represents*
tive Douglas of Arizona and received
the support of Representtgtiyp A rents
.of Nevadm
-,.It authorizes the SevfPt£KXL$$Ahe
Interior to issue ppteni&pJter mining
cMtns on satisfactory evjdeMtt of
tfceig mineral character F'ittooiffc*k.»ur
faeft,.discovery being made) -tat the
J - heitime of their location.
I In* supporting the bill Douglas and
1 A/erttz declared that it vcould encour
age thd location of ground now con
sidered barren by persons willing to
explore by drilling and by. deep
shafts, and that. it would not injure
prospecting.
Under the Arentz* amendment at
tached to it by the House-before.its
passage, the bill..requires that locat
ors taking advantage of jts, provisions
must comply in every particular with
The present requirements as to loca
tion work, annual assessment work,
and filing of location, notices. This
amendment, it was declared, would
fully protect the small, prospector
,ud would, encourage the, mining in
dustry by stimulating;.th£ exploration
of large areas of land n«w. considered
barren.
.The latter object is the main pur
pose of the bill* it. .wpsvTCJcplained.
, Senator i Atman suggested that the
: bill be amended- tty give ..locators un
der the act exclusive possession for
j prospecting to prove discovery, and
i that it required the eommencemeit of
prospecting within,, three, to .six
! months, such prospecting to continue
| until discovery is made ,or the claim,
i is abandoned. He alsopsuggested that
i not less than $200 worth!.of. work be
! performed annually upon, the claims
i located, without, a surface discovery
| being made, with a. provision that
; where ta group ,of claims .were tso- lo
cated the work could, bp performed
upon, one claim. .
Roger Wolf Kahn, ott® v. Kahn's
brilliant son, .was talking at Curtiss,
field about jt millionaire bachabir who
at the age of 56 Had suddenly . marr
rfed a- ll-ymr-old flapper.,-.
“He told me the story afterwards,”
said Mr-. Kahnu “He’s, very happy.
“It seems he’d neve rbart* noticed;
this girl-.if at .hadn’t beeh for pn oven*
ing gown she wore at a Bar -Harbor
dance. The. gown had a b#dlce of
pale pink gau?e arranged; id. sveb a*
why that , from the'-.waist up it, sug
gested .nudity,, .
“‘That'gauze gownt;, the shappjr
man said. ‘I .thought at first she had
nothing on-. And that,V. how I came
ito see How wpry pretty *she was.’
“Then he laughed and wound up; >.t
4“‘Gtkuz» MJidfiefiOctl-’'rl **
NtmCE fQFSfREARING*-OF FI1*AE
ACCOUNT;
‘Notice is-Kcrfcbyjfiven that the un
dersigned ihaS'fifed final report and
account as administrator de bonis, non
of the estate of Joe Kemtond, ,-de^
ceased, auid, that;,such report will be
heard and considered .by* the Probate
Judge of Otter Rre<*inot, Fourth Divi
sion of Alaska, ,Pt, his officeat flat,
Alaska, on the 10th day of June A.J>.
1929, at the hour of two -o’clock ih the
afternoon, of ..said day.
All persons having objeetiontfr to
such, report may be heard at said time
and place.
GHARL£S E. TAYtOR,
Administrator de bonis non Es
tate, of . Joe Kennend, deceased. +•
tate of Joe Kermond, deceased
First pub., March 30, 1929.
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