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Page 72 - ... a homestead or headquarters, in a habitable house not less than 5 months each year for 3 years, may purchase such tract, not exceeding 5 acres, in a reasonably compact form, without a showing as to his employment or business, upon the payment of $2.50 per acre, the minimum payment for any one tract to be $10.
Page 150 - Eight stars of gold on a field of blue — Alaska's flag. May it mean to you the blue of the sea, the evening sky, The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby; The gold of the early sourdough's dreams, The precious gold of the hills and streams; The brilliant stars in the northern sky, The "Bear...
Page 52 - ... who are citizens of the United States or who have declared their intention to become such...
Page 33 - Since the present judicial system of Alaska is based upon the above Acts of Congress, we are now prepared to consider the organization, jurisdiction and nature of this system as at present constituted. The judicial power of the Territory is vested in the United States District Court for Alaska and in probate and justices courts. The District Court is divided into four divisions, which are also recording divisions; and each division is presided over by a judge appointed by the President, by and with...
Page 33 - ex-officio justices of the peace, recorders, and probate judges, and are directed to perform all the duties and exercise all the powers, civil and criminal, that are conferred on the United States commisioners by the general laws of the United States and the special...
Page 23 - A second act, passed in March, 1914, authorized and directed the President to designate and cause to be located, routes for railroad lines in the Territory, to be located so as to connect one or more of the open harbors on the southern coast of Alaska with the navigable waters, coal fields and agricultural lands of the interior. Pursuant to the second act, a new Commission was created by President Wilson, to be known as the Alaskan Engineering Commission, to which he appointed three engineers, William...
Page 150 - The blue, one of our national colors, typifies the evening sky, the blue of the sea and of mountain lakes, and of wild. flowers that grow in Alaskan soil, the gold being significant of the wealth that lies hidden in Alaska's hills and streams. The stars, seven of which form the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear, the most conspicuous constellation in the Northern sky, contains the stars which form the "Dipper", including the "Pointers...
Page 2 - Alaska, consisting of many islands and a strip of narrow mainland, is sometimes called the Panhandle. It is separated from Canada by mountains that rise sharply from the water's edge to heights of over 9,000 feet.
Page 33 - These courts, of course, have no appellate jurisdiction. The criminal jurisdiction of the justices courts is defined in the Criminal Code of Alaska to cover the following crimes: (1) larceny, where the punishment therefor may be imprisonment in the county jail or by fine...
Page 53 - President, citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intentions to become citizens of the United States, subject to such physical, educational and practical examination as may be prescribed in said rules.