SEC. 1. [Disposition of funds.] That all moneys collected from licenses or unes under this Act shall be disposed of in the manner already provided for by law applicable to the Territory of Alaska. [35 Stat. L. 605.]

SECS. 19-39. [Special provisions relating to Hawaii, Arizona, and New Merico.]

An Act Authorizing the Attorney-General to appoint as special peace officers such employees of the Alaska school service as may be named by the Secretary of the Interior. [Act of March 3, 1909, ch. 206, 35 Stat. L. 837.]

[School employees as special peace officers-authorized to arrest — summary arrests- trials-fees- expenses.] That the Attorney-General shall have power to appoint, in his discretion, any person employed in the Alaska school service who may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as a special peace officer of the division of the district of Alaska in which such person resides; and such special peace officer shall have authority to arrest, upon warrant duly issued, any native of the district of Alaska charged with the violation of any of the provisions of the Criminal Code of Alaska (Act March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, second supplement Revised Statutes, page one thousand and three) or any amendment thereof, or any white man charged with the violation of any of said provisions to the detriment of any native of the district of Alaska; and such peace officer shall also have authority to make such arrests, without warrant, for a crime committed or attempted in his presence, or when the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence, or when a felony has in fact been committed and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it; and any person so arrested shall be taken, in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Attorney-General, and without unnecessary delay, before a United States commissioner or other judicial officer for trial: Provided, however, That no person so appointed shall be entitled to any fees or emoluments of any character whatsoever for performing any of the services herein mentioned, but may be allowed, in the discretion of the Attorney-General, expenses actually and necessarily incurred in connection with such services. [35 Stat. L. 837.]

The Criminal Code of Alaska is given in 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 303.

SEC. 2. [District court established — judges - divisions, terms, etc.] That section four of chapter one of title one of an Act entitled "An Act making further provision for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes," approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. That there is hereby established a district court for the district of Alaska, with the jurisdiction of circuit and district courts of the United States and with general jurisdiction in civil, criminal, equity, and admiralty causes; and four district judges shall be appointed for the district, each at an annual salary of seven thousand five hundred dollars, who shall during their terms of office reside in the divisions of the district to which they may be respectively assigned by the President. The court shall consist of four divisions, which shall also be recording divisions. Division numbered one shall consist of all that part of the district of Alaska lying east of the one hundred and

forty-first meridian of west longitude. Division numbered two shall consist of all that territory lying west of a line commencing on the Arctic coast at the one hundred and forty-eighth meridian; thence extending south along the easterly watershed of the Colville River to a point on the Rocky Mountain divide between the headwaters of Colville River on the north and west and the waters of the Chandlar on the south; thence southwesterly along the divide between the waters of the Colville River, the Kotzebue Sound, and Norton Sound on the north and west and the waters of the Yukon on the south to the one hundred and sixty-first meridian of west longitude; thence along said meridian to the Kuskokwim River; thence southwesterly along the center of the channel of said Kuskokwim River to Bering Sea; the said division to include all the islands lying north of the fifty-ninth parallel of north latitude. Division numbered three shall consist of all that territory lying south and west of the line starting on the coast of the Gulf of Alaska at the one hundred and forty-first meridian of west longitude; thence northerly along said meridian to a point due east from Mount Kimball; thence west to summit of Mount Kimball; thence southwesterly along the southerly watershed of the headwaters of Tanana River; thence westerly along the divide between the waters of the Gulf of Alaska on the south and the waters of the Yukon on the north to the summit of Mount McKinley; thence continuing westerly along the divide between the waters of the Gulf of Alaska and Bristol Bay on the south and the waters of the Yukon and Kuskokwim on the north to the one hundred and fifty-ninth meridian of west longitude; thence northwesterly to the Kuskokwim River on the one hundred and sixty-first meridian of west longitude; thence southwesterly along the center of said river to Bering Sea; said division to include the Alaska peninsula, the Aleutian Islands, and all islands along the coast of this district south and west of the said district and all lying south of the fiftyninth parallel of north latitude. Division numbered four shall consist of all that part of the district of Alaska lying east of the second division and north of the third division. One general term of court shall be held each year at Juneau, and such additional terms at other places in the first division as the Attorney-General may direct. One general term of court shall be held each year at Nome, and such additional terms at other places in the second division as the Attorney-General may direct. One general term of court shall be held each year at Valdez, and such additional terms at other places in the third division as the Attorney-General may direct. One general term of court shall be held each year at Fairbanks, and such additional terms at other places in the fourth division as the Attorney-General may direct. Each of the judges is authorized and directed to hold such special terms of court as may be necessary for the public welfare or for the dispatch of the business of the court at such times and places in their respective districts as any of them, respectively, may deem expedient, or as the Attorney-General may direct; and each shall have authority to employ interpreters and to make allowances for the necessary expenses of his court, and to employ an official court stenographer at such compensation as shall be fixed by the Attorney-General. At least thirty days' notice shall be given by the judge, or the clerk, of the time and place of holding the several terms of the court." [35 Stat. L. 839.]

This and the following sections 3-10 are from the Act of March 3, 1909, ch. 269, entitled "An Act to amend section eighty-six of an act to provide a government for the territory of Hawaii, to provide for additional judges, and for other judicial purposes." Section 26 of this Act, given post, under the

title STATES, provides that it shall take effect July 1, 1909, and repeals conflicting provisions.

Section 4 of the Act of June 6, 1900, hereby amended, is set forth in 1 Fed. Stat. Annot.

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SEC. 3. [Clerks — duties — fees moneys received, etc.] That section seven of said chapter one of title one is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 7. That four clerks shall be appointed for the court, one of whom shall be assigned to each division thereof, and during his term of office shall reside at such place in the division as the Attorney-General may direct. Each clerk shall, in his division of the district, perform the duties required or authorized by law to be performed by clerks of United States courts in other districts, and such other duties as may be prescribed by the laws of the United States relating to the district of Alaska. He shall preserve copies of all laws applicable to the district and shall preserve all records and record all proceedings and official acts of his division of the court. He shall also collect and receive all moneys arising from the fees of his office, from licenses, fines, forfeitures, judgments, or on any other account authorized by law to be paid to or collected by him, and shall apply the same, except the money derived from licenses, to the incidental expenses of the proper division of the district court and the allowance thereof as directed in written orders, duly made and signed by the judge, and shall account for the same in detail, and for any balances on account thereof, under oath, quarterly, or more frequently if required, to the court, the Attorney-General, and the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That moneys accruing from violations of the customs laws, civil customs cases, or internal-revenue cases, moneys, not including costs, accruing from civil postoffice suits, fines in criminal cases for violations of the postal laws, the net proceeds of sales of public property under section thirty-six hundred and eighteen, Revised Statutes as amended, and any other moneys the disposition of which is otherwise specially provided for by law, shall not be available for the expenses of the court, but shall be paid over or deposited as provided by law for other districts. And after all payments ordered by the judge shall have been made, any balances remaining in the hands of the clerk shall be by him deposited to the credit of the United States and be covered into the Treasury of the United States at such times and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. The clerk shall be ex officio recorder of instruments as hereinafter provided and also register of wills for the division, and shall establish secure offices for the safe-keeping of his official records where terms of his division of the court are held. He may appoint necessary deputies and employ other necessary clerical assistance to aid him in the expeditious discharge of the duties of his office, with the approval and at compensation to be fixed by the court or judge, subject to the approval of the Attorney-General. Any person so appointed or employed shall be paid by the clerk on the order of the judge, as other court expenses are paid.'" [35 Stat. L. 840.]

For sec. 7 of the Act hereby amended see 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 25.

SEC. 4. [District attorneys.] That section eight of said chapter one of title one is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 8. That four district attorneys shall be appointed for the district, one of whom shall be assigned to each division and shall reside at such place in the division as the Attorney-General shall direct. They shall each perform the duties required to be performed by United States district attorneys in other districts, and such other duties as may be required by law; and they shall each receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum and shall not while in office accept retainers or engage in any other law business in the district than that pertaining to the duties of their office. The Attorney-General may, upon the recommendation of the district attorney, appoint and at pleasure remove one or more assistant district attorneys and one or more clerical assistants, who shall

receive such compensation as the Attorney-General may fix, to be paid as other assistant United States district attorneys and clerical assistants are paid. In the case of the death or disability of a district attorney the judge may appoint a suitable person to fill the office until his successor is appointed and qualified or until the disability is removed." [35 Stat. L. 841.]

For sec. 8 of the Act hereby amended see 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 25.

SEC. 5. [Accounts of commissioners and deputy marshals.] That section eleven of chapter one, title one, of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 11. That an accurate detailed account of all fees earned and expenses incurred by commissioners and deputy marshals shall be prepared in duplicate quarterly, duly verified by the oath of the commissioner or deputy marshal rendering the account, and forwarded to the clerk for the proper division of the district court and approved by the judge thereof, if found to be in accordance with law. After approval by the judge the original of each such account shall be forwarded by the clerk to the Department of Justice for revision and the duplicate filed in the court. All net fees earned in excess of the sum of three thousand dollars per calendar year or in excess of that rate for a less period, by any commissioner or deputy marshal, shall be annually paid to the clerk of the proper division of the court to be available for incidental expenses of the district court of the proper division, such payment of such incidental expenses to be accompanied by a verified detailed statement of said clerk." [35 Stat. L. 841.] For sec. 11 of the Act hereby amended see 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 27.

SEC. 6. [Four marshals authorized.] That four United States marshals shall be appointed for the district, one of whom shall be assigned to each division, and shall reside at such place in the division as the Attorney-General shall direct. [35 Stat. L. 841.]

SEC. 7. [Deputy clerks — duties.] That section seven hundred and twentyeight of chapter seventy-four, title two, of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 728. That each deputy clerk has the power to perform any act or duty relating to the clerk's office that his principal has, and his principal is responsible for his conduct and for all money received by him in his official capacity." [35 Stat. L. 841.]

For sec. 728 of the Act hereby amended see 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 184.

SEC. 8. [Terms of present officers not affected officers in third division assignments.] That nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or terminate the term of office of any of the judges, district attorneys, or marshals now serving in Alaska; but each shall serve out the term for which he was appointed unless sooner removed. The judge, district attorney, and marshal now serving in the third division of said district shall hereafter have their residence and hold their respective offices in the fourth division created by this Act: Provided, That the President may, in his discretion, change the assignment of any of said officers from one division to another. [35 Stat. L. 842.]

SEC. 9. [Schedule of commissioners' fees repealed-schedule to be prepared.] That section seven hundred and seventy-one of chapter eighty, title two, of said Act, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and the Attorney-General is authorized and directed to pre

scribe a schedule of fees for the services rendered by the United States commissioners acting as ex officio probate judges. [35 Stat. L. 842.]

For sec. 771 of the Act hereby amended see 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 192.

SEC. 10. [Modification of time for court transmitting accounts allowed.] That when, in the opinion of the Attorney-General, it will be impossible for the accounts of any court official or other person whose accounts pertain to the United States courts in Alaska to be transmitted to the Department of Justice within the period prescribed by law, the Attorney-General may modify, as he may deem proper, any requirement of law concerning the time when such accounts shall be rendered and transmitted. [35 Stat. L. 842.]

See note under sec. 2, supra.

[SEC. 1.] [Reindeer disposal of.] All reindeer owned by the United States in Alaska shall, as soon as practicable, be turned over to missions in or natives of Alaska, to be held and used by them under such conditions as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe. The Secretary of the Interior may authorize the sale of surplus male reindeer and make regulations for the same. The proceeds of such sale shall be turned into the Treasury of the United States. [35 Stat. L. 990.]

This is from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of March 4, 1909, ch. 299.

The same provision occurs in the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of May 27, 1908, c 200, 35 Stat. L. 351.

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