Report to the Secretary of the InteriorU.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 - Alaska |
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Page 35 - An act to define and punish crimes in the district of Alaska, and to provide a code of criminal procedure for the district,
Page 39 - And provided also, That the land not exceeding six hundred and forty acres at any station now occupied as missionary stations among the Indian tribes in said section, with the improvements thereon erected by or for such societies shall be continued in the occupancy of the several religious societies to which said missionary stations respectively belong until action by Congress. But nothing contained in this act shall be construed to put in force in said district the general land laws of the United...
Page 21 - District, or any part thereof, to tide lands and beds of any of its navigable waters, or the right of such State to regulate the use thereof, nor the right of the United States to resume possession of such lands, it being declared that all such rights shall continue to be held by the United States in trust for the people of any State or States which may hereafter be erected out of said District. The term "navigable waters...
Page 57 - States map and 5025 on the aforesaid British map; thence following the high or right bank of the said Klehini river to the junction thereof with the Chilkat River, a mile and a half, more or less, north of Klukwan. — provided that persons proceeding to or from Porcupine Creek shall be freely permitted to follow the trail between the said creek and the said junction of the rivers, into and across the territory on the Canadian side of the temporary line wherever the trail crosses to such side, and,...
Page 47 - That until otherwise provided by law the body of lands known as Annette Islands, situated in Alexander Archipelago in Southeastern Alaska, on the north side of Dixon's Entrance, be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use of the Metlakahtla Indians, and those people known as Metlakahtlans who have recently emigrated from British Columbia to Alaska, and such other Alaskan natives as may join them...
Page 57 - Commission with the number 5410, and on the map No. 17 of the aforesaid British Commission with the number 5490. On the Dyea and Skagway trails, the summits of the Chilcoot and White passes. It is understood, as formerly set forth in communications of the Department of State of the United States...
Page 31 - In the absence of specific legislation by Congress for the organization of land districts in Alaska, claims of pre-emption and settlements are not only without the sanction of law, but are in direct violation of laws applicable to the public domain. Military force may be used to remove intruders if necessary. Will you have the goodness to instruct...
Page 34 - That the Secretary of the Interior shall make needful and proper provision for the education of the children of school age in the Territory of Alaska, without reference to race...
Page 47 - Dixon's Entrance, be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use of the Metlakahtla Indians, and those people known as Metlakahtlans who have recently emigrated from British Columbia to Alaska, and such other Alaskan natives as may join them, to be held and used by them in common, under such rules and regulations, and subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 36 - Laws, will take up with his fellow comniitteemen, at an early date, this civil code and civil code of procedure and enact them into laws as soon as possible. With such a body of wellconsidered criminal and civil laws our courts could move smoothly, LAND LAWS. Attention has been called in previous reports to the fact that the advantages of the general land laws have been denied to the citizens of Alaska. The mining laws are all right; we have no complaint in regard to them, but it still remains a...