The San Francisco call., 1898-02-03
DUTIES TO
 BE PAID BY
 KLONDIKERS Regulations Issued by the Treasury
 Department. No Charges. Where Goods Are Destined to Enter Canada. Cargoes Must Be: Transferred to American. Vessels at the Yukon's Mouth.
NEW LAWS FOR ALASKA.
Senator Carter Introduces Bill .Ghangfng the Government
 of the Territory.
Special Dispatch to The Call
Call office. Riggs. House,

Washington, Feb. ?.
 The Secretary of. the Treasury to- day issued regulations governing the entry and <transporta of merchan- disc destined for the KIondike region and Northwest Territory of British Co., lumbia by way of Juneau, Dyea and Skaguayr or other customs ports in Alaska. It is provided that imported merchandise arriving at any of these ports en. route to the Klondike may be forwarded without the payment of duty in charge of a customs officer at the expense of the importer or upon the filing of a bond for It's -exportation equal to the duties and charges; or the owner may make a deposit with the Collector. the same to be refunded upon the certificate of the Deputy Collector on the frontier line that the goods have been exported. All imported animals or merchandise abandoned or sold en route will be seized and forfeited to the Government unless the duties are paid thereon All articles carried by pas sengers which are in use and which consist of wearing apparel and personal effects necessary for the present com fort of such passengers are exempt from duty,
 The Secretary has also issued regu- lations concerning the navigation of the Yukon and Porcupine rivers and their tributaries. They provide that the transfer of cargo and passengers from river CT sea going vessel from a port in the United States, except an- other port in Alaska, or from any for elgn port to a vessel destined by way of the mouth of the Yukon or Porcu- pine rivers or their tributaries, shall be permitted only at the port of St. Michael, under the: supervision of the customs. officer. When deemed neceS- sary. these: officers are required to board any vessel bound to the United States within four leagues of the coast for the purpose of. demanding. its manifest and enforcing the laws and regulate of the United States. Vessels entitled by law to engage in the coasting trade of the United States may proceed from. one point iu Alaska: to another in the manner prescribed by law. for the en- try and clearance of vessels within the same customs district.
 The important feature of these regu- lations is the requirement. that any American. vessel. entering St Michael with passengers or cargo for Alaskan ports, and which does not desire to proceed, must transfer her cargo to another American vessel If destined to port in British Columbia the trans fer may be made to either an American. or British vessel. Foreign vessels from. a foreign port entering St Michael with cargo destined for Alaskan points on the Yukon or Porcupine rivers may either proceed or transfer their cargo to an American vessel. only. When the cargo and passengers are destined to points in British Columbia the transfer may be made to either an T71a -ffz<rra s7r- -r,-T TO,-;+g gcl,. rr-t-
 general requirements are provided for vessels descending the Yukon or Por- cuptne rivers from ports in British Co., Iumb bia, the entrance to be made at Circle City
 British vessels plying on the Yukon or Porcupfne rivers or their tributaries between St, Michael and ports in Brit 1sh Columbia may touch at places in Alaska on the Yukon or the Porcupfne rivers or their tributaries for the pur- chase. of fuel or supplies or in distress. under the supervision of an officer of the custofns.
 Assistant Secretary. Spalding has been officially advised. that the new canadian regulations: allow. small American river steamers to.: be carried in sections throughout Canadian ter ritory free of duty by; either the Dvea or SUckeen route. to"the; headwaters of the. Yukon, and from those points they may @caTTy: earg0eS "and. passengers fo Circle City and other places in Alaska. Such steamers, of course, cannot en- gage In=the Canadian +cQastfng trade:
 Senator Carter, who Is a member of the subcommittee on Alaska for three different :*ce iiln7ittees :: of. the. Senate. has prepafed and introduced a bfll to amend an act providing a civil govern -nlents for. Ajaska.:.:r1t leaves the duties cf: the CoYernor substantially as under existing law: and lodges extensive powers: in the courts The bill estab- fishes one judicial district for Alaska. to consist of three divisions, over each of which division. a Judge shall preside, Each also shall have full complement of officials: and as many deputy n}arshals: as.sare necessary for the execution of court processes and maintenance of public order The court is likewise authorized to appoint any number of United States Commis- sioners. deemed necessary in the re- spective divisions, who shall. act as ex- officio Justices of the Peace with juris- dictiQn in civil suits involving not over S1000 and rot involving the title 10 real estate. The clerks of the re- spectire divisions of the court and the United States Commissioners are made ex-officio recorders of. deeds, mort gages, notices. of location, etc.
 : 1t is made the duty of the President to instruct each officer placed in com naand of any part of the regular army or marine corps of the United States to aid the civil authorities in the serv- Ice of processes or in maintaining or der in the. district when required to do SO by an order of the court or any di- vision Judge; but the court or Judge shall. at any time, if dir4 ted by the President. modify or revoke any order directing the military to aid the mar shaE The bill provides that one Judge shah be located at Circle City, one at St, Michael and one at Sitka
 Traffic Diverted by Wrecked Tunne
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