Alaska forum., 1901-01-17
Alaska Forum, Jan. I7, 1901.

of the third judicial divison of the district of Alaska met at Skagway Ill the district ot Alaska for the purpose of dividing the district of Alaska into three recording divislOns to designate the divisions of tine cOur. to be supervised by each, and to define the boundaries there of as provid- ed III section thirteen Of said act And after due consideration and de!iberation the following boundaries were fixed and determined upon to- witt
 The order heretofore and OH the thirtieth day of June, leCo, made and signed by the Hon. Arthur H. Moves, judge of the secold division of said district of Alas ka, and the Hon. James Wickershan judge of the third division of said district, fixing the boundary line between the second and third divisions is i'll all things here by approved and confirmed;
 The line dividing the first and third divisions of the said district |, fixed follow $. tO-~it Beginning oil the line fixed ill the order of June 30, 1900, aud signed by the judge; of the district court of Alaska, where the same crosses Mt.MC- Kinley the headWat>r5 If the h.: ,hitna River the line shall run thence EA t .1u along the divide betw cen the head~ ter f he 'ald Shushitna and Panama Hivtr, a..u . -e 4. ,-- ward along the divide bet, of the Copper River and the sad i<.a-4" 4.~i and thence Southerly along the divide Det"eo,, the rivers running weStwardly into the copper River and other rivers runling eastwardly into the Yukon River, and thence SOuthward along said divide to Mt: St. Elias, and thence following the national boundary line of 50 ,lth- eastern Alaska between the British and Amerl can Territories to Dixon Entrance.
 And it is hereby ordered that all that DOT tion of the district of Alaska lying south and West of the above described line nd all that DOT tion of the district of Alaska lying South and East of the line fix ed ill the order of June thirti eth aforesaid and being South of Mt. Mckinley, the initial point above named, shall constitute the first judicial division of the district of Alaska.
 And it is further ordered that all that DOT ton of the district of Alaska lying North and East of the watersheds of the said Shush itna and Copper Rivers as above described, and ly ing west of the boundary line between the dis trict of Alaska and the Yukon territory and ly- ing East of the line running Nortilerly from Nit Mckinley, and fixed by the order of June thirt l. eth aforesaid, shall constitute the third division of the district of Alaska
 It is further ordered that all that portion of the district of Alaska lying West of the line fix ed ia the order of June thirtieth aforesaid and including all of the Aleutian Island, lying to the Westward ofOsanotski Strait; shall constitute the second division of the district of Alaska.
 It is further ordered that as soon as 1t shall be ascertained that convenient way exists of reaching Valdez and the mouth of the Copper River country from Eagle City so that the public business may be more economically managed from the court at Eagle City that encouragement shall be made whereby the said Copper River country may be placed ill the third division of said district.
 It is further ordered that this order be attached to the order of June 30, 1900, and the map attached to that order, and that this order and the said order of June 30, 1900, and the said map, shall constitute one order, and that said map shall be re- ferred to for more particular nd cation of said lines and that both of !. sad or ders shall be recorded at lareo il the re- cords of each division of sa,d court a.-d that the map attached to the same shall be safely filed with the said orders and retained for reference with the clerks of each division.
 This order shall be executed in trip licate and and copy forwarded to the clerk of each court