Douglas Island news., 1902-03-26
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1902.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA
 DIVISION NO.
 T., the matter of the incorporation of
 Douglas, Alaska.
 ORDER FOR ELECTION.
 Now on this 18th day of March, 1902; after bearirg the petition of the citizens ot Doug los for incorporation, and the various oD- iectionS urged against the same, ana tne 1es timony of the parties interested TOT ana % against the same: ana It 9PPen[bs .pe barsin that eII tbin,,S required to be done by the oruers of the Court and the statutes III sucn I;e.S STse5 made and provided have been auIy Golipiiteu ii's. ,,.;+h oS to the posting of notice or hearlhS' +be benr,iu. and the designation Of the ter T.itor.v sought to he included m Such lhco5po rated town and the Court being IuILS au'is ed in the premlSeS'
 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ApJUpSEp
 AS FOLLOWS:
 That an election of the qualified electors
 if ' ,,;thin the boundaries of the pro- C,aJ {ncorporation be held at the DOuSias Gymuasium Hall in the said town 0t D0uElaS ,06l W 0n Saturday, the 29th day ot March, ISOS' De tween the hours of o'clock Ill the to@TeiiQou @ s, omT & o'clock in the afternoon of said day for +he nurDoseS hereinafter set f0rthi
 SSD IT k ORDERED that Wm. StuODlhs ZR. Cheney and w c. B9yd pS anH u"eS cn,'. ",e hereby appointed q Board ot Election to COT troI the said election, canvass the votes cas'e Sociore the results, aud make returns thereon ms provided by law. The oblects anu P"F moses of said election areas toHowS' d. TO determine whether such community sbou Income an incorporated town or cltS within the territory herelnafter uescrlpGu and n, shown upon the plat hereunto a''''h
 To elect a common council ot seven ~ members for such incorporated town, who shall have the qualifications prescrlDeu oS law for electors within such lneorpoTtn1io" 70, To elect n school board ot three N) directors who shall have the powers ana per form the duties prescribed by law. Tbe hallotS cast at said election ShalI pc ue- ,,oS;te5' 'SeDarately in three (S) ballot boxes nSed and designated for that purpose resPec- lively to carry out the purposes or 'he eAeo tion us hereinbefore set forth. A.. ,s ,,,ob
 IT. iS further ordered that notice or sucIt election shall be given by posting a copy .oi this order together with the plat or such .h im, corporation in u conspicuous place 4t the post office, and at the ofhee OoIeJ Or Sne imc"y ,,orntiou at least ten QO) days prlor 10 'he lime herein fixed for holding sala eIecuoh' and also by publishing the same TOT I"U SoaS dS SueS to-wit: Wednesday, March IStn, l9y-, and Wednesday, March 26th, lSOZ, III rhe Douglas Island News i'll said DougiaS' 1ne ballots cast at such election upon lhe Ques. ton of incorporation Shah pc tbe w"rdS uaper of uniform color with the. Worus;; !,Enr Iucorporation" at the head, followed by n blank on which blank space the voter voter may write the word fes or NO ns S ne .I2 Ie s;reS to vote Following shall be printed the names of the officers nominated ana 70 De voted for And if q two-thlrdS malorl1S " oI the ballots cast are flor lncorPoral0h' tES soi1 eIerfiou board shall declare the Salo , S"IU ,,rS,;tI, duIy Incorporated with the boun- 6orieS hereinafter set forth, under the name and style of the town of Douglas Clts, anu shall further declare the seven Np persons te ceiying the highest number of votes Tor couu- cilmen duly elected cOuncIlmen ot saiu in cornorntiOn for the term of one " year TOT Iovino the date of this election, ana sraii lIr ther declare the three (SJ persons I d,ac, the highest number of votes for School ulrec- t0rS dIiIv elected to such office for one year following the date of this election: Ahu SI slicI board shall file q certified copy ol 'hLs oiuet togetber with the results of such electl0h' tbe names of the councilmen-elect ana the names of the school directorS-eIect' with the clerk of the District Court, the secretary or +ba District and the United states ComlnlS- S;oner residing in the corporation; wherenp- or, such incorporation shall be deemed com DIete, and the councilmen and school olrec- tors, after taking the oath or once peIo!e tbe United States Commissioner reslalhS III such iucorporation, shall enter upon the du- tieS of their several offices and hold the same for one year from the date or such electloh; or until their successors SAlaii Oe ""'' 9i0N''N The foIlowine is a description of the eXte- rior boundaries of the territory proposed to he included within the said incorporation as ,Cs- Snryeyor's field notes and the plat of such territory as hereunto attached, to-wlt:
 Commencing at . point in GaStineau% Channel on the line of deep water, on the east side of Douglas Island, identical with corner No. I of the "I'readwell City survey, whence 10. $. Location Monument No. situate on the north end of Juneau Isle. and established Nov.1 1881 by G. W GSTSide @ w so U fst s ita RePTty Surveyor, bears \. So.OO W looo rect uis'0n'' thence from Cor. No.1, ,,,,
 S. I5. co W. 1924 feet to Cor. No, 6 Tread well City" survey on meander line Gastin-
 IL fna fc 2 identical with Cor. No. , "Treadwen City survey; thence Q ;,o.;,, with cor. No. "Treadwe4I Clty survey S. SS.OOw. s1S.s feet to cor. No. 7U. S. survey No. S9; 91S.3 feet to cor. No. 4, identical with cor No. , U. .. survey No. S9 and cor. No. or Treadwell City survey; thence
 \. 45.OOW. S559.0 feet to cor. No, identical u,ith northeast corner of "ENtenSion of Douglas Island" lode claim; thence ;,.;., S I5OW 525 feet to cor. No. identical with the southwest corner of Enterprise" x. 45O W. $i94 feet to corner No., : situate \. 45O w POO feet distant from northwest cor "Independeuce" lode claim; thence
 N 45O E. 10000 feet to post on meander line of GaStineauX Channel on east side ot Shore lode claim; 15JO.O feet to deep water me Tn GastineauX Channel to corner No. $; thence S 5Sl5 E. 369O.0 feet to the outer corner of the "Douglas City" or Juneau Ferry & Nav. Co. wharf to cor. No. g. thence
 -. SS.O l.. IlSO rect more or leSs tC O. bOSo- ,ion corner No. 1 on the north end of Juneau Isle: 2S7O0 feet to corner No. the place ot beginning; containing approximately two hundred and eighty-three acres, as surveyed by Lloyd G. Hill, U. $. Deputy Surveyor un- der the order of the Court, excluding from the said proposed incorporation all the ter ritory heretofore designated in the original application herein, except as included Tn the above descriptions.
 Done in open Court this 18th day of March, A. D' l'V- Nc. BROWN,
 Judge.