The Chitina leader., 1912-07-30

capital and return by the nearest
travelled route.
Election of Members of the Legis-
lature.
Sec. 5. That the first election for
members of the Legislature of Alas
ka shall be held on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday in November,
nineteen hundred and twelve, and all
subsequent elections for the election
of such members shall be held on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday
in November biennially thereafter;
that the qualifications of electors, the
regulations governing the creation of
voting precincts, the appointment and
qualifications of election officers, the
supervision of elections, the giving of
notices thereof, the forms of ballots,
the register of votes, the challenging
of voters, and the returns and the
canvass of the returns of the result
OF all such elections for members of
the legislature shall be the same as
those prescribed in the Act of Con-
gross entitled IAN Act providing for
the election of Delegate to the
House of Representatives from the
Territory of Alaska" approved May
seventh, nineteen hundred and six,
and al the provisions of said Act
which are applicable are extended to
said elections for members of the Leg
islature, and shall govern the same,
and the canvassing board created by
said Act shall canvass the returns of
such elections and issue certificates
of election to each member elected to
the said legislature; and all the penal
provisions contained in section fifteen
of the said Act shall apply to cleo
tons for members of the legislature
as fully as they now apply to cleo.
tions for Delegate from Alaska to the
House of Representatives
Converting and Sessions of Legisla-
ture.
Sec. 6. That the Legislature of
| Alaska shall convene at the capitol at
the city of Juneau, Alaska, on the
| first Monday in March in the year
| nineteen hundred and thirteen, and
on the first Monday in March every
two years thereafter; but the said
| Legislature shall not continue in ses-
| sion longer than sixty days in any
two years unless again convened in
extraordinary session by a proclama-
| ton of the governor, which shall set
forth the object thereof and give at
| least thirty days written notice to
each member of said Legislature, and
in such case shall not continue in
session longer than fifteen days. The
governor of Alaska is hereby author
| lied to convene the legislature in ex-
traordinary session for a period not
exceeding fifteen days when request
ed to do so by the President of the
| united States, or when any public
danger or necessity may require it.
| Organization of the Legislature.
Sec. Z. That when the legislature
convenes it shall organize by the
election of one of it's members as pre-
ed as speaker of the legislature
and by the election of the following
subordinate officers: One chief clerk
who shall receive a compensation OF
eight dollars per day, and one assist
ant clerk, one enrolling clerk, one en-
crossing clerk, one ergeant-at-arms
one doOrkeeper, one messenger, and
one watchman,- who shall receive a
compensation of five dollars per day
during the sessions, and no charge
for a greater number of officers and
attendants, or any larger per diem
shall be allowed or paid by the United
States to the Territory of Alaska
Provided, That no person shall be
employed for whom salary, wages, OF
compensation is not provided in the
appropriation made by Congress
Enacting Clause-Subjeet of Act.
4 Sec. 8. That the enacting clause
4 of all laws passed by the Legislature
shall be "Be it enacted by the Legis
lature of the Territory of Alaska.
No law shall embrace more than one