The Chitina leader., 1912-07-30

Congress, and taxes levied and pay
able and applicable to the payment
of such Indebtedness and cash and
other money credits on hand and
payable and not already pledged for
prior Indebtedness: Provided, That
all authorized Indebtedness shall be
paid in the order of its creation; all
taxes shall be uniform upon the same
class of subjects and shall be levied
and collected -inder general laws, and
the assessme IS shall be according to
the actual vHlue thereof. No tax shall
be levied for Territorial purposes in
excess of one per centum upon the
assessed valuation of property there
in in any one year; nor shall any in
corporated town or municipality levy
any tax for any purpose, in excess of
two per centum of the assessed valua-
ton of property within the town in
any one year: Provided, That Con-
gress reserves the exclusive power for
five years from the date of the ap-
prevail of this Act to fix and impose
any tax or taxes upon railways or
railway property in Alaska, and no
acts or laws passed by the Legislature
OF Alaska providing for county
form of government therein shall
have any force or effect until it shall
be submitted to and approved by the
affirmative action of Congress; and
all laws passed, or attempted to be
passed, by such legislature in said
Territory inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this section shall be null and
void: Provided further, That nothing
herein contained shall be held to
abridge the right of the legislature
to modify the qualifications of elect
ors by extending the elective fran
chise to women.
Rules, Quorum, and Majority.
Sec. 10. That the legislature shall
choose its own officers, determine the
rules of its own proceedings not in
consistent with this Act, and keep
journal of it's proceedings; that the
ayes and noes of the members on any
question shall, at the request of one
fifth of the members present, be en-
tered upon the journal; that a ma
Jority of the members shall consti-
tute a quorum for the conduct of
business, and no legislative act shall
be valid unless voted for by at least
nine members; that a smaller num-
Der than quorum may adjourn from
day to day and compel the attendance
of absent members, in such manner
and under such penalties as the legis-
lature may provide; that for the pur-
pose of ascertaining whether there is
quorum present the presiding Off
Ger shall count and report the actual
number present.
Legislator Shall Not Hold Other
Sec. II. That no member of the
legislature shall hold or be appointed
to any office which has been created,
or the salary or emoluments of which
have been increased, while he was
member, during the term for which
he was elected and for one year af-
ter the expiration of such term; and
no person holding commission or
appointment under the United States
shall be member of the legislature
or shall hold any office under the
government of said Territory.
Exemptions of Legislators.
Sec. ~. That no member of the
| legislature shall be held to answer
before any other tribunal for any
words uttered in the exercise of his
| legislative functions. That the MEM
bers of the legislature shall, in all
cases except treason, felony, or
| breach of the peace, be privileged
from arrest during their attendance
upon the sessions thereof. and In go
ing to and returning from the same:
Provided, That such privilege as to
going and returning shall not cover
a period of more than ten days each
way, except in the second division,
when 1t shall extend to twenty days
each way, and the fourth division, to
fifteen days each way.