Iditarod pioneer., 1914-03-28
CHAMBERLAIN'S BILL FOR
 A DEVELOPMENT BOARD

for the administration of national property and interests in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes" The bill is known as | s. 431S, and was referred to the committee on territories. The full text of the measure IS as follows:
 ''That board is hereby created and established, to be known as the Alaskan development board which shall be com posed of three persons to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to serve for terms of seven years The members of the board shall reside and maintain their principal and such branch offices as may be necessary within the Territory of Alaska. Not more than two of the board shall be appointed | from the same political party and they shall not engage in any other business vo- cation or employment No vacancy in the | board shall impair the right of the re maining members to exercise all the powers of the board The chairman shall receive an annual salary of SS,500, and the other members an annual salary of SS,000 each.
 Sec 9 That the board hereby created shall subject to the provisions of this act and under such laws as congress has en- acted or may hereafter enact, have juris- diction and control over the care, use and disposition of all reserved and unreserved public lands, including forests and waters and resources therein, over fish and fisher 1 ies, seals, reindeer, mines, minerals and mining Indians Esl;imos and other Alas kan natives, toll roads, and over all other matters or things now subject or which may be made subject to national owner ship, care disposition, control or regulation within the. territorial limits of Alaska ex ccpt with respect to rates, regulations and control of railroads, steamship lines and other common carriers which shall remain subject to the jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission under the act of con gress entitled An act to regulate com merce," approved February 4, 1887, as amended by the act of congress approved June 29 1906, and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and to this end there is hereby conferred upon the board hereby created all the authority, Jurlsdic tion, rights and powers now possessed and exercised In or concerning the matters herein described by any of the existing eX- ecutiye departments, commissions, bureaus or offices
 Sec 8 That the board is authorized to provide itself with furnished offices at some accessible point in Alaska, and with such | branch offices as may be required for the transaction of business, with such books, records, stationery and appliances, and such office and field assistants, clerks, stenOgra- phers, typewrlters and other employes as may be necessary for the proper discharge Of the duties imposed by this act upon such board fixing the compensation of such employees within approprlatnos made for that purpose.
 Sec f That the heads of departments or of independent commissions bureaus and offices now having jurisdiction and control cyer the matters and things subject to the | provisions Of this act are hereby authorized | and directed to transfer to the Alaskan de yClOpment board such jurisdiction, supervl- SlCn and control and the appropriations made therefor may be expended by the | board Ill manner as If same were so di- rected in the appropriation acts, and such 1 Jurisdiction and control shall hereafter be within the province of the Alaskan develop ment board, and shall cease and determine under the other aforesaid departments, com missions, bureaus end offices; and such ey- i perts, emrloyes, property and equipment as | are now employed or used by said depart :npnts, commissions. bureaus and offices in | connection with the subjects herewith trans 1 ferred to the Alaskan development board are directed ct be transferred to said board. Sec ). That the board shall be under | the general supervision of the secretary of the interior who is hereby authorized to provide general rules and regulations, not | inconsistent with law, for such supervision, | including the examination, review and in vestigatlOn Of the books, records, accounts and acts of the board. Appeals will lie l directly to the secretary of the interior from all final decisions or actions of the board. | Sec G. That 1t shall be the duty of the board to submit an annual report to con- gress, through the secretary of the interior, and to from time to time advise congress as to existing conditions with respect to matters under its supervision or control, | recommending such new laws or changes m existing laws as may be deemed advisable | or necessary.
 l Sec 7. That all moneys received by the board from sales, leases fees or any other matter or source under its control, shall be deposited in the treasury of the United States and reserved and set aside as a spe- cial fund. to be known as the Alaskan iull'I. tO bt uStu lOi lIIt pay lIlelll Ol lut salaries of the board its subordinate off cers and employees and the expenses incl dent to the execution and administration of the business and duties of the board. the | balance to remain subject to such future appropriation thereof as congress may make for the development improvement and bet terment of the Territory of Alaska
 Sec. 8. That nothing in this act shall be construed as in any way granting to the board, its officers or employees, any author ity, control or jurisdiction over the politi- cal or other internal affairs of the organ ized Territory of Alaska
 Sec. g. That this act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first day of July, 1914, on which date all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith sha.l stand repealed.