The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-07

l nal me CentfdllZatlon or executive and administrative duty, power, au.
 thority, and Jurisdiction provided for
 herein shall be and is hereby, di-
 vided among five departments, as follows:
 First. Department of Finance Second. Department of public lands.
 Third. Department of transporta-
 ton.
 Fourth. Department of education.
 Fifth. Department of fisheries
 The governor of the Territory of Alaska, in addition to his duties ao
 such governor, shall be ex officio chief of the department of finance: the surveyor general of Alaska, in addition to his duties as such. be ex officio chief of the department of public lands; the President of the United States shall assign each of the other three members of the said commission as chief of one of the other departments, and. in his discretion, may thereafter reassign the said chief of departments.
 Sec. Y. Department of Finance That In addition to the perform ance of duties devolving upon him by law as the governor of the Ter ritory of Alaska the said governor shall be chairman of the commis- sion and eX officio chief of the de- partment of finance, he shall have general charge, supervision, and sup erintendence over all financial ac- counts and other records to be kept by the commission, and shall pre- pare financial and other reports for the commission, whether annual or special, when required by law or requested by the President or Con- gress. It shall be his duty to re- port to the commission, from time to time, the condition of the various appropriations, and to prepare and submit to the commission, from time to time, estimates of moneys needed for the future work of the commis- sion. and to prepare for the commits sion and submit an annual or spe- Cial estimate or estimates to the Secretary of the Interior showing the amount or amounts of money necessary to be appropriated by Con gress to carry on the work of the commission.
 Sec 1s. Department of public Iands.-That in addition to the per formance of the duties now deyolv- ing upon him by law as the surveyor general of the Territory of Alaska, the said surveyor general shall be eX officio chief of the department of public lands in Alaska and shall hereafter exercise the powers and jurisdiction ard perform the duties provided by law in relation to the public lands in Alaska that were heretofore by law exercised and per formed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office and his subor- dinates in accordance with the pro. visions of sections four hundred and forty-siX to four hundred and sixty one, both inclusive, of the United States Revised Statutes, eighteen hundred and seventyeight; and all lsubSequent amendments or addi tions thereto; and on and from the date when this Act takes effect all causes and proceed ings in relation to public lands in Alaska then pending in the United States General Land Office shall be transferred to the jurisdiction of the said chief of the department of public lands in Alaska, and together with all causes or proceedings that may hereafter arise in Alaska, and which would by law have gone t the Commissioner of the General Land Office for action or decision shall be heard and determined by the said chief of the department of public lands in Alaska, according to the laws of the United States. That all appeals from the registers and receivers of the United States land office in Alaska shall be taken to the chief of the department Of public lands as the successor of the Commissioner of the General Land Office; and the Secretary of the Interior shall have, retain, and exercise such supervisory and ap- pellate powers over the official act and decisions of the department of public lands in Alaska as he has heretofore had and exercised over the official acts and decisions ot the Commissioner of the General Land Office and his subordinates.
 Sec. IS. Department of Transpor tation.-That there is hereby as signed to the Chief of the Depart ment of Transportation general sup ervision and superintendence under the law over all telegraph and cable lines forming any part of the Wash ington-Alaska cable and telegraph sys- tenn belonging to the United States in Alaska, and cables connecting Alaska with the United States at Seattle, and all offices, office furniture, sup plies, books, documents, and prop erty used in connection herewith in Alaska or in Seattle, Washing ton, and also including all radio or