The daily progressive-miner., 1916-04-11
BILL TO MAKE
 ALASKA ASTATE
INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS BY DELEGATE WICKEKSHAM
 MARCH 30, 1916.
(Continued from last issue.)

Sec. 1S. Two Judlclal D1StrlctS-
 District Courts. = The said State | when admitted as aforesaid shall
 constitute two judicial districts, to
 be known as the northern district
 of Alaska and the southern district
 of Alaska; those two judicial di-
 visions of the Territory of Alaska
 under existing Acts of Congress I now known as the first and third judicial divisions shall be and con- stitute the southern district of AL
 aska, and those two judicial divis-
 ions now known as the second and fourth judicial divisions shall be
 and constitute the northern district of Alaska; the district courts for
 the northern district shall be held
 one term at Fairbanks, one term
 at Ruby, one term at Iditarod, and
 one term at Nome each year; and
 the district court for the southern
 district shall be held one term at
 Ketchikan, one term at Juneau. one term at Cordova, one term at
 Valdez, one term at Seward, one term at Anchorage, and one term at Kodiak each year; and the said districts shall, for judicial purposes. be attached to the ninth judicial circuit. There shall be appointed for each of said districts one dis trict judge, one United States at torney, and one United States mar shal. There shall be appointed 8 clerk for each of said districts. who shall keep his office at Ju- neau and Fairbanks, respectively. for the time being. The regular terms of said courts in the north
 ern district shall be held at the places designated in this Act, at Fairbanks on the first Monday in January, at Ruby on the first Mon day in April, at Nome on the first Monday in July, at Iditarod on the first Monday in September of each year; the regular terms of said court in the southern district shall be held at Ketehikan on the first Monday in January, at Juneau oD the first Monday in March, at Cor
 dova on the first Monday in May. at Valdez On the first Monday in June, at Seward on the first Mon day in July, at Anchorage on the first Monday in August, and at Kodiak on the first Monday in Sep tember of each year; and one grand jury shall be summoned in each year in each of said district courts. The district court for each of said districts, and the judges thereof, respectively, shall possess the same powers and jurisdiction and perform the same duties re- quired to be performed by other district judges of the United States, and shall be governed by the same laws and regulations. The marshal, district attorney, and clerk of said district, and all other off cers and persons performing duties in the administration of justice therein, shall severally possess the powers and perform the duties law fully required to be performed by similar officers in other districts of the United States, and shall, for the services they may perform, re- ceive the fees and compensation now allowed by law to officers per forming similar services for the United States in other districts of the United States; and the laws in force in the Territory of AL aska, as far as applicable shall extend over and apply to said Statee until changed by the legis- lature thereof.
 Sec. 19. Pending Criminal Prose cutions.-That all prosecutions for crimes or offenses hereafter com- mitted in either of said judicial districts as hereby constituted shall be cognizable within the district in which committed, and all prose- cutions for crimes or offenses com- mitted before the passage of this Act in which indictments have not been found or proceedings institut- ed shall be cognizable within the
 judicial district as hereby consti- tuted in which such crimes or of-
 fenses wera committed.