The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02
THE FULL FORM OF TERRITORIAL
 GOVERNMENT"

Delegate wickersham has introduced bill in the House of Representatives establish the full form of Territorial Government in Alaska. the bill having been introduced on January last.
 The bin provides "That there be. and Is hereby created and established the full form of Territorial government In Alaska and the Legislature of said Ter rtor is hereby authorized and empowered to have and exercise the uu powers Of territorial legislation here totore given to- and exercised by. the territorial lesis iatsres of other territories of the United States"
 To be noted specifically among the additional pow ers which the bill confers on the Territorial Legisla ,ure are tho authorization for the Legislature to pro vide for county form of government; for the appoint ment or election of territorial township. district and county officers: for the creation of supreme court which shall have appellate jurisdiction in all territorial cases and for the appointment or election or supreme court judges and other officials thereof and to fix and pay their compensations. The Legislature is also empowered to provide by law. for the appoint
 mont o- election of a territorial attorney general. and county or district territorial attorneys Provision IS also made that the Legislature shall pass no law de- nrvinc the judges and officers of the District Courts of any authority jurisdiction function exercised by like judges or officers of the District Courts of the United States
 The inhibi,ions of the present organic act, with respect 10 the primary disposition Of the sols taxes mon property of the United States special privileges or mmunes to associations corporations or indiyid- uas interfering with the act of Congress to prevent and punsh gambling or with the control of the liquor tra fie are retained in the new br The Legislature how ever is given the power to pass laws to submit to vote of the people the prohibition of the sale and manu- fracture of intoxicating liquors in the Territory
 The limitations of the organic act. relating to the lowing of taxes for territorial purposes arc likewise retained. and the right is reserved to Congress for the period Of five years fix and impose any tax or taxes upon railways or railway property in the Terri tory
 The Legislature is authorized to assumed control over all the fish and fisheries of Alaska. and all wild animals and birds therein and pass laws for their conservation. protection and regulations and to levy and collect fer territorial use license tax on trades and business. including the fish and fisheries and the Lessature may also control the domestication of al wild animals and birds and provide for the erection O fish batcberies and the stocking of barren streams ant lakes with fish
 Finally by the terms of the bil all the provisions Of the following acts of Congress extended to Alas ka. namely. The act approved July sO 1886 entitled An Ac, to prohibit the passage Of local or special law in the territories of the United States to limit terri torai indebtedness and for other purposes" the Ac of March f. 1Sss to amend an act to prohibit the pas age os lcca or special the territories. to linn