The daily progressive-miner., 1916-01-20
DELEGATE PULLING
 FOR CAPITAL CITY
IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
 TlyES DECEMBED $ 1915

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 of the tiielands and the harhor ares
 in front of and adjoining the town
 of Juneau, Alaska, and for other purposes
 Be it enacted by the Senate and
 House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con- gress assembled, That the governo.
 of Alaska Is hereby authorized and
 directed to cause the tideIands be-
 tween the line of ordinary high tide
 ard the line of ordinary low tide
 and lying in front of the town of
 Juneau. Alaska, and also lying lm-
 Eae<iiatsly north of and adjoining the
 incorporated area of said town, and
 across which the waters of Gold
 Creek run into Gastineau Channel,
 and containing an area of about seventy-ssyen acres, to be surveyed
 into lots, blocks. streets. alleys, and public reservations for parks or
 public buildings, and So as to con form as nearly as practicable with the streets and alleys Of the said town of juneau; the said governor Is authorized 10 include In ths said surrey as much of said adjoining ttdelands as in his judgement is necessary to the extension of the town of Juneau; the said governor Is also hereby authorized and direct ed 10 cause harhor area to be lo- cated in front of the town of Juneau and the extension thereof. which area shall include the lands beginning at the line of ordinary low tide, CT above that line if neces- sary 10 enable proper wharfage to oe provided. and extending into the waters of Gastineau Channel to such reasonable depth as may be necss- sary to provide for the erection thereon of wharves to reach the navigable waters thereof: the said governor Is also hereby authorized and directed to cause the said har- bor area to be surveyed and sub divided into slips and wharf sites and to extend the streets from the town or adjoining tidelands So sur Teysd and plated over and across the said harbor area 10 the front thereof, and to provide areas on said harbOr area for the building of wharTe<. docks, warehouses. mills. and other similar structures: and b provide for areas for public vEharEes 10 be owned and construct ed oy the Territory of Alaska CT the town of Juneau, and for private '-s-arves to be built under lease by persons or corporations; upon the completion of the surveys of the said tidelands and harbor area she said governor shall cause Q plat or map thereof to De made exhibiting inc lcts- blocks. streets, alleys, pub lie grounds, and the said harbor area. and the wharf and dock sites, and when t has received his approval ]. sEalI be fled and recorded in the office cf the recorder in the Juneau precinct and in the General Lani Office in Washington, District .f Columbia Upon the approval and filing Of the said map the streets. alleys, and ang ground reserved for public purposes shall thereby be dedicated to public use; but it is hereby expressly declared and pre- vided tasat no part of the harbor area ! front Of said town of Ju- Ee@.sl. .sor in front of the extended area aforesaid, shall ever be sold or otherwise conveyed, but shall forever remain the property of the Territory anc State wherein it lies, subject D the right Of the United States. w-hile the area is within Territory. and the State, when created, to lease silch portions thereof as the gover- aoE may designate, for periods of not tO exceed ten years, for wharves docks, warehouses, mills, and other similar uses, under the provisions of this Act.
 Sec 2 That the town Of Juneau Is hereby authorized to erect, own. and maintain whaves, docks, ware houses and other aids to navigation ard trade on any tract provided in the harbor area for that purpose; the governor of Alaska is hereby authorized to lease for not more than len years to any person or co- operation such portions Of the said harDor area as are reserved for wharveg. docks. Or warehouses, by giving public notice for ten days calling for bids; and he is authoriz- ed to lease any such part for not more than ten years to the highest and best bidder who will pay the highest rental, and who will build and maintain thereon the kind Of wharf, dock, or warehouse designat- ed bT the said governor; and when any Eease given under thi8 section shall be forfeited CT expire, sub aeeuent lease for not more than ten