The daily progressive-miner., 1916-01-18

such rules and regulations as the Civil Service Commission may pre. pare, to be approved by the Sec retary of the Interior, the Alaska Administrative Commission shall conduct all examinations for such appointments in Alaska, and shall make such appointments on merit upon examinations: Provided, That this section shall not be held to ap- ply to the appointment or employ ment of experts or superintendents where peculiar qualifications, scien- tific or practical knowledge, or skill are required, and such exceptions shall be judged and determined in his discretion by the Secretary of the Interior; the salaries therefor, and all salaries or wages to be paid other employees, shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior; the commission shall have authority to purchase supplies, materials, and property, and to do all acts and things necessary to enable it to perform the duties imposed upon it by law.
 Sec 5. Roads, Trails, and Bridg- es-That all the duty, power, au- thority, and jurisdiction by law now imposed upon the board of road commissioners for Alaska by the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to pro- vide for the construction and main tenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane per sons in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes, approved Jan uary twenty nineteen hun dred ana five, and by all subsequent Acts of Congress amendatory there of, shall be, and they are hereby, transferred to and from ne date when this Act takes effe-r shall be performed and exercised by the AL aska Administrative Commission; that all property belonging to the United States in charge of said AL aska board of road commissioners, and all books, documents, and vouch- CTS, and all appropriations and on hand when this Act takes effect shall be transferred to the said com mission for the uses provided by law; that all supervisory and appel late duty, power, authority, and jur- isdiction heretofore exercised over the said Alaska board or road com missiners by the Secretary of War or the War Department is hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Interior. and from and after the date when this Act takes effect shall be performed and exercised by him.
 (The Act provides similar rules for telegraph and cable lines.)
 Following the Act for transfer of the Indian affairs, Education, Mining, General Land Office For NIoM feA1nS Teo!5oIo!a :eo!AIeS 4se and Agricultural Experiment Sta tions into the hands of the commits sion created by the Act.
 Sec. 13. Fur-seal and Salmon Fish  eries.-That the jurisdiction, super vision, and control now possessed and exercised by the Secretary of Commerce or the Department of Commerce over the fur-seal, salmon, and other fisheries of Alaska are hereby transferred to and vested in the Secretary of the Interior.
 Sec. 14-Fisheries service in Alas ka.-That all the duty, power, au- thority, and jurisdiction, except scientific research, by law now im- posed upon the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, the Bureau of Fisheries, the Division of Alaska Fisheries, and the Alaska Fisheries Service, so far as they relate to the preservation, propagation, care and management of fish and fisheries in Alaska, are hereby transferred to the Alaska Administrative Commission, and from the date when this Act takes effect shall be performed and exercised by it; and all appropria- tions made by Congress for the maintenance of such fisheries work in Alaska shall be expended by the said commission; that all property belonging to the United States and