The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-01
TEXT OF BILL '. FORALASKAN :. DEVELOP PMENT

The Alaska Development Board bill has been introduced in the house by Chairman Curry, of the house com mittee on territories, and in the sen- ate by Chairman New, and is now before their respective committees, awaiting action. The bill was en- dorsed by Secretary of the Interior Lane, before he quit office, and has the backing of Governor Riggs, Dele gate Grigsby and other influential Alaskans now in Washington. The bill follows:
 4 bill to provide for the admins tration of national property and 1n- terests in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.
 Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the Unit ed States of America, in congress as- sembled, That board is hereby created and established, to be known as the Alaskan Development Board, which shall be composed of three persons to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to serve for terms of seven years. The mem bers of the board shall reside and maintain their principal and such branch offices as may be necessary within the territory of Alaska. Not more than two of the board shall be appointed from the same political party, and they shall not engage in any other business, vocation or en- Moyment. No vacancy in the board shall impair the right of the remain ing members to exercise all the pow CTS of the board. The chairman shall receive an annual salary of $8,500 and the other members an annual salary of sS,OOO each.
 Sec 2 That the board hereby created shall, subject to the provi- sions of this act and under such laws as congress has enacted or may here after enact, have jurisdiction and control over the care, use, and dis position of all reserved and unre- served public lands, including forests and waters and resources therein, over fish and fisheries, seals, rein deer, mines, minerals andzmining, h. dians, Eskimos, and other Alaskan na- tives who are not citizens, toll roads and over all other matters or things aow subject to national ownership, care, disposition, control, or regu1a- tion within the territorial limits of Alaska, except with respect to rates, regulations and control of railroads steamship lines and other common car riers, which shall remain subject tC the jurisdiction of the interstate com merce commission under the act of congress entitled "An act to regulate commerce." approved February 1887, as amended by the act of con gross approved June 29, 1906, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto; and to this end there is here by conferred upon the board hereby created all the authority, jurisdiction rights, powers now possessed and ex ercised in or concerning the matters herein described by any of the exist ing executive departments, commits sions, bureaus or offices.
 Sec. 3. That the board is authorized to provide itself with furnished offices at some accessible point in Alaska and with such branch offices as may be required for the transaction of business, with such books, records stationery and appliances, and such office and field assistants, clerks, ste nographers, typewriters and other em ployes as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the duties imposed
 
 compensation of such employees within appropriations made for that purpose.
 Sec. 4. That the heads of depart ments or of independent commissions bureaus and offices now having juris- diction and control over the matters and things subject to the provisions of this act are hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the Alaskan Development board such jurisdic- tion, supervision and control, and the appropriations made therefor may be expended by the board in man. ner as if same were so directed in the appropriation acts, and such jurisdic- ton and control shall hereafter be within the province of the Alaskan de- velopment board and shall cease and determine under the other aforesaid departments, commissions, bureaus