The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-08
COMMITTEE WILL
 CLOSE STUDY. OF
 ALASKA MEASURE
Special Committee Attempts Ascertain Effect of New
 Bill on Alaska.

II ouutSr III 'NgptfS' ' pS " cehoNo' Harry s. New and the resolution in troduced in the assooiation opposing the passage of the bill by Congress is planning to mako careful study of the measure and it's probable ef- fects upon the Territory before talk ing up the Faulkner resolution, ar cording to statements made by men- bers Of the committee today. The three members of the committee are R. E. Robertson, chairman; Henry Roden and w. s. Pullen
 A copy of the bill was contc ne1 Tn The Empire of August 23. Hearings on the. measure. it is expected will be held shortly after the first of next year. Owing to the interest aroused by the discussion on the bitl. it is herewith reprinted in full except the enactment clause.
 That in addition to the powers, duties and functions now vested in he Secretary of tho Interior. unIer IT by existing laws, pertaining 70 matters or things in or relating to tt Oi i'Spi bi TbIhoN', thNiC V ''F lereby transferred to the jurisdicticl md control of the Secretary of the interior all powers, duties and func- ions now vested in the Department If Agriculture relating to
 "(a) Any national forest reserva. ton, any reservation or withdra va, or ranger station. and any func- tion vested in the Department of Agriculture in respect to forest lands )n any lighthouse CT other reserva: ton in the Territory of Alaska.
 "(b) So much of the act entitled An act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1921. approved May 31, 1920 (Forty-first statutes. pages 694, 716). as relates to the transfer of power and duties Ito the secretary of agriculture with respect to the leasing of certain islands in Alaska for the propagation of bearing animals. ,t'5 <
 "(c) Any function vested in the Federal Power Commission with re- spect to water resources, water-pow- CT interests, waterpower sites, proj- ects and power developed in the Ter ritory, and the commissions jurs- diction and control of such resources, interests, sites, projects and power
 "(d) Any function vested in the Department of Commerce with re- spect to Alaskan natives and said de- partment's control of such natives
 "(e) Any function, power or duty vested or conferred upon the boar of road commissioners, the Secretary of War, or the Secretary of the Treasury by section 2 of the act of Congress approved January 27. 1905, providing for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails in the Territory of Alaska.
 There is hereby transferred to the jurisdiction and control of the Sec retary of Interior at his grade and salary, on June 30. 1922, any officer. amplOye or agent of the United States under the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of Agri- NuAtbiU, tHt T tutI al IOWcI OOIIIIIS- sion or the board of road commits. sioners engaged in the performance of duties connected with matters 1ereby transferred to the Interior De 7artment, together with the whole or my part of the records and public property requisite to make the con- 'olidation, redistribution or transfer effective
 Sec. ? That. for the purpose of carrying out the provisions ofr this act, any money heretofore or here after appropriated for the use Of such executive department shall be expended only for the purpose for which appropriated under the direc tlon of the Secretary of the Interior
 Sec. 3. That the United States Shipping Board is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the Sec retary of the Interior such ships as, in his discretion. may be designated " the President. of suitable capac- ity. for the transportation of persons and property. including the military and naval forces of the United States, United States mails and oth CT government property, and there after the government railroad in Al aska and the said ships, or some of them! may constitute a continuous line of transportation from such points in Alaska as are reached by said railroads to the mainland of the United States. and may operate some or all of such ships to and from any ports in Alaska, and. said line or lines of transportation shall be under the management and control. of the Secretary of the Interiors; The Sec retary of the Interior is authorized. with the approval of the President to lease to private individuals or cor porations such ships or part of them and any railroad or railroads owned by the United States on such terms and conditions as he may find to be in the public interest. ! The Interstate Commerce Commission shall have thesame jurisdiction oyer the said lines of land and water transportation as it would have if :he transportation from the points in AL aska to the mainland of the United