The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-13
Sutherland Introduces Bill for Game
 Protection
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involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rem dered.
 Sec. 4. Alaska Game Commission Created.-That a commission to be known as the Alaska Game Commis sion" is hereby created. The commis sion shall consist of five members, four of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture within sixty days after the passage of this act, one member from each of the four judicial districts of the Territo- ry, and each of whom shall be a res dent citizen of the district from which he is appointed, and all of whom shall serve until June 30 next following and thereafter one to serve one year, one to serve two years, one years, as members of the commission may determine by lot, and thereafter be appointed to serve for four years unless sooner removed. The fifth member shall be the chief represen- tative of the Bureau of Biological Survey resident in Alaska, who shall be known as the executive officer and and who shall also be the fiscal agent of the commission and under the direction of the commission shall direct the administration of this nd l;ch ho allotted therefor. The Secretary of Agriculture may remove a commits sioner for inefficiency, neglect of du- ty, or misconduct in office, giving him copy of the charges against him and opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his own defense, upon not less than 30 days notice. The Secretary of Agri- culture shall fill vacancies by ap- pointment for the unexpired term, and vacancy shall be filled by ap- pointment from the same judicial district in which it occurs. The office of any commissioner shall be. and be aeemed to be, vacant upon his re- moving his residence from the judi cial district from which he was ap- pointed.
 That the members of the commits sion, other than the executive officer, shall receive no compensation for their services as members thereof, except per diem of S10 for each member for each day going to and from and in actual attendance at metings of the commission, but the salary or per diem compensation of the member from the second judicial district shall not exceed the sum of S1,500 and that of any of the other members the sum of $500 in any one fiscal year, and each member shall have reimbursed to him in any one fiscal year for actual and necessary travelling and subsistence expenses incurred or made in the discharge of his official duties a sum not to exceed the maximum amount allowed him for salary, which shall be paid on proper vouchers from the appropria- tion for the enforcement of the Alas ka game law. The executive officer shall be paid his salary and shall have reimbursed to him all actual and necessary travelling and other expenses and disbursements, payable from the appropriation for the en- focement of the Alaska game law and from such other appropriations for the work of the Bureau of Biolog- ical Survey in the Territory as the Secretary of Agriculture may desig- nate.
 That the commission shall main tain and have its principal office in Juneau. The members of the Com mission shall meet in Juneau imme- diately following their appointment at time and place designated by the Secretary of Agriculture, and shall organize. by electing one mem- Der chairman and one member secre- tary. and shall determine by lot the terms of the members, other than the term of the executive officer, as here inbefore provided.
 That a majority of the members shall constitute quorum for the transaction of any business. All in- vestigations, inquiries, hearings, and decisions of the commission, shall be deemed to be investi- gations, inquiries, hearings, and de- cisions of the commission, when ap- approved by 1t and entered in its min ute book. and every order made by a commissioner, when approved and confirmed by the commission and ordered filed in it's office, shall be and be d eemed to be the order of the commission. The commission shall have an official seal.