The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-02
OUTLINE OF ALASKA
 CIVICS IS GIVEN

(Continued From Page Three.T Der of the House of Representative ! from one of the states with the excep- tion of the fact that he has no vote and no voice in the House except when the same is in the commtte of the whole.
 SYSTEM OF ELECTIONS.
 Primary Election.
 primary election for the purpose of choosing party candidates for the office of delegate to Congress and all other elective Territorial or divisional offices is held biennially throughout Alaska on the last Tuesday in April of even mum | pered years. Candidates are required to ile a "Declaration of Candidacy stat ing the office for which they are aspir- ants and the party ticket on which they wish their name to appear. not less than sixty days before the date of the primary election. Official ballots and se parate ballot boxes are provided for each political party.
 General Election 4 general election for the purpose of choosing members of the Legislature, a delegate to Congress. and all other Territorial or divisional officers, is heldt 5n the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in numbered years Only persons duly selected at the ! primary election as candidates Of the various parties may have their names 1n the official general election ballot i; IS having party affiliation. Independent candidates may appear on the official | ballot without party affiliations provided i they filed declarations of candidacy on or prior to the date of the primary 1 election. The members of the Legisla- ture, chosen at this time. are officially accredited as such on the first Monday in March, the Attorney General on March first and the Delegate to Con- gross on March fourth following the date of the general election.
 Qualifications ot Electors.
 Any citizen of the United States twenty-0ne years of age. and over who is :, bona fde resident of Alaska, and who has been such a resident continu- ously during the entire year immediate- ly preceding the election, and who has been resident of the precinet i.i winch lie or she votes for period of thirty days next preceding the election Is qualified elector and entitled to vote in any general or special election in Alaska
 System of Voting.
 The Australian ballot system is em- ployed at all elections. None put official pallets can be used by voters. The Alaska ballot is modelled after the so- ctlltd Massachusetts ballot with the names of candidates arranged alpha betically under the title of the offices for which they candidates.
 Elective Officials. Territorial:
 Delegate to Congress.
 Attorney General for Alaska. Effected every four years only.)
 Divisional: tlslected in each division at each general election.)
 Members of Legislature:
 senator CD.
 Representatives O.
 Divisional Road Commissioners CD.
 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
 The federal siatues proN'ce that any community in Alaska having three hum dred CT more permanent inhabitants may incorporate as a municipal corpora tion The statutes further provide for the election of a common council or seven members to serve for one year The council eject one of their own mem bers as president of the body and ex- officio mayor. Annual elections are he'd on the first Tuesday of April. The Territorial statutes permit of a second type of organization in which a mayor is elected by the qualified voters for a term of one year. and six councilmen for term of two years each. The terms of the first six councilmen are so ar
 
 mayor and three councilmen are elected each year. It is optional with cities as to whether or not they adopt this form of organization. Some Aleska cities are organized under the form provided by the Federal statutes and some have adopted the organization provided by Territorial law. In either event the pow CTS of the council are identical.
 Powers Of Common Council.
 is Federal statute to appoint clerk. treasurer. an assessor. municipal mag strate. municipal attorney, chief of police, and such other officers and employees as may be necessary. ' They are empowered to levy and col ) lect general tax on real and personal property for school and municipal pur- , poses, not to exceed two per centum of the assessed valuation of such prop erty; to provide for the construction and 9 maintenance of streets, alleys, sewers. wharves. sidewalks, etc; to provide for the location and construction, for ! limited distance and to a limited ex- l tent, of trails and wagon roads outside 5 of the limits of the town: to provide for fire protection, water supply, lights. ' wharfage, public health, police protec- ton and the relief of the destitute and 5 indigent; to levy and collect a poll tax of not less than two dollars nor more , than. four dollars per year on all male residents over twenty-one and under fifty years of age; to make provision for the maintenance of municipal : Jail; to prohibit drunkenness. gambling. Q houses or places of i'll fame. disorderly conduct. and the like; to pass and en- force ordinances necessary to protect Q and preserve the lives. the health. the a safety and the well-being of the resi- f dents of the municipality; and to estab- :, fish school districts, to provide school houses. and to maintain public schools therein and provide the necessary funds s for schools which shall be under the supervision and control of school board of three members.
 Common councils are prohibited from issuing bonds or mourning bonded in- ldebtedness.