An Act to amend the third paragraph of section 4, chapter 1, title I, of the act entitled ""An Act making further provision for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes,"" approved June 6, 1900 (31 Stat.322; 48 U. S. C., sec. 101), as amended
PL 83-632 (H.R.1974), enacted 08/23/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 632-AUG. 23, 1954 
[68 ST A T , 
August 23, 1954 
[H. R. 1974] 
Public Law 632 
CHAPTER 836 
AN ACT 
To amend the third paragraph of section 4, chapter 1, title I, of the Act entitled 
"An Act making further provision for a civil government for Alaska, and 
for other purposes", approved June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. 322; 48 U. S. C, sec. 101), 
as amended. 
Alaska. 
Judicial division 
boundaries* 
41 Stat. 1203. 
41 Stat. 1204. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and IJoune of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Go7igress assembled^ That the third para-
graph of section 4, chapter 1, title I, of the Act entitled "An Act 
making further provision for a civil government for Alaska, and for 
other purposes", approved June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. H22; 48 U. S. C , 
sec. 101), as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"Division numbered 2 shall consist of all territory, and islands, 
lying north and west of a line commencing in the Beaufort Sea at 
latitude seventy degrees thirty minutes north, longitude one hundred 
and forty-eight degrees west; thence in a southwesterly direction to 
latitude seventy degrees north, longitude one hundred and forty-eight 
degrees fifty minutes west; thence south along the meridian of one 
hundred and forty-eight degrees fifty minutes to latitude sixty-nine 
degrees thirty minutes; thence southerly to latitude sixty-nine 
degrees, longitude one hundred and forty-nine degrees; thence south-
westerly to a point on the divide between the waters flowing to the 
Beaufort Sea and those flowing to the Bering Sea, approximate lati-
tude sixty-eight degrees nine minutes, longitude one hundred and 
forty-eight degrees fifty-seven minutes; thence southwesterly along the 
divide betw^een the waters of the Colville River, Kotzebue Sound, and 
the east end of Norton Sound on the north and west and the waters of 
the Yukon on the south to the one hundred and sixty-first meridian of 
west longitude, thence along said meridian to latitude sixty-one 
degrees thirty minutes; thence southwesterly to latitude sixty-one 
degrees, longitude one hundred and sixty-five degrees thirty minutes; 
thence south along the meridian of one hundred and sixty-five degrees 
thirty minutes to latitude fifty-eight degrees; thence west to the 
international boundary." 
SEC. 2. The fifth paragraph of said section as amended, is amended 
by striking the words "one hundred and forty-eighth meridian of 
west longitude" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "boundary of 
the second division". 
Approved August 23, 1954. 
August 23, 1954 
[H. R. 1976] 
Public Law 633 
CHAPTER 837 
AN ACT 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to permit the registration of judgments 
in or from the District Court for the Territory of Alaska. 
Alaska. 
62 Stat. 958. 
Registration 
judgments. 
of 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1963 
of title 28, United States Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"A judgment in an action for the recovery of money or property now 
or hereafter entered in any district court which has become final by 
appeal or expiration of time for appeal may be registered in any other 
district by filing therein a certified copy of such judgment. 
A judg-
ment so registered shall have the same effect as a judgment of the 
district court of the district where registered and may be enforced in 
like manner.