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 24 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Gus. 52, 03. 1884. any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, or who brings mto the United States or any Territory thereof any counterfeit plate, engraving, photograph, print, or other impressions of the notes, bonds, obligations, or other securities of any foreign Government, bank, or corpora- Penalty. tion, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ive thousand dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor not more than five years, or both. Approved, May 16, 1884. May 17, 1884. CHAP. 53.-An act providing a civil government for Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United AP*§k°- States of America in Congress assembled, That the territory ceded to the .C“'}1 Q'"] j“di· United States by Russia by the treaty of March thirtieth, eighteen hun- °‘°1d"’""’t °£ dred and sixty-seven and known as Alaska, shall constitute a civil and Q'; Sm; 240‘ judicial district, the government of which shallbcorganized and admmmmft ° g°""”' istered as hereinafter provided. The temporary seat of government of ` said district is hereby established at Sitka. Govern oi-; su- S20. 2. That there shall be appointed for the said district a governor, interests of the United States Government that may arise within said district. To the end aforesaid he shall have authority to 806 that the laws enacted for said district are enforced, and to require the faithful dis- • charge of their duties by the officials appointed to administer the same. He may also grant reprieves for offenses committed against the laws of the district or of the United States until the decision of the President thereon shall be made known. He shall be ex omcio commanderin-chief of the militia of said district, and shall have power to call out the same when necessary to the due execution of the laws and to preserve the peace, and to cause all able-bodied citizens of the United States in said district to enroll and serve as such when the public exigeucy demands; and he shall perform generally in and over said district such acts as pertain to the odlce of governor of a territory, so far as the same may be made or become applicable thereto. He shall make au annual report, on the first day of October in each year, to the President of the United States, of his odicial acts and doings, and of the condition of said district, with reference to its resources, industries, population, and the administration of the civil government thereotl And the President of the United States shall have power to review and to eouilrm or annul any reprieves granted or other acts done by him. District wm- Sec. 3. That there shall be, and hereby is, established a. district court Jurisdiction of for said district, with the civil and criminal jurisdiction of district courts of the United States, and the civil and criminal jurisdiction of district courts of the United States exercising the jurisdiction of circuit courts, ' _ _ and such other jurisdiction, not inconsistent with this act, as may be D¤¤¤’i<=* 1**61;**- established bylaw; and a district judge shall be appointed for said dis- TQM of _¤¤¤1‘*; trict, who shall during his term of office reside therein and hold at least “P°°‘“1“"““’°°“· two terms of said court therein in each year, one at Sitka, beginning on the first Monday in May, and the other at Wrangel, beginning on the . iirst Monday in November. He is also authorized and directed to hold such special sessions as may be necessary for the dispatch of the business of said court, at such times and places in said district as he may deem expedient, and may adjourn such special session to any other time rnmmmmg; sx- previous to a regular session. He shall have authority to employ interpcnm ¤f ¢<>q¤‘¤· preters, and to make allowances for the necessary expenses of his court. cl"? d““°'· Sec. 4. That a clerk shall be appointed for said court, who shall be District attur- ex oillcio secretary and treasurer of said district, s district attorney, “*Y· and a marshal, all of whom shall during their terms of office reside ¤¤¤1¤r therein. The clerk shall record and preserve copies of all the laws, proceedings, and official acts applicable to said district. He shall also receive all moneys collected from iines, forfeitures, or in any other manner
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