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 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 53. 1884. 25 except from violations of the custom laws, and shall apply the same to the incidental expenses of the said district court and the allowances thereof. as directed by the judge of said court, and shall account for the same in detail, and for any balances on account thereof, quarterly, to and under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. He shall be ex officio recorder of deeds and mortgages and certificates of location of mining claims and other contracts relating to rea.] estate and register of wills for said district, and shall establish secure offices in the towns of Sitka and Wrangel, in said district, for the safekeeping of all his official records, and of records concerning the reformation and establishment of the present status of titles to lands, as hereinafter directed: Pro- Pmmo. vided, That the district court hereby created may direct, if it shall deem it expedient, the establishment of separate offices at the settlements of Wren gel, Oonalashka, and Juneau City, respectively, for the recording of such instruments as may pertain to the seveml natural divisions of said district most convenient to said settlements, the limits of which shall, in the event of such direction, be defined by said court; and said offices shall be in charge of the commissioners respectively as hereinafter provided. Siac. 5. That there shall be appointed by the President four commis- 0<>r¤_mi¤¤i¤¤¤r¤, sioners in and for the said district who shall have the jurisdiction and ?P*h‘;.“*Y M"] d"' powers of commissioners of the United States circuit courts in any part M ° ' of said district, but who shall reside, one at Sitka, one at Wrangel, one at Oonalashka, and one at Juneau City. Such commissioners shall exercise all the duties and powers, civil and criminal, now conferred 011 justices of the peace under the general laws of the State of Oregon, so far as the same may be applicable in said district, and may not be in conflict with this act or the laws of the United States. They shall also have jurisdiction, subject to the supervision of the district judge, in all tcstamentary and probate matters, and for this purpose their courts shall be opened at stated terms and be courts of record, and beprovided with :1 seal for the authentication of their official acts. They shall also have power to grant writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of restraint of liberty, which writs shall be made returnable before the said district judge for said district; and like proceedings shall be had thereon as if the same had been granted by said judge under the general laws of the United States in such cases. Said commissioners shall also have the powers of notaries public, and shall keep a record of all deeds and other instruments of writing aeknow1· edged before them and relating to the title to or transfer of property within said district, which record shall be subject to public inspection; Said commissioners shall also keep a record of all fines and forfeitures received by them, and shall pay over the same quarterly to the clerk of said district court. The governor appointed under the provisions of Gcvcmor to rcthis not shall, from time to time, inquire into the operations of the P°"*’ ,:9 C°t'3§{°““ Alaska Seal and Fur Company, and shall annually report to Congress g°’r§e;(f°;;d the result of such inquiries and any and all violations by said company Company, of the agreement existing between the United States and said company. Sec. 6. 'Ihut the marshal for said district shall have the general uu- Msrshal; anthority and powers of the United States marshals of the States and Ter- *h°¤'°Y· ritories. He shall be the executive officer of said court, and charged with the execution of all process of said court and with the transportation and custody of prisoners, and he shall be ex officio keeper of the jail or penitentiary of said district. He shall appoint four deputies, Deputy Marwho shall reside severally at the towns of Sitka, Wrsnge1,0onalashka, slmls- _ and Juneau City, and they shall respectively be ex officio constables d R:"g"”,‘; °l°‘ and executive officers of the commissioners courts herein provided, and °p ty m a °' shall have the powers and discharge the duties of United States deputy marshals, mid those of constables under the laws of the Stats of Oregon now in force. Sm:. 7. That the general laws of the State of Oregon now in force are O£°”°’°1 13*** °* hereby declared to be the law in said district, so far as the same may be pu§,°{,If°_m“ ° °p“