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 52O FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. Dg·’“°g°¤ °“ *§‘°“‘* Sec. 197. If an bill of exchan e drawn u on an erson, Erm, or bm of emingbody corporate odt of the districtgbut withinpsome Sytste or Territory of the United States, for the payment of money, shall be duly presented for acceptance or payment and protested for nonacceptance or "' nonpayment, the drawer or lDd01'S61'_t ereof, due notice being given of such nonacceptance or nonpayment, shall pay the bill, with legal interest, according to its tenor, and five per centum damages, together with costs and charges of protest. ` CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. INCORPORATION or TOWNS. Sec. Sec. 198. Filing petition. _ 1 201. Powers of town council. 199. Electors and their qualification . 202. Officers. 200. Election board and canvass of votes. 203. Treasurer, bond and qualifications. Film! P¢*“=i¤¤- Sec. 198. Any community having three hundred permanent inhabitants may incorplorate as provided in this Act. A petition shall first be presented to the judge of the United States district court presiding over the division wherein the community is located, signed by at least sixt bona fide residents of such community, which petition shall set forth the boundaries of the pro osed co` oration, and state the number of inhabitants therein, and) such other facts as the court may . require. The judge, by an order, shall prescribe the time and manner of giving notice of such incorporation. Such notice having been given, the court shall hear objections to the incorporation made by interested parties, and, if satisfied that the public interests require the incorporation, by order, may make chan es in the boundaries, and shall set forth the name thereof and give gue notice of an election for the purpose of determinin whether the same shall be incorporated. At such election the quali§ed electors of the community may elect a common council of seven members, who shall have the qualifications of electors, such election to be under the control of a board of election · ‘ composed of three bona Bde residents and property owners in the cor- · poration, to be appointed by the court or judge. · glggtglrgcgd their Sec. 199. The qualification of an elector for the first and all subse- °quent municapal e ections Shall be as follows: He shall-be a, male citizen of the Unite States or one who- has declared his intention to become such, and of the age of twenty-one years, and shall have been a bona fide resident of Alaska for one year and of the proposed corporation for six months next prior to the date of election, or any subsequent one: P¢·0·v’ided, There shall be added to the foregoing qualiication in any election to determine whether or not a community shall incorporate the following 'qualiEcation: Every elector shall be the owner of substantial property interests in the corporation. m§‘j=:8*§%g$•§£·e¤;* Md Sec. 200. The election board shall canvass the votes cast, and if a ' two-thirds majority are for incorporationthey shall declare the com- ·munity duly incorporated under the name and style of.--, and shall eclare the seven persons receiving the hi hest number of votes. duly elected councilmen of the co ration. The board shall file a certiied coply of the order with thelcggrk of the district court, the secretary of the district, and the commissioner residin in the corporation. After Eling such orders the co ration shaql be deemed complete and the councilmen shall, after diill; qualifying before the UnitedStates commissioner residing in the corporation, enter upon the duties of their oizlice, and shall hold the same for one year or until their successors shall be elected and qualified.