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PUBLIC LAW 632-AUG. 23, 1954

Public Law 632 August 23, 1954 [H. R. 1974]

Alaska. Judicial division boundaries*

41 Stat. 1203.

41 Stat. 1204.

Alaska. 62 Stat. 958. Registration o f judgments.

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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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and IJoune of Representatives of the United States of America in Go7igress assembled, That 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. 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 southwesterly to a point on the divide between the waters flowing to the Beaufort Sea and those flowing to the Bering Sea, approximate latitude sixty-eight degrees nine minutes, longitude one hundred and forty-eight degrees fifty-seven minutes; thence southwesterly along the divide between 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. Public Law 633

August 23, 1954 [H. R. 1976]

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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.

Be it enacted by 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 judgment 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.

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