THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF ALASKA 173 



17, 1884, so far as the same may be applicable and not in con- 

 flict with the provisions of the act providing a civil government 

 for Alaska or with the laws of the United States. There is a 

 difficulty, however, in the machinery to enforce these laws, as 

 there is only one judge, who holds court at Sitka and Wrangell, 

 in the narrow strip along the coast known as the Panhandle. 

 He is, however, authorized and directed to hold such special 

 sessions as may be necessary at such times and places as he may 

 deem expedient. There are nine commissioners for the Terri- 

 tory, who, under the act of May 17, 1884, exercise all the duties 

 and powers, civil and criminal, now conferred on justices of the 

 peace under the general laws of the State of Oregon. Commis- 

 sioners are stationed at Unalaska, Kadiak, Circle City, Dyea, St 

 Michael, Unga, Sitka, Juneau, and Wrangell. These commis- 

 sioners have also probate and habeas corpus jurisdiction, and are 

 notaries public and recorders of deeds. There are a marshal 

 and ten deputy marshals, the latter residing at the places men- 

 tioned above and Douglas City. They have the powers of con- 

 stables under the laws of the State of Oregon. There is one 

 district attorney for the district court and one assistant. 



The salaries of these officials are as follows : 



Governor, $3,000; district attorney, $2,500; marshal, $2,500; 

 district judge, $3,000; clerk, $2,500; commissioners, $1,000, 

 with the usual fees of U. S. commissioners and justices of the 

 peace for Oregon and such fees for recording instruments as are 

 allowed by the laws of the same State ; deputy marshals, $750, 

 with the usual fees of constables in Oregon. 



Under the Interior Department there are twenty-one Indian 

 police. Under the Treasury Department there are four special 

 agents stationed at the Pribilof, or Seal, islands, in Bering sea, 

 whose duty is to protect the seals from poachers and to see that 

 the specified number of skins to be taken each year is not ex- 

 ceeded. They are stationed at the Pribilof islands. There is 

 also an inspector for the protection of the salmon fisheries of 

 Alaska, with one assistant, whose headquarters are at Sitka, but 

 whose duties take them to the various streams along the coast 

 which the salmon frequent, and on which there are canneries. 

 The customs service includes a collector of customs and two 

 deputies at Sitka, and deputies at Juneau, Mary island, Kadiak, 

 Karluk, Cook inlet, Unga, Unalaska, St Michael, Circle City, and 

 Dyea. 



Under the Interior Department there is a general agent of edu- 



