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the Territory has been presented to Congress and is now under 

 consideration. It may be amended before final adoption. It 

 makes the following provisions: 



The temporary seat of government will be at Sitka, but there will be 

 no legislative assembly and no delegate to Congress. 



The governor will be appointed and will have such powers as pertain 

 to the governor of a Territory. 



A district court is established, with civil and criminal jurisdiction, and 

 three district judges are provided, one presiding in each of the three di- 

 visions into which the district is divided. One will preside in Sitka, one 

 at St Michael, and one at Circle City. At least two terms of court shall 

 be held yearly at Sitka and one in each of the other divisions. Special 

 terms may be held, if necessary. The jurisdiction of each division shall 

 extend over the entire district, but the court may change the place of 

 trial from one division to another in certain cases. 



The respective judges shall appoint and at pleasure remove commis- 

 sioners for the district, who shall have the powers and jurisdiction of 

 commissioners of the United States circuit courts. They shall also have 

 the power and exercise the duties of justices of the peace; shall have 

 jurisdiction in all testamentary and probate matters ; shall have power 

 to grant writs of habeas corpus ; shall have the power of notaries public ; 

 and shall have, when acting as justices of the peace, jurisdiction in suits, 

 not affecting titles, where the value involved is not over $1,000. 



Three clerks shall be appointed, one for each of the three divisions of 

 the court. There shall also be three district attorneys. 



There shall he a marshal, who shall appoint a chief deputy marshal 

 for each division. 



The governor, with a salary of $4,000; attorneys, $4,000; judges, 

 $6,000; clerks, $2,500, and marshal, $4,000, shall be appointed by the 

 President, and shall hold office for four years. 



The commissioners shall receive double the usual fees of United States 

 commissioners and of justices of the peace in Oregon ; the chief deputy 

 and deputy marshals, double the usual fees of constables and deputy 

 marshals in Oregon. 



The judges of the distinct shall divide it into three recording divisions, 

 and each court may establish in its division one or more recording dis- 

 tricts, in which a commissioner shall act as recorder, while the clerk of 

 the court shall be ex officio recorder in any part of the district not so 

 established. 



Notices of location of mining claims shall be filed for record within 90 

 days from the date of discovery, and shall be recorded in the recording 

 district wherein the claim is situated. 



The President is empowered to establish or discontinue land districts, 

 and to appoint a register and receiver for each district so established. 



The United States mining laws shall continue applicable to the Terri- 

 tory. 



Natives of the Dominion of Canada shall be accorded the same mining 



