Report to the Secretary of the Interior

and in returning those who are not legal residents of Alaska to their lega residence of to their friends, and the Secretary of the Interior shall, so soon as practicable, return to their places of residence or to their friends all inmates not residents of Alaska at the time they became insane, and the commitment papers for any person hereafter adjudged insane shall include a statement by the committing authority as to the legal residence of such person.

Traffic in intoxicating liquors: For suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquors among the natives of Alaska, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, $16,200.

The Alaska Railroad: For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the authorized work of the Alaska Railroad, including maintenance, operation, and improvements of railroads in Alaska; maintenance and operation of river steamers and other boats on the Yukon River and its tributaries in Alaska; operation and maintenance of ocean going or coastwise vessels by ownership, charter, or arrangement with other branches of the Government service, for the purpose of providing additional facilities for the transportation of freight, passengers, or mail, when deemed necessary, for the benefit and development of industries and travel affecting territory tributary to the Alaska Railroad; stores for resale; payment of claims for losses and damages arising from operations; payment of amounts due connecting lines under traffic agreements; payment of compensation and expenses as authorized by section 42 of the injury compensation act; approved September 7, 1916, to be reimbursed as therein provided, $1,400,000, in addition to all amounts received by the Alaska Railroad during the fiscal year 1928, to continue available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $6,200 of this fund shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1928: Provided further, That $400,000 of such fund shall be available only for such capital expenditures as are chargeable to capital account under accounting regulations prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, which amount shall be available immediately.

[PUBLIC-No. 588-69TH CONGRESS]
[H. R. 10900]

AN ACT To authorize the incorporated town of Wrangell, Alaska, to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $30,000 for the purpose of improving the town's waterworks system

SEC. 3. That the registration for such election, the manner of conducting the same, and the canvass of the returns of said election shall be, as near as practicable, in accordance with the requirements of law in general or special elections in said municipality, and said bonds shall be issued only upon condition that a majority of 65 per centum of the votes cast at such election in said town shall be in favor of issuing said bonds.

SEC. 4. That the bonds above specified, when authorized to be issued as hereinbefore provided, shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the common council of Wrangell not to exceed 6 per centum per annum, payable semiannually and shall not be sold for less than their par value, with accrued interest, and shall be in denominations not exceeding $1,000 each, the principal to be due in twenty years from date thereof: Provided, however, That the common council of the said town of Wrangell may reserve the right to pay off such bonds in their numerical order at the rate of $2,000 thereof per annum from and after the expiration of five years from their date: Provided further, however, That no issue of bonds or other instruments of any such indebtedness shall be made

other than such bonds or other instruments of indebtedness in serial form, maturing in substantially equal annual installments, the first installment to mature not later than five years from date of issue of such series, and the last installment not later than thirty years from date of such issue. Principal and interest shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of the town treasurer or at such bank in the city of New York, in the State of New York, or such place as may be designated by the common council of the town of Wrangell, the place of payment to be mentioned in the bonds: And provided further, That each and every such bond shall have the written signature of the mayor and clerk of the said town of Wrangell and also bear the seal of said town.

SEC. 5. That no part of the funds arising from the sale of said bonds shall be used for any purpose other than specified in this act. Said bonds shall be sold only in such amounts as the common council shall direct, and the proceeds thereof shall be disbursed for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned and under the order and direction of said common council from time to time as the same may be required for said purposes.

Approved, February 9, 1927.

[PUBLIC NO. 589-69TH CONGRESS]

[H. R. 11843]

AN ACT To authorize the incorporated town of Fairbanks, Alaska, to issue bonds for the purchasing, construction, and maintenance of an electric light and power plant, telephone system, pumping station, and repairs to the water front, and for other' purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the incorporated town of Fairbanks, Alaska, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bonds in any sum not exceeding $100,000 for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, and maintaining an electric light and power plant, telephone system, pumping station, and repairs to the water front in said town.

SEC. 2. That before said bonds shall be issued a special election shall be ordered by the common council of the town of Fairbanks, at which election the question whether such bonds shall be issued shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said town of Fairbanks. Thirty days' notice of any such election shall be given by publication thereof in a newspaper printed and published and of general circulation in said town before the day fixed for such election.

SEC. 3. That the registration for such election, the manner of conducting the same, and the canvass of the returns of said election shall be, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the requirements of law in general or special elections in said municipality, and said bonds shall be issued only upon the condition that a majority of sixty-five per centum of the votes cast at such election in said town shall be in favor of issuing said bonds.

SEC. 4. That the bonds above specified, when authorized to be issued as hereinbefore provided, shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6 per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and shall not be sold for less than their par value with accrued interest and shall be in such denominations as the common council of said town may designate, but not exceeding $1,000 each: Provided, however, That no issue of bonds or other instruments of any such indebtedness shall be made, other than such bonds or other instruments of indebtedness in serial form maturing in substantially equal annual installments, the first installment to mature not later than five years from the date of the issue of such series, and the last installment not later than thirty years from the date of such issue. Principal and interest shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of the town treasurer, town of Fairbanks, Alaska, or at such other place as may be designated by the common council of the town of Fairbanks, the place of payment to be mentioned in said bonds: And provided further, That each and every such bond shall have the written signature of the mayor and clerk of said town of Fairbanks and also bear the seal of said town. SEC. 5. That no part of the funds arising from the sale of said bonds shall be used for any purpose other than that specified in this act. Said bonds shall be 62375-27-9

sold only in such amounts as the common council shall direct, and the proceeds thereof shall be disbursed by the treasurer of said town under the limitations hereinbefore imposed and under the direction of said common council from time to time as the same may be required for the purposes aforesaid.

Approved, February 9, 1927.

[PUBLIC-No. 590-69TH CONGRESS]

[H. R. 10901]

AN ACT To authorize the incorporated town of Wrangell, Alaska, to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $50,000 for the purpose of constructing and equipping a publicschool building in the town of Wrangell, Alaska

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the incorporated town of Wrangell, Alaska, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $50,000 for the purpose of constructing and equipping a public-school building in the town of Wrangell, Alaska: Provided, however, That no issue of bonds or other instruments of any such indebtedness shall be made other than such bonds or other instruments of indebtedness in serial form maturing in substantially equal annual installments, the first installment to mature not later than five years from the date of the issue of such series, and the last installment not later than thirty years from the date of such issue. SEC. 2. That before said bonds shall be issued a special election shall be ordered by the common council of the town of Wrangell, at which election the question of whether such bonds shall be issued shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said town of Wrangell whose names appear on the last assessment roll of said town for municipal taxation. Thirty days' notice of such election shall be given by publication thereof in a newspaper printed and published and of general circulation in said town before the day fixed for such election.

SEC. 3. That the registration for such election, the manner of conducting the same, and the canvass of the returns of said election shall be, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the requirements of law in general or special elections in said municipality, and said bonds shall be issued only upon condition that a majority of 65 per centum of the votes cast at such election in said town shall be in favor of issuing said bonds.

SEC. 4. That the bonds above specified, when authorized to be issued as hereinbefore provided, shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the common council of Wrangell, not to exceed 6 per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and shall not be sold for less than their par value, with accrued interest, and shall be in denominations not exceeding $1,000 each, the principal to be due in twenty years from date thereof: Provided, however, That the common council of the said town of Wrangell may reserve the right to pay off such bonds in their numerical order at the rate of $4,000 thereof per annum from and after the expiration of five years from their date. Principal and interest shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of the town treasurer or at such bank in the city of New York, in the State of New York, or such place as may be designated by the common council of the town of Wrangell, the place of payment to be mentioned in the bonds: And provided further, That each and every bond shall have the written signature of the mayor and clerk of said town of Wrangell and also bear the seal of said town.

Approved, February 9, 1927.

[PUBLIC-NO. 599-69TH CONGRESS]

[S. 3928]

IN ACT Authorizing the designation of an ex officio Commission for Alaska for each of the executive departments of the United States, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered, each for his own department, to designate an employee thereof, employed in and residing in Alaska, who shall be styled ex officio Commissioner for Alaska for the department from which he is selected and who, from the date of his designation, shall reside and maintain an office in the capital of Alaska. SEC. 2. That each of said Secretaries shall delegate and assign to the comEssioner representing his department general charge of any or all matters in Laska under the jurisdiction of such department, or of any bureau or agency thereof, to the extent, in the manner, and subject to such supervision and conol as the Secretary may deem proper and expedient.

SEC. 3. That, to the extent the respective Secretaries may determine, employees of the departments affected by this act who are stationed in Alaska shall be placed under the direct supervision and control of the ex officio commissioner for his department, herein provided for, together with any additional Free which may be detailed by the Secretary of the Interior, Agriculture, or Commerce, from the personnel of his department, should necessity therefor arise; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the employbent of any additional personnel or to warrant the transfer of any clerk or ther employee from one department to another, except in the manner provided by law.

SEC. 4. That the Secretaries named in section 1 hereof may transfer to the officer Designated hereunder as his representative the records or transcripts of records, property (including office and field equipment), and unexpended balances of appropriations which they may deem necessary or proper to transfer to Alaska order to carry into effect the provisions of this act.

SEC. 5. That the President of the United States may, by order in writing, Could he deem it conducive to economical and effective administration, and with the concurrence of all the Secretaries of the respective departments invived, place under the supervision and direction of one of the three ex officio *mmissioners provided for in section 1 hereof, and subject to the provisions of ection 2 of this act, any governmental activity relating to Alaska provided for ty law now under the direction of the Secretaries named in section 1 hereof, d to transfer to the officer so selected the necessary personnel, records, or transcripts of records, property (including office and field equipment), and Expended balances of appropriations: Provided, That the charge and control all matters relating to the construction and maintenance of roads in Alaska ich may now be under the jurisdiction of any other department, bureau, or acy of the Government, together with the records or transcripts thereof, the Property including field and office equipment and the unexpended balances of propriations pertaining thereto, may, with the concurrence of the Secretaries the respective departments involved, be assigned and transferred to the Bard of Road Commissioners for Alaska, created by and in pursuance of the visions of section 2 of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for de construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the District of Alaska, td for other purposes," approved January 27, 1905, as amended by the act pproved May 14, 1906.

Sc. 6. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to ake an examination as to the feasibility and propriety of consolidating into ingle force the police and law enforcement agencies of the Federal Governt in Alaska, and to report to the next session of the Congress his conclusions *th reference thereto and the facts upon which they are based, together with a statement of the cost of such consolidation as compared with present expendiares for law enforcement in that Territory.

Approved, February 10, 1927.

[PUBLIC-NO. 628-69TH CONGRESS]

[H. R. 11803]

AN ACT To authorize the incorporated town of Juneau, Alaska, to issue bonds for the construction and equipment of schools therein, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the incorporated town of Juneau, Alaska, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bonds in any sum not exceeding $100,000 for the purpose of purchasing a site for and for constructing and equipping and enlarging and repairing schoolhouses in said town.

SEC. 2. That before said bonds shall be issued a special election shall be ordered by the common council of the town of Juneau, at which election the question whether such bonds shall be issued shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said town of Juneau whose names appear on the last assessment roll of said town for municipal taxation. Thirty days' notice of any such election shall be given by publication thereof in a newspaper printed and published and of general circulation in said town before the day fixed for such election.

SEC. 3. That the registration for such election, the manner of conducting the same, and the canvass of the returns of said election shall be, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the requirements of law in general or special elections in said municipality, and said bonds shall be issued only upon the condition that 65 per centum of the votes cast at such election in said town shall be in favor of issuing said bonds.

SEC. 4. That the bonds above specified, when authorized to be issued as hereinbefore provided, shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6 per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and shall not be sold for less than their par value with accrued interest and shall be in such denominations as the common council of said town may designate, but not exceeding $1,000 each: Provided, however, That no issue of bonds or other instruments of any such indebtedness shall be made, other than such bonds or other instruments of indebtedness in serial form maturing in substantially equal annual installments, the first installment to mature not later than five years from the date of the issue of such series, and the last installment not later than thirty years from the date of such issue. Principal and interest shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of the town treasurer of the town of Juneau, Alaska, or at such other place as may be designated by the common council of the town of Juneau, the place of payment to be mentioned in said bonds: And provided further, That each and every such bond shall have the written signature of the mayor and clerk of said town of Juneau and also bear the seal of said town.

SEC. 5. That no part of the funds arising from the sale of said bonds shall be used for any purpose other than that specified in this act, but may be used for enlarging the present school building. Said bonds shall be sold only in such amounts as the common council shall direct, and the proceeds thereof shall be disbursed by the school board of said town under the limitations hereinbefore imposed and under the direction of said common council from time to time as the same may be required for the purposes aforesaid. Approved, February 21, 1927.

[PUBLIC-No. 726-69TH CONGRESS]

[H. R. 15650]

AN ACT To amend section 10 of the act entitled "An act extending the homestead laws and providing for right of way for railroads in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes," approved May 14, 1898 (Thirtieth Statutes at Large, page 409)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 10 of the act entitled "An act extending the homestead laws and providing for right of way for railroads in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes," approved May 14 1898 (Thirtieth Statutes at Large, page 409), be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following after the word "otherwise" in line 14 of the section: "Provided, That any citizen of the United States twenty-one years of

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