Jean Ellen Onkka
To Wed on Sept. 20
Mrs. and Mrs. Oliver E. Onkka
of Palmer announce the engage
ment and forthcoming marriage
of their daughter Jean Ellen to
Norman F. Farmer, son of Mr.'
and Mrs. Howard G. Farmer of
Toccoa, Georgia. The marriage
will take place September 20 at
8 p.m. in the United Protestant
Church, with a reception -to fol
low at Elkte hall. No printed in
vitations will be mailed and all
friends are invited to attend.
The couple will leave Palmer
September 25 for a month’s visit
with the prospective bride
groom’s parents, following which
ACCEPTS POSITION
WITH ANCHORAGE FIRM
Clayton Esslinger who recent
ly resigned as comptroller for
the Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association, has ac
cepted a position with the Com
munications Equipment and Ser
vice Company of Anchorage, ac
cording to John Field, firm presi
dent,
Esslinger will be comptroller
and manager of the Anchorage
communications firm whieli op
erates a radio-telephone service
there.
they will make their home at
Laughlin Air Force Base in Del
Rio, Texas.
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Statehood and Constitutional Government
Article No. 6 — The Task
Confronting the First State
Legislature
BY PATRICIA OAKES
When the first state legislature
meets in the legislative chambers
in Juneau in January, its mem
bers, individually and collective
ly, may feel like a man asked to
move Mt. McKinley with pick
and shovel. Hie task facing
these elected law-makers is tre
mendous, almost beyond com
prehension.
The task of the first legisla
ture is not to pass ALL the nec
essary laws to change Alaska
*from a territorial to a state gov
[emment immediately — that
would be humanly impossible.
The all-imporant first legislature,
however, must lay the ground
work to provide that within the
next few years, Alaska will be
able to undertake the full re
sponsibility of state government.
transitional Uovernmeni
Realizing that this could not
be done in one session of the
legislature, the farmers of Alas
ka's Constitution wisely included
within it a schedule of transi
tion measures.
The laws of the Territory of
Alaska in force at the time the
Constitution is declared effective
and consistent with the Constitu
tion will continue in force until
they expire by their own limita
tion, are amended, or repealed.
This section provides that the
services of government will con
tinue through the transitional
period.
Under this section, Federal
courts will continue to function
until state courts can take over
their cases; Territorial offices
and depatrments will continue to
function — to provide for the
health, welfare, education, em
ployment security and legal pro
tection of the individual until
state laws are in effect.
Local Government
The units of local government
now operating—cities, school dis
tricts, health and public utility
districts and other local subdivi
sions—will continue to exercise
their powers and functions under
existing law. New local subdivi
sions of government however,
will be created only in accord
ance with the Constitution.
Officers Continue
The officers of the Territory, or
those under its laws, on the ef
fective date the Constitution will
continue to perform their duties
in a manner consistent with the
provisions of the Constitution un
til superseded by officers of the
State.
Statehood will not cancel debts 1
"or taxes owed to the Territory,
for under the Constitution, debts
and liabilities of the Territory of
Alaska are assumed and will be
paid by the State, and debts
Patricia Oakes
owed the Territory will be col
lected by the State. Territorial
records will become the property
of the State.
First Days
Officers will be elected in each
house—naming the important
speaker .al the house and presi
dent of the senate. Employees
will be hired to handle the “boil
er room” activities. To the unin
itiated, the “boiler room” is the
crowded little set of rooms in
which the gigantic clerical duties
of the legislature are performed.
Adopt Rules
As required by the Constitu
tion, a set of uniform rules will
be adopted by each house of the
legislature under which they
will operate. Committees will be
decided upon and appointments
to those committees made. The
legislators will also have to de
cide upon their compensation.
Consider Judicial Branch
Because the judicial branch
will take over the administration
of state laws not performed by
Federal courts, the legislature
may spend a large portion of
time helping establish the judi
cial system.
Land Grants
Another factor of importance
to the first legislature is legisla
tion necessary to provide selec
tion of land granted under the
Alaska Statehood Act. Alaska
will choose 102,550,000 acres
within the next 25 years.
Natural Resources
The first legislature will pro
bably also work carefully and
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hard to provide that Alaska’s De
partment of Fish and Game is
able to take over control of these
resources as soon as the Secretary
of the Interior will certify, under
terms of the Alaska Statehood
Act, that he feels Alaska is ready
for control.
Research Staff
The first legislature will un
doubtedly renew their apprecia
tion of the work of the legisla
tive council staff with larger ap
propriations to increase it. Laws
made in a hurry, without sufficient
research and study, generally re
quire much amendment and
court clarification. With an ade
quate legislative council staff,
Alaska’s legislature can more ef
ficiently produce constructive
laws for tlie people.
Budget
And of course, the first legis
lature will be faced with the bud
get and appropriation bill for the
new state. Aspirin and icepacks
cannot minimize the work which
goes into these, particularly if an
ticipated revenues do not cover
the budget and additional rev
enue sources must be found.
All in all, it can clearly be
seen that the first legislature
will be a busy one.
Your legislators need your
support, not only at the polls No
vember 25, but in the months
that follow. These people have a
hard job ahead of them. If they
are to provide the laws that you,
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the people of Alaska, want, you
must make your wishes known.
The government %ill be Just as
good as you, the people make it.
In conclusion, we would like
to thank Jessen’s Weekly, the
Juneau Independent, the Anch
orage News, the Ketchikaa
Daily News, the Valdes freeze,
the Palmer ProntidrtS&nt*-th.e
Cordova Times, the Juneau Em
pire and Federal Electric’s Top
O-Spheric Chatter and Nome
Nugget for bringing this series
of articles to the Alaska public.
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