United States District Court,
DISTRICT of ALASKA.
Ill the matter
of the proceedings to define, locate and fix |
the boundaries of the several judicial dis
tricts of tlie District of Alaska.
On this 30th day ot June, a. d. 1900, pursu
ant to the provisions of an act of Congres en- :
titled “A11 Act making further provisions for a '
civil government for Alaska, a id tor other
purposes,” approved Juuebtii a. n. 1900, Hon.
Arthur 11. Noyes, J udge of the Second Judicial
District and H011. j allies Wiekersham, j udge of
the l'inrd Judicial District, of the District of ,
Alaska, met for tne purpose ofdividing the Dis
trict of Alaska in to three recording divisions,
and designating the division of the Court to
supervise each, and to define the boundaries ;
thereof as provided in Section 13 on page b of j
said Act, and after due consideration and delib
eration, such divisions and the boundaries there- 1
of were fixed and determined upon as follows:— j
The Second j ndicisl District of the District I
of Alaska snail consist of all tiiat territory lying i
west of that certain line described as follows:
Coinmeiiciug at the mouth of tne Coiville River
on the north coast of the District of a1 iska,
thence following tne Colville River south and j
west to a point where said ri ver crosses the one
hundred and fifty-fifth meridian line the second
time, thence following the one hundredand fif
ty-lifth meridian line south and west to the
mouth ol the Soonkakat River, where said Soon- i
kukat River empties into the Yukon River; !
thence in a soulu and easterly direction to the
westerly side of Mount McKinley; thence in a
southwesterly direction around the headwaters !
of the Kuskokwiin River to the northwesterly
end of Cake Clark; thence down Take Clark and
Nogheling River to lliamna Take; thence south
erly across Take iliamiia to Kakhonak; thence
in a direct line through the center of i lie Alaskan |
Peninsula to the Straits of isanotski; thence in
a southwesterly direction embracing within the
Second Judicial District all the Aleutian islands.
Ketereuce is acre by ilia to Unit certain
map of Alaska hereto attached and made a part
of this ordef on which map is drawn a double
red line separating the Second and Third jud
icial Districts of tne District of Alaska, as near- ;
ly as possible conforming to the natural objects '
aiid permanent land mark > heretofore reiered to. i
The i irst and Third judicial Districts of the !
District of Alaska shall consist ofsuch territory, \
and be separated by such divisions and lines a>
shall hereafter be iixed and determined upon by
tne Hon.Melville <J. Brown, judge of first judicial
District, and the Hon. James Wickersham, judge
of the Third judicial District of said District of
Alaska, liot included within the second judicial
District as heretofore Described.
The subdivisions of said District of Alaska
and the boundaries of said judicial Districts
may be subsequently altered, changed or modi
fied in the foho*ving manner;—
i'nat any part oi any district may be detach- i
ed from tne same and added to any other dis
trict, whenever in thejudgment of the judges of
said districts so altered or c.ianged.the same shall
be deemed advisable, and such change or altera
tion shall be agreed upon writing between the
Judges of the judicial districts so affected, and
such change or alteration shall be published and
promulgated a-» provided for in Section 13, 011
page 6 of said Act.
i his order shall be executed in triplicate and
recorded in the minutes of the several District
Courts of said District of Alaska.
Witness the signature of the Honorable
Judges of the Several District Courts ofsaid Dis
trict of Alaska this 30th day of June, a.l>. 1900
| Signed | MIC. Brown.
Judge of the First judicial Dis.
t Signed | Arthur II. Noyes.
Judge ot the Second judicial i)is.
| Signed | Janies Wickersham.
J udge of the Third judicial nis
In The United States district court
OISTHICT OF ALASKA.
In the matter
uf the proceedings to define,locate and fix the
boundaries of the several judicial divisions
of the district of Alaska.
Oil this sixth day of July A. I). nineteen
hundred pursuant to the provisions of an act of
congress entitled “An act making further provi
sion for a civil government for Alaska and for
other purposes”, approved June 6th, 1900, the
Hon.M. C. Browu, judge of the first judicial di
vision, and tlie Hon. .fames Wickersham , judge ,
of the third judicial division, of the dtstnct of
Alaska,met at Skagway in the district ol Alaska
for the purpose of dividing the district of Alaska
into three recording divisions, to designate the
divisions of the court to be supervised by eacii, ;
and to define the boundaries there of as provid- ,
ed in section thirteen of said act. And after due
consideration and deliberation the following
boundaries were fixed and determined upon to
vv it:—
The order heretofore and on the thirtieth
day of June, 1900, made and signed by the lion.
Arthur H. Noyes, judge of the second division of
said district of Alaska, and the lion. James
Wickersham judge of the third division of said
district, fixing the boundary line between the
second and third divisions is in all things here
by approved and confirmed;
The line dividing the first and third divisions
of the said district i * fixed as follows, to-wit;
beginning on tlie* line fixed in the order of June
30, 1900, and signed by the judges of the district
court of Alaska, where the same crosses Mt.Mc
Kinley near the headwaters of the Sh ishitna
River, the line shall run thence Kastward along
the divide between the headwaters of the said
Shushitna and Tanana Rivers, and thence Kast
ward along the divide between the headwaters
of the Copper River and the said Tanana River,
and thence So itherlv along the divide between
the river s running westwardly into the Copper
River and other rivers running eastwardly
into the Yukon River, and thence Southward
along said divide to Mt. St. Klias, and thence
following the national houndary line of South
eastern Alaska between the British and Ameri
can Territories to Dixon Kutrauce.
Ami it is hereby ordered that all that pot - !
tion of the di strict of Alaska lying South and
West of the above described line and all that por
tion of the district of Alaska lying South and
Hast of the line fixed in the order of June thirti- j
eth aforesaid and being South of Mt. McKinley, ;
the initial point above named, shall constitute
the first judicial division of the district of
Alaska.
And it is further ordered that all that por
tion of the district of Alaska lying North and
Hast of the watersheds of the said Shush itna
and Copper Rivers as above described, and ly
ing west of the boundary line between the dis
trict of Alaska and the Yukon territory and ly
ing Hast of the line running Northerly from Mt.
McKinley, and h.ved by the order of June thirti
eth aforesaid, shall constitute the third division
of the district of Alaska.
It is further ordered that all that portion of
the district of Alaska lying West of the line fix
ed ia the order of June thirtieth aforesaid and
including all of the A leutian Islands lying to the
Westwaid ofOsanotski Straits shall constitute
the second division of the district of Alaska.
It is further ordered that as soon as it
shall be ascertained that a convenient way
exists of reaching Valdez and the mouth
of the Copper River country from Eagle
City so that the public business may be
more economically managed from the
court at Eagle City that a rearrangement
shall be made whereby the said Copper
River country may be placed in the third
division of said district.
It is further ordered that this order
be attached to the order of June 30, 1900,
and the map attached to that order, and
that this order and the said order of June
[ 30,1900, and the said map,shall constitute
| one order, and that said map shall be re
| ferred to for a more particular indication
1 of said lines and that both of the said or
| ders shall be recorded at large in the re
! cords of each division of said court, and
that the map attached to the same shall
be safely filed with the said orders and
retained for reference with the clerks of
each division.
This order shall be executed in trip
licate and and a copy forwarded to the
clerk of each court.
Witness the signatures of the Hon
orable Judges of the .several divisions of
the said district of Alaska this 6tii day of
July, A. D. I goo.
Signed | M. C. Brown.
Judge of the First Division.
Signed | Janies Wickershatn.
Judge of tile Third Division.
United States
District of Alaska, ss:
I, Albert R. Heilig, Clerk
of the District Court of the United States
for the District of Alaska, Third Division
hereby certify that the foregoing orders
are true and correct copies of the orders
of the Judges of the District Court of the
United States for the District of Alaska,
defining, locating and fixing the bounda
ries of the several judicial divisions of the
District of Alaska, [not including lio .v
ever the map attached to the original or
ders,] as the same are of record and rj
inaiii on file in my office.
In testimony where of I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said
court this sixth (lav of December,\goo.
SEAL | Albert R. Heilig,
Clerk of said Court,
jail 17,24.31.feb,7,14,21,28
United States of America.
United States District Court, District of
A laska, Third Division.
hliner Cj. Scnerer,
Plaintiff
vs.
Louis Koepeke,
WilliamV.Somerville, |
P. King and j
1). Donovan, j
Defendants. I
Sinvmcijs
for
Publication.
/
The President of the United States of Amer
ica, Greeting:
. To the above named defendants:
You are hereby required to appear in the United
States District Court, in and for the District
of Alaska, Third Division, within thirty
days after the completion of the period
of the publication of this summon*,
to-wit: within thirty days after the four
teenth day of February, 1901, and answer the
complaint of the above named plaintiff; and 1111
■ less \ 011 so appear and answer, tlie plaintiff will
apply to the Court for the relief demanded in
j said complaint, to-wit: to quiet and confirm 111
the plaintiff tiie title of a part of placer mining
claim known as No. 7 above lower discovery,
1 jack Wade creek, Alaska, and to grant him a
perpetual injunction in respect of said
! property as against defendants. The date
of the order by the above named Court for ser
vice by publication is November 15th., 1900.
WITNESS the Hon. Janies Wickei sham.
Judge of said Court, this fifteenth day of Nov
ember, in the year of Our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and of our independence tne
i one hundred and twentyfifth. Albert R.lieilig.
George K. French, Clerk.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
! [ SEAL]
Jan.3,10,17,24,31, feb,7,14.
Dr. Tweedie is putting in the
j week sinking a hole on 3 Dawson
creek. Steward Hicks is to put in
! 20 days there when the doctor re
! turns.
I
I O’Brien is in from Rhode Island
; creek and shows some good pros
pects from 4 above.
Austrian Joe is confined to his
bed with thyphoid fever. Joe has
been indisposed for several weeks,
but was able to be aiound.
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