Vnitki.) Status District Court,
district of Alaska.
In the mat Ur
o(. the proceedings to define, locate ami fix
the boundaries of me secern! judicial dis
tricts of the District of Alaska .
On tins 30m day of June, A. 1*. 1900, pursu
ant to the provisions oi an act of Congrcs en
titled “An A cl making farmer provisions for a
etcii goccniiii a.t for Ai i s » 1, .1 t l lor outer
purpose " .ipp.ov d juneuui \ d. mu<>, Hum.
nruiiic il \ o > es, j iiu^r el me Secuml jiidiei.il
District and lion, j.oiks \\ iCkcroham , ; udge of
Vue f niril j iidual Dhiuci, of the Duma of
, 1 iaskn, met lor me p.1 rpose 01 d 1 cidin 14 me Dis
trict of A la os. 1 into Uiree reeordia ; divisions,
aiid designating me dici don of lue Court to
supervise eacn, and to define me boundaries
thereof as provided 111 Section 13 on page o of
sanl Act, and after one consideration ami delib
eration, sucii dimioirsami me Don udur les lucre
of were li ved and dei.ernu.ied upon as follows:
idle Second jiidieisl munci ul me District
of Alaska snail eonsi.si o i a11 mat territory 1 ymg
w e.d of in tl Cva min line described as folio.\S.
Com ill end .i ; at me luoam of me coicilte Kiccr
Oil me norm coast ul tm in dric*. ot Alaska,
laeuee following tne colville nicer south and
wed lo .t point a here said tavei crosses t lie one
n i nired and uKy-iilm nkridi.m Lae the second
lime. t lienee ihion in * iiie one nuiidredaud lit
ty nftii uiji idi.ui li.ie .-u.iln and west lo me
liiiMui 01 the Soon k.iK.it River, wnere said Soon
k. ikal Kiccr empties liito liie Vukou Kivcr;
tneiiee in a soiim and ea .».crly direcLiou to the
westerly sale of Atonal A.crunkw; mence in a
so.itn e derly direction around me headwaters
of the KiISRua .UiII nicer to tne northwesterly
end of mike darn, t.ienee down Dane dark and
Nogheling ni cer to iiiain 1a Lake; thence soum
er 1 c acrus > w.ikv tliaiuua to iv. a n n o 11 ■ 1 k. . 111 en ce
i 11 a direct line t nrough the center f 1 ne A la-man
Peninsula to tne straits o t lsauolski. thence in
a so.11 iUv ester i y d 1 reel D ui embracing within tne
See >rid judicial j > ..d t a 1 all the Aleutian »la ud ..
iVv’IOiv’.lJv1 l ' 11 /IV !> / il l I D> III II CVI l • I I 11
llKlp of A Kl dU IKTv tu .M.HM/d a 111 l 11 ia< l V • .1 pa l L
oi i iiis onu-r oa w hum map n drawn a do.line
l ad line separat i ug me Second and Tnird jud
ieia 1 i>Mil*ipts i tlie di ariei c( A Li >ka, a> near
ly as po •> u ole con lor m i ug to me n a l u ra 1 objects
and [KTHi.uit'iU land mu, .x > heretofore reiercd to.
i‘he i irst a.id mini judicial Districts oftne
I d s 11* i e l o l Alaska s 11 < 111 eon l s t < > I s n c i l t e r i a t > > r \',
;i.id be .'•eparated by such di visions ami lines a>
s.mil hereafter he n.*ed and detenui ned upon bv
tne Hon.Mel vi 1 ie «'.in ovvn,judge ol first | udieiat
District, ana tile lion. James W leKersnam. judge
oi tile Tint'd j tidici.il District oi .->aid District of
n taska. not inchtded witnin tne second j tidicial
District as heretofore Devrioed.
The siibdiv lsions oi .ana oistrict of Alaska
and tile boundaries of said judicial iu.siricts
in ly De sub>e pieutly altered, changed or nioui
tien in the fol.ow iu , iiianner: —
idiat any part oi any district may be detach
ed k otn tile Sctiiie and added to aim olner an
II a Ji, \\ n eii e ve i in tuej nd.:,ment oi me nidges of
s i. I districts so al terea or eiianged,tne sauie siiall
be deemed advisable, andsnen cnaugeor altera
tion sjiall be agreed n pon wrui ng oeiween tne
J udges of tile judicial di aricis so affected, and
suen cinunge or alier.ition shall lie puhli -died and
piunnalgated as provided lor in occlion iy, on
page o oi said Act.
A ins order snail be executed in li iplicate.aud
recorded in tile in mules ol the se.erai District
you ns ol said Di arid of Alaska.
vViiCNKSStue signature of the Honorable
J udges of the Several Di strict Courts of said Dis
tiicioi Alaska tins 30th day of June, a.d. ipoo
j o. jNdd I M. y. Brown.
Judge of the l;irst judicial Dis.
tSiGxr;i)| Arthur ii. Noyes.
J udge of the second judicial Dis.
| SidCdi) I janics Wickershani.
o mige oi uie i'mrd judicial Dis
In Tiik Unitkd Statics district coi kt
DioTHiCT OF ALASKA.
In tht matter
o. the proceedings to define,locate and fix the
bound tries of the several judicial divisions
of the district of Alaska.
Oil this sixth day of July A. I), nineteen
hundred puruiant to the provisions of an act of
co lgress entitled “An act making further provi
sion for a civil government for Alaska and for
o-her purposes”, approved June 6th, 1900, the
Ho-a.aI. C. drown, jud0e of the first judicial di
vision, and the Hon. James Wickersliam . judge
of the third judicial division, of Li.c dtMi ict of
Alaska,met at Skagway in the district oi Alaska
for the purpo >0 of oiviuing t he district of A la -ka
into three recording dividons, to designate the
divisions of the court to be supervised l>v each ,
and to detine the boundaries there of as provid
ed in section thirteen ofsaidaet. And after one
consideration and deliberation the follow in:;'
boundaries were fixed a ml de term ined upon lo
w i t:
The order heretolore and on the thirtieth
day ol dune, u i <., mam ami dgru d b\ the lion.
Arthur i l. N oye->, j id gc el in.• v.vm.hI d i . isio t of
said distiiet of Alaska, and the Hon. ♦lames
Wickersham judge of lhe third di v i non of -end
district, fixing tin* boundary line between the
Second and lull'd fn visions m in all tilings here
by approved and conurincd;
'idle line di ridiitg tue iiist and tbird di visions
ol the said district 1 -> h\ed a^ lolloa ■>. to w it:
beginning on the line fixed in theordei of dune
30, njoo, ami signed b\* tile j mlge ■» ol the d i.stnel
court ol Alaska, \viiere the same crosses Mi..Me
lvin ley near the headwaters < f the Sh i.snitna
River, the line shall run t.ncuce ivutvvard along
the di\idc Ik h\ a 11 tlu iu now at< rs < j the said
Shush it 11a and Tana 11a kivei ■>, and t lienee . East
ward along t in-divide between Ur Headwaters
of t lie koppt : k 1 ver and t he said fana.na aar
and thence S • liberty along tlu divide u: i.
t he r i vci -■ r u 11 n i ug west wardly into the vur .vr
River and other rivers running casLwaialy
into the V.inon River, and trteaee Sontnwaid
along said divide to Mt. Si. Klias, and thence
following the national boundary 1 i L1 o of S»> 1 th
en Mem Alaska between tile bruish and Ameri
can Terruon u to 1 >1x0.1 Mu trance.
Vi'(t it is hereby ordered trial all th tt por
tion of tire (li drict of Alaska l\ing Sooth and
West ol the above described line and all ihat por
tion of the <1 istriel t f Ala ka Wing South ami
Hast of tile line fixed in the order of June thirti
eth afore aid and being South of Mt. McKinley,
the inilial point above named, shall constitute
the Inst judicial division of the district of
A11 '■ka.
And it is fiii tin r ordered that all that por
tion of t lie district of Alaska lying North and
Hast ol the watersheds ot the said Siiushitna
ami Copper Rivers as above described and ly
ing we-it of the boundary line between the dis
trict of Alaska and the Yukon territory and ly
ing Hast of the line running Northerly f rom Alt.
McKinley, and h xcd by t he order o I j u no t h in i
et h a fore >aid, shall con st i tute tile third di vision
of the di strict of Alaska.
It is fn rt tier ordered that all that portion of
the district of Alaska lying 'Vesi of t tie line fix
ed ia the order of June thirtieth aforesaid and
i n cl ml i ng all of t he Aleutian I si amis 1 y i ng t o t he
West wa id of Osauotski Straits sliall constitute
the second di vision of the di strict of A laska.
It is further ordered that as soon as it
shall be ascertained that a con veil ie lit wav
exists of reaching Valdez and the mouth
of the Copper River country from Ivagle
City so that the public business mav be
more economically managed from the
court at Ivagle Citv that a rearrangement
shall be made whereby the stud Copper
River country may be placed in the third
1 division of stud district.
It is lurther ordered that this order
he attached to the order oi 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
j one order, and that said map shall be re
I ferred to lor a more particular indication
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 6111 dayol
July, \. i). /(yoo.
| SidJNKD | M. C. Brown.
Judge ol the hirst Division,
[ SfbNKD | James Wiekershain.
Judge of the Third Division.
Dili ted States
1).strict ol Alaska, ss:
I., A 1 Deri 1\ . He dig, Clerk
ol the District Court ol tile 1 u.tcuolUL is
lor the Distnct ol" Alaska, Tlniu Div sio.i
hereby cei tilv that the lorego.ng oruos
are true and correct copies ol the outers
ol the Judges of tile District Court ol tue
l mica States lor the District ol Alaska,
defining, locating and fixing tile Bonn .li
nes oi me several judicial divisions oi tu *
District of Alaska, [not includ.ng lio.v
ever tile nia]) attached to the original or
ders, | as the same are ol recoru and iv
maiu on lile in mv office.
In test.mo: r d I have henui;i!>
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rniteu Man s i i a net e e i.r i imtrietel
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Louis Koepcke,
William V.Somerville, |
1*. Luo; and
l). L/otiov.i ii,
l a. tenriauts.
Si II i II: ( V, S
tor
Publication.
The President of the bailed Slates of Amer
ica, tweeting:
To the above named defendant-.:
You are hereby required to appear in the \ n i: < d
States bismet luuri, in and for the i i-'i ’d.
of Alaska, ’third Division, within tnui/
days after the completion of the pern 1
of the publication of this siin; m->., >,
to-wit: within thirty days after the four
teenth day of l ebruaiy. mm, ai.d answei tue
com plaint ot the above named plaintiff; and un
less x ou so appear and answ er. tire plaintiif w i! 1
apply to the Court for the relief demanded m
v-iiiid complaint, to-wit: loqiiiel and eonliim 1.1
the plaintiff the title id a part of placer minlug
claim known as No. 7 above lower dweoverv,
jack Wade creeklasna, and to grant hi: . a
perpetual injunction 111 lespect of' said
property as against defendants. flic hate
of the order by the above named Court for se r
viee by publication is November isili., imo.
A\ i IAN hsS tiie Hon. James W iekr 1 shu m ,
judge of said Court, tins fifteenth da\ ol Nov
ember, in the year of run* bol d one thousand
nine hundred ami of oar independence tne
one hundred and twentyhfth. Albei t R.lieilig.
Ceor.eK. Trench, Clerk.
A ttol'ticy for Plaintiff.
[SKAK]
Jan. 3,10,17,21,31, fel>. 7,14.
An unknown man nearly sixty
years ot age was found in a cabin
25 miles above Ft. Yukon with
both his feet frozen. A collection
was taken at Circle to bring; him
there for medical aid. He refused
to go. iias no provi. 1011s aud is in
a dying condition.
A petition asking congress to send
\ alclez mail direct to Ramptrt from
the head of the Copper river and
not via Eagle, received over 100
signers and was sent out.