Borough Organization and
Boundaries Explained
The whys and whores ot' organ
ized b< coughs have been explained
at length in a recent release by
the State of Alaska’s Local Af
fairs Agency.
Some areas need organized bov
ouhs, it was pointed out. An or
ganized borough, however, will
solve no problems in areas not
needing one. In fact, it will only
add to the problems by burdening
the area with a complex govern
mental structure and with powers
and obligations which the area is
unable to use or fulfill.
Areas that need organized bor
oughs are those in which there
already exist one or more cities
or other forms of local govern
ment, according to the Local Af
fairs Agency. The areas have a
developed and growing economy.
They have a population spread
over an extended area and not
limited to one urban cluster. Most
of these areas now have an inde
pendent. school district. In some
places the population has expand
ed beyond the boundaries of the
existing independent school dis
trict. Some have public utility dis
tricts.
Most residents of the places
which need organized boroughs
should be able to recognize the
need by equating it to their needs
for governmental services on the
local level it is explained. If an
area needs and can afford to fur
nish either schools, access roads,
fire protection, planning and zon
ing, water supply and sewage dis
posal, garbage collection, utility
regulation, police protection, or
similar or related governmental
services, and tif the area is broad
and not limited to a single urban
duster, that is, to a city’s limits,
then that area needs an organ
ized borough.
lhe State Constitution requires
that organized boroughs he es
tablished according to standards
-which must include population
geography, economy, transporta
tion, and other factors. Each bor
ough must embrace an area and
population with common interests
to the maximum degree possible.
Functions which each organ
ized borough must perform are to
be considered, most important of
which is education, the Local Af
fairs Agency says. The most im
portant consideration in establish
ing borough boundaries is consid
eration of the best possible boun
daries for local school oraniza
tion. Practical consideration of
borough boundaries begin on the
local level.
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Harrv savs:
We have been told that there is
a sign over the entrance to the r
traffic court in Memphis, Ten- •
nesseee, which reads: “Don’t ’
complain. Think of the many !
summonses you have deserved,
but didn’t get!”
HARRY WEST
INSURANCEAGENCY
CA 5-3021
Seward
The Constitution implies and the
Bu.ough Act prescribes State su
pervision over the location of bor
ough boundaries. This supervision
takes the form of review by the
Local Affairs Agency and deter
mination by the Local Boundary
Commission.
- The Local Boundary Commis
sion may accept the petition for
incorporation, amend and accept
it. or reject the petition. Its de
cisions are appealable to the Sup
reme Court.
The Borough Act requires the
petition to be signed by both 25
per cent of the voting population
in each first class city and 25 per
cent of the voting population in
the area outside the first class
cities.
Final determination of borough
boundaries nests in the voters.
After accepting a petition for in
corporation, the Local Boundary
Commission returns the petition
al or disapproval. Incorporation
to the local area for voter approv
iequires a favorable vote by the
majority of the qualified voters
voting on the question.
Under the Borough Act of 1961.
no borough may be incorporated
and no boundaries established
without the consent and approval
of a majority of the qualified
voters directly concerned.
State’s New ASC
Committee Meets
The new State Aricultural Sta
bilization and -Conservation Cont
mittee met foe the first time Now.
22, on the campus of the Univer
sity of Alaska.
The newly appointed members,
Darrell Baird, Fairbanks, State
Chairman; Don Hanson, Palmer;
and Larry Lancashire, Homer;
talked with past State Chairman
Phillip Johnson; Ex-Officio Mem
ber, Dean Arthur S. Buswell, di
aler. Service and Dean of the Div
rector of the Cooperative Exten
sion of Statewide Services of the
University of Alaska; Henry Get
tinger, Fairbanks committee
chairman; and Marvin Bushey,
member of the Fairbanks commit
tee, about the ASC program.
Chairman Baird is in Washing
ton, D. C. this week attending a
meeting of all State ASC com
mittee chairmen.
FIRST AID COURSES
Red Cross certification is due
for 86 Stat? Department of Public
Works employees who success
fully completed the standard first
aid courses during November, ac
cording to James Messick, safety
supervisor for the Alaska Div
ision of Highways.
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LEGAL NOTICE
STATE OF ALASKA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
NOTICE OF LAND
LEASE AUCTION
Subjer, to the provisions of
Chapter 169, SLA 1959 as amend
ed n pursuant to the regula
tions promulgated thereunder,
th Dii'« < • of the Div sion of'
Lands or his authorized represent
'd ve V. il lease to the ghost
quali it Udder a parcel of land
in the r utheast quarter of the
Norther- quarter of Section 16,
SPUm MOTEL
IN KENAi
Com; e five Rotes
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| Box 308 b one 283-5656
Township 5 North, Range 10
West, Seward Meridian, contain
ing 5.013 acres more or less, more
particularly bounded and des
cribed as follows:
Commencing at the ‘Section
Comer of Sections 9, 10. 15
and 16. T5N, R10W. SM;
thence SO 5'W. 974.70' to
point of beginning; thence
S05 E, 676.22’ to M. €. 6 (G.
L.O.) on lake shore; thence
S86 51 'W, 170.21’ to M. C.
1; thence S66 47’W, 231.53'
to M. C. 2’ thence N09°56’E,
110.80’ to Station 3; thence
N09’54'E. 347.68' to Station
4; thence N09 51*E, 329.35’
to northwest comer; thence
N89 59’E, 246.45' to north
east corner and point of be
ginning. .
This parcel will be offered for
lease for a 56 year term, at a
minimum annual rental of SI68.
Bids will be accepted at public
auction to be held at the Kenai
Civic Center, Kenai, Alaska, on
December 29. 1961. at 1:00 P.M.
No bids will be accepted for less
than the minimum annual rental.
The successful bidder shall de
posit at the time of the award
a sum not less than 25' $ of the
high bid, plus 850.00, for appli
cation filing fee. Such deposits
shall be made in the form of cash
and or certified check and/or
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■ cashier’s check and or money or
der or combinations thereof.
Following approval by the Com
missioner a lease for a period of
55 years will be issued.
The right is reserved to waive
technical defects in this publica
tion and to reject any and all hids.
Further information may be ob
tained from the Director of the
Division of Lands, 344 Sixth Av
enue. Anchorage. Alaska.
Roscoe E. Bell, Director
Division of Lands,
Dent, of Natural Resources
Published in The cheechako News
Dec. 1. Dec. 8, and Dec. 15, 1961.
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