170 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 2083. 1906. and shall be an inhabitant and qualified voter of the district of Alaska, and shall be not less than twentyéivc years of age, am? vyhcn duly chosen and qualified shall possess the same powers and prxmlcges and °°¤P°¤¤¤°¤- be entitled to the same rate of compensation as the Delegates in the ` House of Representatives from the Territories of the United States: mice for mm Provided, however, That such Delegate, in lieu of all other allowances, age. em. · shall, in addition to his salary, receive the sum of one thousand Eva hundred dollars per annum, which shall cover all mileage and other cx nscs except stationery allowance and compensation for clerk hire. ’ l"'" °“"’“°“· gc. 2. That the first election for Delegate from Alaska shall he held — upon the second Tuesday of August, in the year nineteen hundred and ~ six, and that all subsequent elections for such Delegate shall be held on the second Tuesday in August in each year when there is a general election for Members of the House of Representatives, and that at said first election there shall be elected a Delegate who shall hold his office for the unexpired portion of the Fifty-mnth Congress, which term of 9tHcc is hereinafter designated as the "sh0rt term;" and also at said first election there shall be elected a Delegate who shall hold his offico for the full term of the Sixtieth Congress, which term of ` office is hereinafter designated as the "long· t, orm." ‘ T¤¤¤¤· That the Delegate chosen at said first election for the short term shall hold his office from the date of his election certificate during the ' remainder of the Fifty-ninth Congress; and the Delegate chosen at said first election for the long term shall hold his officc for the full term of the Sixtieth Congress; that the Delegate chosen at each subsequent election shall hold his officc for the same term as the Members of the House of Representatives chosen at the general election in the same car. $•1¤’¥- °*°- Thu);: the salary and allowances of the Delegate chosen for the short term at said first election shall begin with the date of his election certificaté, and shall extend throughout and until the close of the Fifty- ninth Congress. The salary and allowances of the Delegate chosen for the long term at said first election shall begin at the commencement of the term of the Sixtieth Congress and extend throughout and until the close thereof. The salary and allowances of the Delegate chosen at each subsequent election shall he for the full term of the Congress
to which he is elected a Delegate.
mX\‘;f'“€ °¤““”°* Sec. That all mule citizens of the United States tW8DCy’-0110 yours of ago and over who are actual and bonu tide residents of Alaska. und who hnvu been such residents continuously during the cntirc ycnr iummdiutcly preceding the election, and who huvv been such residents continuously for thirty days next nrcvodiug the election in the pgecisvi in which thi? vista. shall be qmhitivd to vote for the olncticm
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tm‘§§`Q"°“ ‘“”"*"‘“‘“ Srcc. 4. Th:1t¢·mr\1 incorporated town in the district of Alaska shall constitute an election district, and whore the population of such town exceeds one thousand inhabitants the common council umy, in their ` discretion, at least thirty days before the <—lm·tion, divide £he district into two or more voting precincts and define the boundaries of ouch umpem. precinct: and the said common council shall also appoint, ut, least thirty days before the election, three judges of election and two clerks for each voting precinct. all of whom shall be qualified voters of theprecine-t: und no more than two judges and one clerk shall belong to 1>¤m.e¤c. the same political part ·. The common council shall nlm, at least thirty days before the dyate of the election, provide :1 suitable polling xmnes. placg for each voting precinct and give due notice of the election by posting :1 written or printed notice m threq_ public places in each rccinct, specifying the time and place of the election, and in case t}}E‘l`€¢ are 0:10 or more newspapers of %;=~ncrul circulation published in the town, then :1 uopy of sm notice- s all also be published in one of such
