Punishment "That if any false material statement is made in any

for perjury.

Application to be denied.

Revocation.

deposit.

part of such petition or affidavit the petitioner or petitioners shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof said license shall be revoked and said licensee shall be subject to the penalties provided by law for the crime of perjury.

"That should it appear to the district judge that any of the statements above enumerated, required to be made in the petition, are untrue at the time of application for such license, such application shall be denied.

"That should it appear to the district judge, after the granting of any such license, that any of the statements above enumerated, required to be made in the petition, are untrue, or that the applicant is permitting any of the things to be done or exist on or about the premises contrary to the statements required in the petition, it shall be the duty of such judge to forthwith enter an order reForfeiture of voking such license, and all license moneys deposited by the applicant shall be thereby forfeited, and it shall be the duty of the United States marshals and their deputies and the United States attorneys and their deputies in said district to investigate and report to the district judge any violations of any of the provisions of this section: Provided, That this Act shall not be so construed as to prevent any innkeeper or any person operating a hotel in good faith from receiving as guests women and

Proviso.

Women and minors.

Licenses, wholesale and retail.

etc.

Fees.

minors.

"SEC. 468. That the liquor licenses authorized and provided for by this Act shall be of two classes, namely, wholesale and barroom. Every applicant for a license shall deposit the amount of the license fee with the clerk of the court at the time of filing his application therefor: and if upon consideration of such application by the court, as provided for in this Act, the court shall determine to grant the license prayed for, it shall notify the clerk of the court and the applicant in writing and the applicant shall thereupon receive his license.

That the fee for a wholesale license shall be two thousand dollars per annum, and for a barroom or retail Provisos. license one thousand dollars per annum: Provided, That Steamboats, 'the fee for a retail license for road houses on regular post roads or trails where the population within two miles of the place where the business is to be conducted does not exceed fifty people, or for a steamboat or steamer operating on the inland rivers of Alaska during the season of open navigation, shall be five hundred dollars per Sale of in- annum: Provided, That said steamboat or steamer shall in port prohib not be authorized to sell intoxicating liquor while in port Towns, etc., or dock: And provided, That the words towns, camps, or settlements, as used in this Act shall be construed to embrace the population within a radius of two miles of the place wherein the business is to be conducted under the license.

toxicants while

ited.

defined.

Retail 11

cense.

liquor business

"That a retail or barroom license shall be required for every hotel, tavern, boat, barroom, or other place in which intoxicating liquors are sold at retail. "That a wholesale license shall only authorize the, Wholesale licensee to sell distilled, malt, or fermented liquors, wines, restrictions. and cordials in quantities not less than four gallons, not to be drunk upon the premises where sold; and no such license shall be granted until it is satisfactorily shown that the place where it is intended to carry on such business is properly arranged for selling such liquor as merchandise.

"barroom.'"

R.

3244.

S. sec.

"That every place where distilled, malt, or fermented. Meaning of wines, liquors, or cordials are sold in quantities as prescribed for retail dealers by section thirty-two hundred and forty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to be drunk upon the premises, shall be regarded as a barroom; and the possession of malt, distilled, fermented, or any other intoxicating liquors, with the means and appliances for carrying on the business of dispensing the same to be drunk where sold, shall be prima facie evidence of a barroom within the meaning of this Act, and the license therefor shall be known as a barroom license: Provided, That no license shall be granted for the sale of liquors at either wholesale or retail in any where sold. other than a substantial building which shall have cost for construction not less than five hundred dollars."

Proviso. Building

Sale of liquor to Indians.

Liquors, intoxicating

ex

SEC. 9. That section one hundred and forty-two of said Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 142. That if any person shall, without the authority of the United States, or some authorized officer tracts, etc., thereof, sell, barter, or give to any Indian or half-breed prohibited. who lives and associates with Indians, any spirituous, malt, or vinous liquor or intoxicating extracts, such person shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not to exceed two years. "That the term "Indian' in this Act shall be construed Meaning of to include the aboriginal races inhabiting Alaska when dian." annexed to the United States, and their descendants of the whole or half blood, who have not become citizens of the United States.

Penalty.

word

R.

S.

"In

sec.

"That section nineteen hundred and fifty-five of the of rearms, Revised Statutes of the United States and all that part etc. of section fourteen of 'An Act providing a civil govern- 1955. ment for Alaska,' approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, after the word 'provided,' is hereby repealed."

surgery.

SEC. 10. That it shall be unlawful for any person to Medicine and practice medicine or surgery, or any of the departments License for thereof, within the Territory of Alaska, until he or she practice of. shall have first obtained a license therefor as hereinafter in this Act prescribed.

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ments.

Require SEC. 11. That no person shall receive a license to practice medicine or surgery, or any of the departments thereof, within the Territory of Alaska until he or she shall have, first, submitted a diploma issued by some legally chartered medical school authorizing the holder thereof to practice medicine or surgery, the requirements for graduation of which medical school shall have been at the time of granting said diploma in no particular less than those prescribed by the Association of American Medical Colleges for that year, or, second, submitted proof of having practiced medicine or surgery, or both, for a period of not less than three successive years continuously prior to the passage of this Act and within the jurisdiction of one of the judicial districts of Alaska.

Applications.

SEC. 12. That any person desiring to obtain a license to practice medicine or surgery within the Territory of Alaska shall first make application therefor to the clerk of the court of the district in which he desires to practice. The application shall be in writing, and shall state the name of the applicant, his age, his residence, the name and location of the college whence his diploma issued, the length of time, if at all, he has practiced medicine, and where, giving specifically the names of places wherein he has so practiced medicine. The application shall be accompanied by the diploma of the applicant, or duly authenticated copy, as must also an affidavit setting forth that he or she is the person therein named, and that the diploma was procured in the regular manner after the regular course of study prescribed by the medical school granting the same, without fraud or misrepresentation. License to SEC. 13. That any applicant for license to practice medicine or surgery within the Territory of Alaska, not in possession of the credentials specified in section three of this Act, may obtain a license at the discretion of the clerk of the district court to whom he applies upon furRequire nishing a properly attested statement, to wit: That he or she is a bona fide resident of Alaska, and has been engaged in the practice of medicine exclusively within the Territory of Alaska for a period of not less than three successive years immediately prior to the passage of this Act. The application shall be accompanied by the written recommendation of three bona fide residents of the judicial district wherein the applicant desires to practice, one of whom must be a physician holding a license under section three of this Act, and shall state in a general way applicant's character and professional ability.

resident practitioners.

ments.

Recording license, etc.

SEC. 14. That every person receiving a license to practice medicine or surgery within the Territory of Alaska shall have such license recorded in the office of the clerk of the court of the district wherein he is practicing, or proposes to practice, within thirty days from date of issuance. And when such licentiate moves into another district for the purpose of continuing the practice of

medicine, he shall first file for record with the clerk of the court of the district to which he moves a certified copy of the license.

Prima facie evidence of

SEC. 15. That any person shall be regarded as practicing medicine within the meaning of this Act who shall practice. within the Territory of Alaska append the letters M. D. to his name, or who shall prescribe or administer or make known his ability or willingness to prescribe or administer drugs, medicines, electricity, magnetism, hydrotherapy, or perform any operation or manipulation, or apply any apparatus or appliance for the cure, alleviation, correction, or reduction of any human disease, ill, deformity, defect, wound, or injury, including midwifery for hire, fee, compensation, or reward, promise, offered, or accepted, directly or indirectly. The doing of any of the acts of this section above mentioned shall be taken to be prima facie evidence on the part of the person

cases.

sioned medical

doing to represent himself or herself as engaged in the practice of medicine or surgery or both. But nothing in But nothing in Emergency this Act shall be so construed as to inhibit service in case of emergency, medical or surgical relief of natives of Alaska by employees of the Bureau of Education, or to the domestic administration of family remedies, nor to legally qualified dentists when engaged exclusively in the practice of dentistry. Nor shall this Act apply to any Commis commissioned medical officer in the United States Army officers, etc. or Marine-Hospital Service or Bureau of Education in the discharge of his professional duties, or to any ship's doctor attached to any vessel plying or operating in Alaska. SEC. 16. That applications for license to practice medi- Recording 11cine within the Territory of Alaska shall be recorded by the clerk of the district court in which they are presented within five days of date of presentation. Said record shall specify under which section of this Act the license be issued, if issued, and the date thereof. The record containing said applications shall be accessible to the public during office hours of the clerk of the court for inspection. A fee of ten dollars shall accompany each application for license.

SEC. 17. That every person who shall practice, or shall attempt to practice medicine within the meaning of this Act without having first obtained a license therefor as prescribed in this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than thirty nor more than one hundred days, or by both fine and imprisonment, and each day of such practice shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.

SEC. 18. That all moneys collected from licenses or fines under this Act shall be disposed of in the manner already provided for by law applicable to the Territory

of Alaska.

censes, etc.

Fee.

Penalty for violation.

Disposition of funds.

Feb. 9, 1909. CHAP. 101.-An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent [H. R. 26399.] deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June [Public, No. thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine.

222.]

35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 614.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem Urgent defi- bled, That the following sums be, and the same are priations. hereby, appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, namely:

ciencies appro

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Alaska.

Investigation

For continuation of the investigation of the mineral of mineral re- resources of Alaska, ninety thousand dollars, to continue sources. available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten.

Mar. 1, 1909. CHAP. 232.-An Act Making appropriations for the service of [H. R. 26305.] the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thir[Public, No. tieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for other purposes.

290.]

35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 660.

Postal serv

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assemice appropria: bled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Department, in conformity with the Act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows:

tions.

Transporta

tion.

Discontinu

by rural delivery.

OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

For inland transportation by star routes, including Star routes. temporary service to newly established offices, seven milProvisos. lion sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of ance if served this appropriation shall be expended for continuance of any star-route service the patronage of which shall be served entirely by the extension of rural delivery service, nor shall any of said sum be expended for the establishment of new star-route service for a patronage which is Alaska emer already entirely served by rural delivery service: Provided, That out of this appropriation the PostmasterGeneral is authorized to provide difficult or emergency mail service in Alaska, including the establishment and equipment of relay stations, in such manner as he may think advisable without advertising therefor.

gency service.