Chapter 102. Authorizing the designation of an ex officio Commission for Alaska for each of the executive departments of the United States, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 102.— An Act Authorizing the designation of an ex officio Commission for Alaska for each of the executive departments of the United States, and for other purposes.February 10, 1927.[[S. 3928](/us/bill/69/s/3928).][[Public, No. 599](/us/pl/69/599).] *Be it it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Alaska.Commissioners for, to be designated from employees of Departments of Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce, by Secretaries thereof.
That the Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered, each for his own department, to designate an employee thereof, employed in and residing in Alaska, who shall be styled ex officio Commissioner for Alaska for the department from which he is selected and who, from the date of his designation, shall reside and maintain an office in the capital of Alaska. Sec. 2. Duties to be assigned.That each of said Secretaries shall delegate and assign to the commissioner representing his department general charge of any or all matters in Alaska under the jurisdiction of such department, or of any bureau or agency thereof, to the extent, in the manner, and subject to such supervision and control as the Secretary may deem proper and expedient.
Sec. 3. Employees in Alaska placed under direct supervision of the commissioner for the respective departments.That, to the extent the respective Secretaries may determine, employees of the departments affected by this Act who are stationed in Alaska shall be placed under the direct supervision and control of the ex officio commissioner for his department, herein provided for, together with any additional force which may be detailed by the Secretary of the Interior, Agriculture, or Commerce, from the personnel of his department, should necessity therefor arise; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the employment of any additional personnel or t'o warrant the transfer of any clerk or other employee from one department to another, except in the manner provided by law.
Sec. 4. Transfer of records, balances of appropriations, etc.That the Secretaries named in section 1 hereof may transfer to the officer designated hereunder as his representative the records or transcripts of records, property (including office and field equipment), and unexpended balances of appropriations which they may deem necessary or proper to transfer to Alaska in order to carry into effect the provisions of this Act. Sec. 5. Any activity may be placed under one of the commissioners by order of the President.That the President of the United States may, by order in writing, should he deem it conductive to economical and effective administration, and with the concurrence of all the Secretaries of the respective departments involved, place under the supervision and direction of one of the three ex officio commissioners provided for in section 1 hereof, and subject to the provisions of section 2 of this Act, any governmental activity relating to Alaska provided for by law now under the direction of the Secretaries named in section 1 hereof, and to transfer to the officer so selected, the necessary personnel, records, or transcripts of records, property (including office and field equipment), and unexpended balances of appropriations: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Road construction matters assigned to Board of Road Commissioners.That the charge and control of all matters relating to the construction and maintenance of roads in Alaska which may now be under the jurisdiction of any other department, bureau, or agency of the Government, together with the records or transcripts thereof, the property including field and office equipment and the unexpended balances of appropriations pertaining thereto, may, with the concurrence of the Secretaries of the respective departments involved, be assigned and transferred to the Board of Road Commissioners for Alaska, created by and in pursuance of the provisions of section 2 of Vol. 33, p. 616.the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved January 27, 1905, as Vol. 34, p. 192.amended by the Act approved May 14, 1906. 1069 Sec. 6.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Law enforcement.Examination and report on feasibility of consolidating agencies for police and, to be submitted. directed to make an examination as to the feasibility and propriety of consolidating into a single force the police and law enforcement agencies of the Federal Government in Alaska, and to report to the next session of the Congress his conclusions with reference thereto and the facts upon which they are based, together with a statement of the cost of such consolidation as compared with present expenditures for law enforcement in that Territory.
Approved, February 10, 1927.