ALASKA REPORTS The Index-Digest at the end of this volume contains a complete digest of all the Alaska decisions, both original and appellate, found in the Federal Cases Reprint, and in the Federal Reporter to and including volume 118, and in the reports of the Supreme Court of the United States to and including volumes 187 U. S., p. 132, and 23 Supreme Court Reporter. p. 48, being all decisions down to January 1, 1903 8 PREFACE. Prior to the Act of Congress entitled "An act providing a civil government for Alaska," approved May 17, 1884 (23 Stat. 24, c. 53), the District Courts of the United States in California and Oregon and the District Courts of Washington had jurisdiction in such cases as arose under the laws extended to the unorganized district of Alaska. 15 Stat. 241; Rev. St. § 1957. Such decisions as were rendered in these courts during that period were published in Sawyer's and Deady's Reports, were republished in the Federal Cases, and are fully referred to in the index digest at the end of this volBy the act of 1884 a district court was provided for Alaska. Many of the decisions of that court after 1884 and prior to the passage of the act of June 6, 1900, entitled "An act making further provisions for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes," were published in the Federal Reporter, while others remained in manuscript in the clerk's office at Sitka. Those not found in the Federal Reporter are published in this volume, while the former are included in the index digest. All decisions of the district judges of Alaska, rendered since June 6, 1900, and prior to January 1, 1903, are included in this volume. ume. In addition to digesting the decisions published in this volume, all Alaska decisions heretofore published in the Federal Cases and Federal Reporter, as well as all appealed cases from Alaska decided by the Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, down to and including 118 Federal, and all appealed cases from Alaska decided by the Supreme Court of the Unit (iii) ed States, to and including 187 U. S. 132, 47 L. Ed., are included in the index digest at the end of this volume, though the decisions are not republished herein. All the cases included in the alphabetical list of cases preceding the text in this volume are included in the index digest. The preparation of this volume was undertaken with the consent of the Attorney General of the United States, though the Department of Justice assumes no responsibility for the editorial work or the manner or cost of publication. Valdez, Feb. 21, 1903. JAMES WICKERSHAM. |