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The Act establishing the
Alaska Statehood Committee (Chapter 108 of the Session Laws of 1949) sets forth
the following Statement of Purpose for the Committee:
"In recognition of near attainment of Statehood for Alaska and the responsibility
that will devolve upon the people of Alaska in framing a fundamentally sound
and workable state constitution embodying the best provisions that have evolved
in the interest of better government in the several states, and in recognition
of the many problems that will attend transition from Territorial status to
Statehood, it is deemed necessary in the public interest to establish a Committee,
non-governmental in character, to assemble applicable material, make studies
and provide recommendations in a timely manner."
This Handbook which has
been prepared for the Delegates deals primarily with the form and mechanics
of a constitutional convention. It is based on a review of the practices of
other recent constitutional conventions, and is intended to serve essentially
as a check list of the procedural steps that Alaska's Constitutional Convention
will be considering. In the preparation of this Handbook, the Committee acknowledges
the assistance derived from the experiences of other constitutional conventions,
in particular those of Hawaii and New Jersey.
ALASKA
STATEHOOD COMMITTEE
Robert B.
Atwood, Chairman
W. L. Baker, Vice Chairman
Mrs. Mildred Hermann, Secretary
E.
L. Bartlett |
Stanley
J. McCutcheon |
Lee
Bettinger |
Andrew
Nerland |
B.
Frank Heintzleman |
Frank
Peratrovich |
Percy
Ipalook |
Victor
C. Rivers |
Warren
A. Taylor |
|
Thomas B.
Stewart
Executive Officer
