The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-07


 ment in the Territory of Alaska. and for other purposes
 D. i; Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit. ed States of America in Congress assembled That section one of an Act entitled An Act for the prot, C. ton and regulation of the fisheries of Alaska" approved June twenty six. is hereby amended to read as follows
 That every person, company or corporation carrying on the business of canning curing, or preserving fish. or manufacturing fish products. or engaging in fishing in any man. uer whatsoever within the Territory Of Alaska. or in any part of the va ters of Alaska over which the Unite d States has jurisdiction. shall pay a license therefor for each year as follows For all salmon or other food fish canned in onepound cans. five cents per case of forty-eight cans Provided. That if the canning is done in other sized cans the rate shall be in proportion: fish oil, ten cents per one hundred pounds; fertilizer from fish or sea animal. fifty cents per ton; for all salmon or halibut or other fish caught in Alaskan wa ters and carried out of the Territory of Alaska fresh frozen. mild cured, pickled, dry salted. smoked or in any other condition. ten cents per one hundred pounds; for each fishing boat propelled with oars or sails. one dollar: Provided. That this shall not apply to a single boat owned or used by any bona fide resident of Alaska for fishing for each launch. tug, steamer. or sailing vessel used in the fishing trade In Alaskan waters or in transporting fishermen, employ ees, supplies. or fish in the waters of Alaska. or 10 and from Alaska. one dollar per gross ton capacity: Pro vided further. That any such vessel owned or used by any bona fide res ident of Alaska exclusively in the Alaska fishing trade shall only pay fifty cents per ton gross capacity; for each stake trap. floating trap, fish wheel. or other mechanical de vice for catching food fish in the tidal waters of Alaska, or in any of the streams emptying into Bris- tOl bay, or the Pacific ocean waters, one hundred dollars; for each haul seine, purse seine. or gill net, one cent per yard; Provided. That if the owner of said seine or net is a bona fde resident of Alaska and uses the said seine or net exclusively therein. he shall pay but Onehalf a cent per yard; for all walrus ivory and whale bone taken in the waters of Alaska, or by any vessel or person, company or corporation. engaged in business in Alaska. or which shall come into Alaska for clearance from any GUS toms-house. or which shall be land ed in Alaska for any purpose what ever. one cent per pound
 Sec. ? That the payment and col lection of such license taxes shall be under and in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, en- titled An Act to define and punish crimes in the district of Alaska, and to provide a code of criminal pro cedure for said district" and any amendments subsequently made there to by Congress. Provided. That all sums of money collected by the clerks of the district courts of Alas ka under this act shall. on the first day of January. April, July and OC- tober immediately following the col lection, be transmitted to the Treas ury department of the United States, there to remain as a separate and distinct fund. to be known as the Alaska fund-Fisheries," and to be wholly devoted to the purposes here matter in this section stated in the Territory of Alaska One-fifth of said fund shall be. and hereby is, appro- priated to the establishment and maintenance of salmon fish hatcher ies in the Territory of Alaska. and a cod hatchery on Shumagin Islands, and shall be expended by the com missioner of the bureau of fisheries under the direction of the secretary of commerce and labor; one-fifth of clerks of the district courts in the four judicial districts in Alaska in equal parts, and said equal parts shall De expended under the orders Of the respective judges of said courts in defraying the necessary in cidental expenses of maintaining said courts; two-fifths of said fund shall be expended by the governor of the Territory of Alaska, within his dis cretion and under his direction, in building schoolhouses and maintain ins public schools outside of incor- porated towns in said Territory; and ons-fifth Of said fund shall be ex- pended by tho governor of the Ter ritory of Alaska, within his discretion and under his direction, in the tab lishment and maintenance of a home for aged, disabled. and pioneer pros pectors, and in aid and support of sick and indieent persons in said Teritory.
 Sec. 8 That on and after the ap- proval of this act, section two of An Act for the protection and regulation of the fisheries of Alaska" approved June twenty-siXth, nineteen hundred and six, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed Provided, That said repeal shall not release any person. company or corporation from the performance of any duty or obligation then due hereunder.
 Sec. 1. That every person, com pany or corporation engaged in the fishing trade in Alaska who shall bring merchandise therein to sell to the employees of such person. con- pany or corporation. or to anyone else. at any other place than in an established store regularly maintained during the year, shall pay double the license tax upon such business i'm
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