The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-21
Governors Report Carries Suggestions
Wants Legislature to Make Game Laws

general" license and under the
limitation quoted above only one
such license may be issued to any
one person in one year. Manifestly
is ineQuitable. not to say IN
just 1t is particularly unjust to a
person who has been a resident Of
the Territory for a number Of years
and who FINALLY decides to go to
the States and wishes to take his
trophies with him. Few have all.
or even one of each of the kinds.
of those covered by the $40 license
and many have only brown bear
skin and deer. goat. caribou. or
sheep head.
SHIPPING LICENSES.
II would seem that the law would
not be in serious danger of viola
ton if residents of Alaska were per
mitted more latitude in the mat
ter of shipping licenses. For in
stance, if they We're permitted to
obtain one $40 license. or two $40
and two s. licenses. in any one
calendar year, larger revenue
would be derived than at present
and many game trophies which are
now permitted to go to waste would
be utilized.
Section 3 of the game law limits
the number of each kind of game
animals whic'I may be killed in
any one year by any person. with
the exception of mountain goats
for which there seems to be no
limit other than by inference from
the number which a hunting license
permits a nonresident to kill. which
IS 3. An amendment to this sec
ton specifically limiting the mum
Der of goats which may be killed is
needed
Section 4 of the law relates to
the sale of game meat, hides, tro
phies etc. during the close season
No provision. however. is made as
to the giving away of game meat.
and especially with respect to deer
meat in southeastern Alaska which
is a source of continual trouble for
the wardens, and under the guise
of giving, il is no doubt true that
many actual sales of deer meat take
place If the law prohibited the
giving away of game meat during
he close season. except from one
bona fide miner. prospector or In
dian to another, and then only at
points where fresh meat can not
be obtained. it would put stop to
the numerous violations of the law
which undoubtedly occur at present
Under the operation of the game
law and regulations Hereunder no
provision is made whereby bona
fi1n raci1ant Of acly oh
trophies TO the States in order to
lave them mounted and returned
without the issuance Of permit
which he must pay from IS to
$3.50 and some provision should Re
made to permit this being done
without the payment of the license
fee now required, it being impossible
to have this work done in many
parts of the Territory.
The law should also be amended
so as to enable a game warden or
other officer to secure the issuance
Of warrants for the searching Of
premises where there is reason to
believe that game killed in viola
ton Of the law is secreted Some
of the United States commissioners,
before whom game violations are
tried, have refused to issue search
warrants when applied for, on the
ground that such can not be grant
ed for violations of the game law.
II this contention be correct. the
law should be amended, for it is
most desirable that game wardens
and other officers working for the
enforcement Of the game law should
ave the right to invoke the aid
the search warrant when they
have the necessary information upon
which to make the affidavit or show
ing before the commissioner
HUNTING LICENSES.
In the fiscal year 1914 the num-
Der of nonresident hunters obtaining
hunting licenses was 26, of whom
"A We're citizens of the United States
and We're residents of foreign
countries. In the fiscal wear 1913
he. number Of nonresident hunters
taking out hunting licenses was So,
of whom 25 were citizens of the
United States and II were residents
of foreign countries. Residents of
Alaska are not required to take out
hunting licenses. even in the Kenai
peninsula.