Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-07
lmal. by means of strychnine or any
 |other poison is prohibited at all

other poison is prohibited at all times.
 The Criminal Code of Alaska (Ti- tie ], chap. IS, sec. 186) states that all persons concerned in the comutis- sion of a crime, whether they direct ly commit the act constituting the crime, or aid and abet in its commis- sion, though not present, are princi- pals. and to be tried and punished as such. By this section any person selling poison for the, purpose of kill ing fur-bearing animals, is partici- pator in any crime and is likewise punishable.
 Cnprime Skins Subject to Confisca-
 tion.
 No person shall purchase, offer to purchase, sell, offer for sale, or ex- port, or have in possession, the un- prime skin or pelt of any fur-bearing animal in the Territory of Alaska.
 It shall be the duty of the fur waGdens and other officers designated by the Secretary of Commerce to seize and confiscate all unprime skins found in the unlawful posses sion of any person in Alaska or in process of shipment from Alaska.
 The Department expressly reserves and will exercise the right to exam inc, at any port of entry, any or all shipments of fur from Alaska, whether shipped as personal bag gage or otherwise; and to detain if necessary, at said ports, any consign- ment of fur not forwarded in con- formity with these regulations. Shipments of Furs to be Reported. Shipments of furs, which may be made at any time, must be reported to the Bureau of Fisheries, Depart ment of Commerce, on appropriate blanks, which will be forwarded for that purpose.
 Penalties for Unlawful Shipment and
 Transportation.
 The following statute (act Mar. 4, 1900, 35 Stat, 1137-1138) will be strictly enforced: '.
 Sec. PAP. It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver to any common carrier for transportation, or for any common carrier to transport from any State, Territory or District of the United States, to any other State, Territory, or District thereof, any foreign animals or birds, the impor- tation of which is prohibited, or the dead bodies or parts thereof of any wild animals or birds, where such animals or birds have been killed or shipped in violation of the laws of the State, Territory, or District, in which the same were killed, or from which they were shipped: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent the transportation of any dead birds or animals killed during the season when the same may be lawfully cap tured and the export of which is not prohibited by law in the State, Ter ritory or District in which the same are captured or killed; Provided further, That nothing herein shall prevent the importation, transporta- tion, or sale of birds or bird plumage manufactured from the feathers of barnyard fowls.
 Sec. 244. For each evasion or vi- olation of any provision of the three sections last preceding the shipper shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars; the consignee know ingly receiving such article SO ship ped and transported in violation of said sections shalltbes fined not more than two hundred dollars; and the carrier. knowingly carrying or trans- porting the same in violation of said sections shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars. {s9 Penalties and Forfeitures., The penalties, and forfeitures im- posed will be strictly enforced against all persons who kill any fur-bearing animal in the Territory of Alaska during the prohibited season herein established or who have in possession or who barter the unprime, skin or pelt of any fur-bearing animal These regulations shall be efrec- tive on and after June 1, 1915.