The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-11


 tificate of record thereon, to the commissioner of fisheries of Alaska at his office in Juneau, Alaska The commissioners of fisheries for Alas ka shall issue leases to the first bona fide locator or locators under i the terms of this Act, but nothing l in this section shall be construed to give any lessee any vested right beyond a period of ten years
 If any person lawfully occupies and actually operates a pound-net location during the active fishing season next preceding the time when this Act takes effect, and also files before January first of the year after the time whcn this Act takes effect and in the manner hereto fore provided, a location notice with the United States recorder in the district in which such loca- tion is situated, such person shall have a right to such location valid under this Act and prior to any right otherwise obtainable under this Act.
 Any location acquired under the provisions of this Act may be con tinued in accordance with the law as to passageways in force at the time this Act takes effect, or may be changed to conform to the re- quirements of any subsequent Act in respect thereto, but no change shall be made which interferes with another then existing location. 1 That no lead of any pound net in the water of Alaska shall ex- ceed three thousand feet in length, and there shall be an end passage i way of at least one thousand feet and lateral passageway of at l least three thousand four hundred feet between pound net and end passageway of at least one thousand feet and a lateral pas sageway of at least two thousand feet between a puond net and stake or set net The lead of any pound net may be extended to highwater mark on the tidelands owned by the United States or on other tidelands with the consent of the owners thereof.
 No supplementary wing or jig ger of a pound net shall be of greater length than three hundred feet, measured over all, nor shall the outer end thereof approach within one hundred feet of the lead of such pound net. Not more than one wing or jigger shall be attached to each side of the heart of any pound net.
 No stake net shall be construct ed in any other manner than by stakes driven in substantially straight line, nor shall it be in the form of pound net or with hearts or pots connected herewith, nor shall it exceed one thousand feet in length. There shall be an end passageway of at least give hun dred feet and a lateral passageway of at least one thousand five hum dred feet between stake nets and between stake net and a set net; i Provided, That the restrictions as to distance intervals between stake 1 ply to the use by the native Indians of stake nets not over fifty yards 1 in length to take salmon for do- nestle consumption and not for sale.
 There shall be an end passage way of at least one hundred feet and a lateral passageway of at least three hundred feet between set nets. A set net is not fixed appliance within the meaning of this Act
 For the purpose of determining passageways, base lines shall be drawn at right angles to the gen eral course of locations and shall pass through the ends of the loca- tions; the end passageways shall be measured at right angles to such base lines, and the lateral passage ways shall be measured parallel with such base lines.
 1t shall be unlawful to lay or cast any movable fishing appliance within three hundred yards of any other movable fishing appliance or within any area in which under ] this section set net may not be constructed or maintained: Provid- ed, That the restrictions of this section shall not apply to drift gill nets, which by force of the ele- ments may unavoidably and tenn porarily come within such limits.
 It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any pound net, stake net, or set net within any of the lateral or end passageways as prescribed in this Act.
 No purse seine shall exceed one thousand eight hundred feet in length, and no lead or supplement tary piece of net shall be used in connection herewith
 No gill net shall exceed two thousand feet in length, and no beach seine shall exceed two thou sand feet in length; no gill net of