The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-16

fisheries for Alaska is authorized and directed to lease fish trap or pound
 net locations to citizens of the United States upon the tidelands and in the sea waters of Alaska (excluding those
 surrounding the PribilOf Islands), for
 periods of five years, and thereafter
 for successive periods of five years,
 provided congress or the legislature of
 Alaska shall not alter, amend, or re-
 peal this act previous to such renew
 als, provided all the provisions of this act and all laws of congress or the ter
 ritory of Alaska relating to the fish
 cries of Alaska are compiled with dur
 ing the period of such lease, and pro- f vided that the lessees of such locations
 shall pay into the treasury of the United States 1 cent for every salmon | captured by such fish trap or pound
 net constructed by virtue of such
 lease; reports under oath of all salmon
 so captured and payments therefor
 shall be made to the commissions? of | fisheries for Alaska under such reglila-
 tions as he may provide and all fees
 paid under this act shall be covered
 into the treasury of the United States any failure to make such reports or ] payments or any act by a lessee to in- i tentionally defraud the United States of any moneys accrued under this sec
 tion shall forfeit such lease and there after prevent such lessee from again holding a lease under this act, or de-
 irving any benefits from any such lease.
 Locations for stake nets or set nets may be made under the same general requirements of this section by erec- ting a permanent monument near. by driving pile or securely anchoring buoy, but no lease shall be granted for a stake net or a set net for a period longer than one year.
 If any fish trap, pound net. trawl net, purse seine, stake net, gill or set net shall be held, claimed, leased. trusteed, possessed, or controlled in l any manner or by any device, perm anently or temporarily, directly or in- directly, tacitly or otherwise, so as to ! form part of or in any way effect any combination in violation of law or of . this act, or in anywise controlled by any combination in the form of an un- lawful trust, or shall form the subject of any contract or conspiracy in res traint of trade in the manufacture, can- ming, catching, dealing, or trading in fish or fishery products or of any hold ing of any such lease or leases by any partnership, association, mortgage, stock owners, or control, the title to each and every pound net or set net location shall be forfeited to the United States from the date when any court of competent jurisdiction shall, by it's final judg- ment, find the said violation of law to have been begun or set on foot by the parties or their successors; and it shall be the duty of the attorney gen eral of the United States, or of any United States district attorney in Alas ka, to institute such proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this section whenever there is req sonable ground to believe that any such violation has accrued or is at tempted
 Any citizen of the United States de- string to lease any location where it may be lawful to construct fish trap or pound net in the waters of Alaska shall post conspicuously above high water, where it may be readily ob- served by a person contemplating a fixed-gear fishing location, a location notice giving the date of location, the name or names of the locator or To- catOrs, description of the proposed i trap, with it's approximate dimensions | anu uTeCIiOuSJ dCCuFdIely ueSCIIDe Iu6 location setting forth it's nearest prom inent natural objects or permanent monuments, so that the location may be readily identified, together with a statement that the locator or locatOrs desire to obtain a lease for the opera tion of fish trap or pound net or stake net or set net at that location, and all such locations notices shall contain the names of two witnesses.
 The locator or locators shall within thirty days after posting notice of To-
 cation file two notices identical with
 the one posted upon the ground with
 the United States recorder of the pre-
 cinct wherein the location is made, who shall forward one of such notices,
 with his certificate of record thereon, to the commissioner of fisheries of A