The daily progressive-miner., 1918-02-08
(Continued from Yesterday

l The commissioner of fisheries for Alaska and his duly authorized agents shall have power to inspect all pre- mises fishing appliances, and all prop erty used in catching. packing, cur l ing preparing or storing food fish or shellfish. or in the fertilizing or whal- l ing industry. and may enter upon any such property at any time for any such purposes.
 The commissioner of fisheries for Alaska is hereby authorized and direc- ted to make an destablish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with l law. as may be necessary for the en- forcement of this Act and for the prop i CT investigation. inspection, and regu- lation of fisheries of Alaska.
 l Sec. T.. That from and after the passage of this Act the Territorial Legislature of Alaska shall have the power to repeal. alter, or amend this Act, and have the power to impose any license fees or taxes upon the business hereinbefore referred to, and upon the output thereof. and upon any property, real or personal, used in said business in said Territory, and the existing l statutes heretofore enacted by Con- gress levying a license tax upon the fisheries Of Alaska is hereby repealed: Provided, That the passage of this Act shall not affect the collection of any license fees or taxes levied by Congress upon such business, or the output thereof, or upon the property, real or personal, used in such business until the first day of January, nine teen hundred and nineteen.
 Sec. IS. That any violation of this Act may be prosecuted in any district court of Alaska.
 Sec. 19 That any person violating any provision of this Act, or any reg ulations established in pursuance thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemoanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by penalty not exceeding that provided in section four of this Act, at the discretion or the court Any vessel or other appar- atus or equipment used or employed in violation of any provision of this Act, or of any regulation made hereunder, may be seized oy order of the court or by order Of the commissioner of fisheries for Alaska and turned over to the United States marshal, and by him held subject to the payment Of such fine or fines as may be imposed. A further penalty of not more than s2oO per diem may, al the discretion of the court, be imposed for each day any obstruction unlawful under sec ton thirteen is maintained after writ ten notice to remove same has been served by the commissioner of fisher ies for Alaska upon the owner thereof or the person in charge.
 Sec. 20 That for the purpose oi this Act the following definitions are adopted to apply to the words in ques ton wherever the same are used:
 Person: Any person, firm, part nership, corporation, association, ol society.
 Pound net: Any fred or floating trap or similar device constructed O. webbing, wire, brush, or other materia and held in place by piles, anchors, ol moorings, but excluding small native nets or traps which may be transport ed in toto by one man.
 "S--l-e net: A gill net attached O
 -. 10 piles or stakes.
 "Se net: An anchored gill net.
 Seine: Ali forms of nets known a seines, stow nets, drag nets, drag ba; nets. bag nets, draw nets, reef nets and dredge nets.
 Salmon: Wherever the word sal mon occurs in this Act it shall be con strued to apply to the red, sockeye, c
 blueback; king, chinook, or spring coho, silver, or medium red; chum 0 keta; humpback or pink; and steel head salmon, or steelhead trout. Waters; All the Territorial water of Alaska, together with all water contiguous to Alaska over which thu
 United States has jurisdiction. River: Any stream or creek. Mean low water: The mean of tn
 lowest and highest low tides.
 Sec. 21. That after this Act take
 effect the Act of ongress entitled "Al Act for the protection and regulation
 of the fisheries of Alaska" approve' - June twenty-sixth, nineteen hundre, ; and six, and all Acts or parts of Act - of Congress inconsistent with the pro t visions of this Act be, and the sam t are hereby, repealed. except as other E wise provided in this Act.
 Sec 22 That the provisions of thi Z Act shall not apply to Indians, Aleuts F and Eskimos, except those engaged il catching Ash for any canning. saltina }. rnonLine Cahfraaz;po cr other GaT