The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-22
NEW FISH BILL
 GIVEN THOROUGH
 SENATE READING
Few Amendments Proposed To New Territorial
 Fish Regulations.

The new fish measure for the Territory, proposed by Senator Brit; received three-hour perusal yes terday afternoon and came from the committee of the whole with only a few minor amendments Besides all
 members of the Senate being present during the reading of Senate Con
 current Resolution No. 2, and the sol sections of the bill itself, Gov Thos 1 Riggs, Charles D. Garfield, members I of the Territorial Fish Commission. former Senator J. R. Heckman and H. L. Symonds, of the Hoonah Pack ing Company, were present and al times joined in the general ds ,, cussion. | The resolution itself went through the committee of the whole at yes | terday's session with no changes the Senators understanding that Sen atOr Britt had given the resolution as well as the bill, the greatest of attention and care in drawing the 1I up. ! Part "a" of section ', relative tel destruction of predatory fish Gnd mammals, was stricken out as tt, subject is covered in another part of ] the bill. | When Section F was read, this re ferring to additional license fees Senator Britt states that these would bring into the treasury of thet Territory, approximately s5OO,OO0.
 Secton 25, relative to dimensions and regulation of pound nets, was amended to read, land no otre"I liked fishing appliances shall be con- structed or operated within 52S0 ff et pound net or trap" The word fix ed" was inserted
 ,l "Pound net or trap" was also in
 serted in the fourth part of this same section and provides that 'the :, failure of a licensee to construct [ and operate any pound net or trap, l set net or stake net in a bona tide 5 manner for any year on any location f valid under this act, shall constitute abandonment of the location.
 f Sections B and 35 are to b" re- : written and rearranged. The first l section refers to closed seasons and
 other restrictions on the Copper
 River. and the latter section to ) seasonal closing on Bristol Bay. There will be no relative change m the dates, simply a re-arrangemeLt of the construction of the sentences Violations of section 49 and sec f tion 50, the first relative to alien fishermen prohibited and the second
 regarding piracy, definitely fixed as , pertains to maximum sentences. Tn constructing the sections, both read l that violations of offenses should be
 punished by fine of not less than
 $250 or Imprisonment of not less than 60 days. Amendments were proposed to these sections adding
 mo more than $100O. nor more than
 one year" or by both fine and i'm prisonment.
 Several miSor substitutions of small words were made in two or l three sections to make better phraseology.
 After the reading of the bill, the committee arose and reported prog ress as the time was then ten min
 utes after o'clock and it was con- sidered too late to prepare and re-
 port the various amendments.
 Further Discussion.
 In the committee of the whole senate this forenoon. with Senator Frawleg in tie chair, further con sideration was given to the fish bill. The amendments as agreed up- on yesterday were read and adopt ed. Further amendments were made during the forenoon sesion.
 A new section was added provid ing that all fees, licenses established by the act may be amended by thel Legislature of the Territory of Alas ka.
 More Fish Prohibition.
 Section 32, relative to the seasonal closed period in Southeastern Alaska, was changed to read making the taking, fishing or killing of pink or humpbacks for commercial purposes illegal, after September 5.
 At the afternoon session today, the fish bill with one other amend ment was finally adopted by thel committee of the Senate in the. Whole and will now be engrossed and placed on final passage. | The amendment submitted thisI afternoon and accepted gives theI Commission power to designate theI 1 kind Of fiShino pear and other aD-l pliances to be used in taking or kill-I