Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-24
CAME LICENSES
 TO BE ISSUED
 BY MERCHANTS

The Alaska Game Association has decided in order to have licenses readily available throughout the Ter ritory to permit store keepers or other persons who may desire to do so, to issue them without compensa- tion. A circular letter just issued says:
 In States where this system is followed sporting goods and hardware stores particularly prize the privi- lege of issuing hunting, trapping or fishing licenses because of the added trade it brings them. Even before the Commission definitely announced they would adopt this procedure progressive Alaska merchants wrote in requesting to be So appointed.
 You should Immediately take steps to bring this to the attention of thor oughly reliable careful parties who might care to apply for this privi- lege. We do not care to appoin- more than two persons in any com munity to issue licenses and we pre- fer to appoint only one. No one will be appinted who is not in the town practically all the time and who is not reliable and careful. Anyone appointed must promptly attend 10 issuing licenses upon receipt of proper application either in person or by mail. Officers who are so li- censes must report and remit | prompting at the close of the month. Any one who does not properly at- tend to such matters will lose the privilege of issuing licenses and if there is another qualified applicant for the privilege he will be ap- | pointed to issue licenses.
 The non-salaries licensing officers are not expected to take active steps to collect licenses. They will merely issue licenses when the proper application and fee are pre- sented to them. They will not be wardens and will not be active in
 enforcement. The one requisite is that
 they be accurate in issuing licenses
 and prompt in transmitting to this
 office fees and reports of licenses
 issued
 A person desiring to be appointed
 as a Licensing Officer without
 compensation should fill out Form
 A. G. C.-31 Application for Per
 mission to Issue Licenses" and send
 to the Alaska Game Commission
 thru the warden or Game Com
 missioned of that District. Upon re-
 ceipt of same the Warden or Com
 missioner should write across the
 upper left-hand corner of the face
 of the application one or the other
 of the following statements:
 T approve this application T do not approve this application"
 and sign his name below the state ment.
 On receipt of approved application if 1t is deemed advisable to authorize the party to issue licenses an ap- pointment will be made, bonds in duplicate will be sent to the appli- cant for signing. The signed bond in duplicate accompanied by five dol lars premium is to be sent to the Alaska Game Commission at Juneau.
 Upon approval of the bond licenses
 and full instructions will be supplied the Licensing Officer" This office will prepare proper voucher for re-
 imbursing the applicant for the $500 premium.
 Licensing officers will ordinarily
 be supplied and will issue the fol- lowing licenses:
 Resident Trapping License. Nonresident Big Game, Small Game and Fur-Bearing Animal Hunting and Trapping License.
 Nonresident Small Game License Resident Qndividua) Fur Dealer License.
 When the Resident Hunting Lii
 cense is required, such officers will also issue it. Issuing officers have
 authority to acknowledge affidavits of applicants for licenses. Ordinarily the licenses listed be- low will not be supplied to "Iicens- ing Officers" although they have the authority to acknowledge application affidavits and will be required to do so when parties apply to them. Registered Guide License. Special Alien License. Nonresident Citizen Fur Dealer License.
 Alien Fur Dealer License Domestic Organization Fur Dealer \ License.