The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-05
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 FISHERIES OF ALASKA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameri- ca in Congress assembled, that Section of the Act of Congress of June 6, 1924 entitled An Act for the protection of the fisheries in Al aska and for other purposes is amended so that it will read as follows:
 Section 8. Nothing in this act contained, nor any powers herein conferred upon the Sec retary of Commerce, shall abrogate or curtail the powers granted the Territorial Legislature of Alaska to impose taxes or licenses nor limit or curtail any powers granted the Territorial Legislature of Alaska by the Act of Congress approved August s24. 1912 "To create leg islative assembly in the Territory of Alaska to confer legislative power thereon, and for other purposes
 (a) that the Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to license fishing for. salmon with traps in the coastal waters of Alaska, where the same are now authorized to be located by law, by any person, association, firm or cor poration, subject to the laws of the United States and the terms, limitations and restrc- tions, hereinafter mentioned;
 (b) that no license shall be issued for any period longer than four years, but may be re- newed from time to time provided that each renewal shall be for period of not to exceed four years, and provided that the right is here by reserved by the United States to revoke the said license and all rights granted thereby or claimed thereunder, at the end of any year after that in which the license is issued, upon thirty days notice given by the United States to the said licensee of it's intention to revokethe said license;
 Co and thereupon the censee shall vacate the said trap site and remove it's trap and other property therefrom within thirty days after the last day of the year in which such notice is served;
 (d) that an annual license fee shall be. paid by the lcensee for the use and occupation tDf every such trap site in addition to his or it's other licenses and taxes, or fifty dollars for the first fifty thousand salmon or fraction thereof caught in the trap place upon such site, and proportionate amount for any number of salmon caught in such trap over fifty thousand;
 (e) trap sites shall be considered to be abandoned by the licensee and shall be open to be licensed to another person, association, firm or corporation upon failure of the licensee or his assignee to operate or to use the trap site de- scribed in the license for any year and prior to the first day of July of the succeeding year; or by failure to pay the annual license fee in full during the year of which the license is issued;
 f) that in issuing trap site licenses under this Act the Secretary of Commerce shall give any person, association, firm or corporation who was in the actual and bona fde use and oc- cupation of any trap site, operating trap thereon during the season of 1927, the prefer ence right to have and receive license thereon anu the use ana OccupdIoH ol odfU trap Slto under this Act; Fl ~ al
 (g) that any license issued and any trap site leased to any censee under the provisions of this Act and other laws of the United States may be bought sold, assigned mortgaged or otherwise transferred by the holder thereof sub-s ject always to the provisions of this Act and other laws of the United States and the rules and regulations issued by the Secretary of Com merce thereunder;
 (h) in event any fish trap covered by li- cense is. prohibited from fishing by any regula- tion of the Secretary of Commerce and such area is again opened to fishing the last icensee shall have the first right to reoccupy the said site subject to the provisions of this Act if the said censee shall apply therefor within ninety days after the same shall have been thrown open; ash ee'
 G) nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit, curta or restrict the right, power and authority of the Secretary of Commerce to now authorized to be imposed upon the fishing industry by law, to promulgate any rule or regulation in aid of the protection and con servation thereof; gslt ef fsgt4ssa.ss5
 G) that the Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized and required to make and en- force rules and regulations to prevent traps, piles and other structures erected in the coastal waters of Alaska from becoming or remaining a menace to navigation at the expense of the person, association, firm or corporation erect ing the same; and
 . Q) nothing in this Act or in any license issued under it's provisions shall be held to pre- vent Congress from amending, modifying or re- peaing this Act and revoking all licenses and rights held or claimed hereunder"
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