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U.S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



An act was passed to amend and codify the laws of the Territory 

 providing for liens of cannery and saltery workers and fishermen. 



An act approved April 20, 1933, repealed legislation of 1923, 1925, 

 and 1929 with respect to the licensing of fishermen, and made opera- 

 tive license fees of $1 for each resident fisherman and $25 for each 

 nonresident fisherman. The validity of this act has been questioned, 

 and pending the court's final decision in the case nonresident fisher- 

 men have been paying the fee under protest in order that they may 

 recover if the law is held invalid. 



TERRITORIAL LICENSE TAX 



Fisheries license taxes were collected by the Territory under the 

 General Revenue Law of 1921, as amended in subsequent sessions of 

 the Territorial Legislature. A statement from W. G. Smith, Terri- 

 torial treasurer, under date of May 11, 1934, gives the collections 

 made to that date for the year 1933. It was stated that collections 

 under the several schedules were fairly complete, although a number 

 of the fisheries companies had not yet made full settlement. The 

 outstanding salmon pack taxes amounted to approximately $50,000 

 and about $5,000 was still due on fish traps, while $4,400 was still to 

 be collected on fish oil and fertilizer, and $3,300 under the whale oil 

 and fertilizer schedule. 



Fishery license taxes collected hy Territory for fiscal year ended Dee. 31, 1933 



WATER-POWER PROJECTS IN ALASKA 



An application for a license for a minor power project at New 

 Port Walter on the east side of Baranof Island was referred to the 

 Bureau by the Federal Power Commission for report as to whether 

 any special conditions for the protection of migratory fish should be 

 imposed in the license, if issued. As the stream in question is not 

 used by spawning salmon, the Commission was notified that no such 

 special conditions would be necessary. 



The Federal Power Commission also asked for a report of the 

 effect on fish migration of the existing and former structures con- 

 stituting a part of the power project constructed by the Kasaan 

 Gold Co. on Harris Creek, a tributary of Kasaan Bay, and requested 

 recommendations for such conditions as should be imposed on the 



