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the operation of the traps was prohibited by governmental regulation 

 after the licenses had been issued or because of overpayment for 

 certain licenses in 1927 — an act of the legislature that year having 

 reduced the license charge on hand-driven beach traps from $200 to 

 $50. 



A further act authorized the Territorial treasurer to make refund 

 of money paid as licenses for fish traps in certain cases where the 

 driving or operating of such traps is thereafter prevented by reason 

 of governmental regulations. 



On May 2, 1929, an act was passed appropriating $40,000 to be 

 expended in cleaning sti'eams and for the destruction of predatory 

 enemies of salmon under the direction of the Governor of Alaska in 

 cooperation with the Bureau of Fisheries. 



Another act amended the act of 1923 as amended in 1925, in regard 

 to licensing fishermen, and made operative the following license fees: 



Resident fisliemien of all classes $1 



Nonresident fishermen who use hook and line in trolling 250 



Nonresident fishermen who use gill nets 10 



Nonresident fishermen who use seines 25 



Under this act, also, the term "resident" fisherman was defined to 

 mean one who at the time of applying for a license shall have been a 

 bona fide resident of the Territory of Alaska for at last one year, 

 instead of six months as formerly. 



TERRITORIAL LICENSE TAX 



Fisheries license taxes were collected by the Territory under the 

 general revenue law of 1921, as amended in 1923, 1925, and 1927. A 

 statement from W. G. Smith, Territorial treasurer, under date of 

 April 12, 1930, gives the collections made to that date for the year 

 1929. It was stated that collections under the several schedules were 

 fairly complete with the exception of pack taxes due from a few of 

 the smaller canneries, salteries, and fish-oil and fish-meal plants. 

 Approximately $11,000 was still to be collected on the pack of canned 

 salmon and about $5,000 on fish oil and fertilizer, while $8,990 was 

 due under the whale-oil and fertilizer schedule. 



Fishery license taxes collected by Territory for fiscal year ended December 31, 1929 



Schedule 



Salmon canneries (pack) 



Clam canneries 



Salteries _ 



Cold-storage plants .... 



Fresh-fish dealers . 



Fish-oil works and fertilizer and flsh-meal plants . 



Fish traps 



Gill nets 



Seines 



Total 



Salmon canneries (net income), not possible of segrega- 

 tion as to judicial division 



Total collections. 



Division 

 No. 1 



$110,266.25 



1.77 



1, 854. 09 



1, 660. 00 



3, 668. 91 



25,071.42 



92, 005. 77 



605. 00 



6, 660. 00 



Division 

 No. 2 



241, 793. 21 



$93. 54 



36.00 



Division 

 No. 3 



$306, 711. 96 



403. 74 



1, 159. 81 



520. 00 



3.08 



1,197.41 



60, 367. 58 



4, 107. 50 



2, 740. 00 



377,211.08 



Total 



$416, 978. 21 

 405. 51 



3. 107. 44 

 2. 180. 00 

 3, 671. 99 



26, 268. 83 

 152.373.35 



4, 748. 50 

 9, 400. 00 



619, 133. 83 

 34, 173. 30 



653, 307. 13 



