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Be it enacted hy the Legislature of tlie Territory of Alaslva : 



Section 1. Tlmt it simll be unlawful to take or fish for salmon for coninier- 

 <-ial purposes, except by trollers, in tlie waters of Alaska between the oTth and 

 €Otli degrees of north latitude and east of IJ^Dth meridian west longitude from 

 The tenth day of August to the first day of September in each year. 



Section *2. That it shall be unlawful to take or fisli for salmon for commer- 

 cial purposes, except by trollers. in the waters of Alaska soutli of the 57th 

 degree of north latitude and east of 189th meridian from the 20th day of 

 August to the 9th day of September in eacli year. 



Section 3. That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the pro- 

 visions of tliis act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 

 thereof for each and every offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than 

 fifty dollars ($r)0.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). or by im- 

 l)ris()nraent in .iail for not less than ten days nor more than one year, or by 

 hoth such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. 



Section 4. Tliis act shall not be so construed as in anywise to alter, amend, 

 modify, or repeal any of the fish laws of the United States applicable to 

 Alaska, or any act of Congre.ss whatsoever relating to the fisheries of Alaska, 

 Avhether designed to regulate the same or passed for any other purpose what- 

 soever, but all such laws and acts of Congress shall be and remain in full 

 force and effect. The purpose of this act is not to alter, amend, modif.v, or 

 repeal any of such laws, but to provide for further and additional regulation 

 •of the fisheries with a view to giving additional protection to the salmon and 

 insuring a future supply thereof, and this act shall be construed so as to carry 

 •out the intention herein expressed and not otherwise. 



Section 5. An emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this act shall be in 

 ■effect immediately upon its passage and approval. 



The legislature also amended the license tax law of 1921 by in- 

 creasing the tax rate on various fishery products, imposing a tax 

 vn fish caught in traps in excess of 100,000, and repealing the tax of 

 z cents per case on canned herring. The present law, as far as it 

 applies to the fishery industry, is as follows: 



CHAPTER 101 

 AN ACT 



Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska : 

 Section 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 31 of the laws of 1921 is hereby amended 

 so as to read as follows: 



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8th : Fisheries: 



(a) Clam canneries, three (3) cents per ca.se. 



(b) Salmon canneries; on kings, reds, socl^eyes, ten (10) cents per case. 



(c) On a pack of kings, red's, and sockeyes. counted togrther, at any one 

 cannery, an additional tax shall be paid as follows : On all cases in excess of 

 ten thousand (10,000) and not more than twenty-five thousand (25,000), five 

 (5) cents per case; on all cases in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,0fW) and 

 not more than forty thousand (40,000), ten (10) cents per case; on all ca.ses 

 in excess of forty thousand (40,000) and not more than fifty thousand (50,000), 

 fifteen (15) cents per case; on all ca.ses in excess of fifty thousand (50,000), 

 twenty (20) cents per ca.se. 



(d) On medium reds, cohos. and pinks, four and one-half (4i/)) cents per 

 case. 



(c) On a pack of medium reds, cohos, and pinks, coiuited together, at any 

 one canjier.v. an additional tax shall be paid as follows : On all cases in excess 

 of twenty-five thousand (25,000) and not more than forty thousand (40.000). 

 two (2) cents per ca.se; on all cases in excess of forty thousand (40.000) and 

 not more than fifty thousand (50.000), four (4) cents per case; on all cases in 

 excess of fifty thousand (50.000). (0) cents per ca.se. 



(/) On chums, three (3) cents per case. 



In addition to the above tax, salmon canneries shall pay 1 per cent of their 

 net annual income. The net income shall be determined in the same manner 



