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FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 15 
Tn accordance with the above provision of law, and until further notice, all fisher- 
men who desire to operate in the waters above described, and under conditions stated 
as follows, but not otherwise, and whose written applications may receive the approval 
of the engineer officer of the United States Army in charge of the locality, are hereby 
authorized by the Secretary of War to construct and maintain fish weirs, traps, or 
pounds erected in the usual manner as heretofore, subject to the following conditions: 
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CONDITIONS. 
1. All persons desiring to erect and maintain fish weirs, traps, or pouads, under this 
authority shall make application to the engineer officer of the United States Army, 
Seattle, Wash., giving their names, their addresses, the proposed location of their 
weir, trap, or pound, and evidence that the proper license has been granted by the 
Territory of Alaska. 
2. That this authority does not give any property rights either in real estate or 
material, or any exclusive privileges; and that it does not authorize any injury to 
private property or invasion of private rights, or any infringement of Federal, Terri- 
torial, or local laws or regulations, nor does it obviate the necessity of obtaining Terri- 
torial assent to the work authorized. Jt merely expresses the assent of the Federal Gov- 
Seale far as concerns the public rights of navigation. (See Cummings vs. Chicago, 
188 U.S. 410.) 
3. That all the apparatus used and the work herein authorized shall be subject to 
the supervision and approval of the aforesaid engineer officer, who may temporarily 
suspend the work at any time if, in his judgment, the interests of navigation so require. 
4, That no weir, trap, or pound shall be located or built in such place or manner as 
to unreasonably obstruct or interfere with navigation. ‘ 
5. That on the outer end of the weir, trap, or pound the grantee or owner shall main- 
tain a sign inscribed with the license number in numerals not less than 6 inches in 
height capable of beirg readily read from passing vessels, and failure to keep such 
sign conspicuously displayed shall be sufficient reason for the cancellation of this 
authority and for prosecution as provided in the next paragraph. All renewals of 
the Territorial license shall be reported to the aforesaid engineer officer when they 
occur, together with the Territorial license number. All changes of ownership shall 
also be reported to him immediately, and the permit shall be returned to him for 
proper notation thereon of such changes. 
6. That upon the abandonment of the location or upon ceasing to use any weir, trap, 
or pound as hereby authorized, the permit and the map or maps attached thereto shall 
be immediately returned to the aforesaid engineer officer with notice of the abandon- 
ment, and the owner shall immediately remove the structure at his own expense, 
including all piling, stakes, etc., to the satisfaction of the aforesaid engineer officer. 
Failure to so remove the same shall be considered good ground for prosecution of the 
ost or owner for maintaining an illegal structure endangering navigation, as set 
forth in sections 10 and 12 of the river and harbor act of March 3, 1899. Provided, that 
if the use of said structure is suspended temporarily, it may be maintained in whole 
or in part.if the license number is conspicuously displayed and the trap is properly 
lighted or otherwise marked as may be necessary to prevent unreasonable obstruction 
to navigation. Any fish weir, trap, or pound allowed to go into a condition of dis- 
repair so that it can not be readily seen, or on which the license number is not con- 
spicuously displayed, will be regarded as abandoned, and if not promptly removed or 
marked as above provided will subject the grantee or owner to prosecution, and any 
trap not in use on which the license number is not displayed will be subject to removal 
by the United States at any time. 
7. Thatii future operations by the United States require an alteration in the position 
of the weir, trap, or pound, or if the latter, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, shall 
cause unreasonable obstruction to the free navigation of the said waters, the grantee 
will be required upon due notice from the Secretary of War and within 30 days there- 
after, to remove or alter the weir, trap, or pound, or obstruction caused thereby, 
without expense to the United States, so as to render navigation reasonably free, 
easy and unobstructed. No claim shall be made against the United States on account 
of such removals or alterations. 
8. That fishing structures and appliances in navigable waters of the United States 
shall be lighted for the safety of navigation, as follows: 
“The lights shall be displayed between sunset and sunrise. They shall be placed 
at each end of the structure excepting where the inner end terminates in such situation 
that there is no practicable navigation between it and the high water line of the adja- 
cent coast, in which case no inner light shall be displayed. The outer light shall be 
