16 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1916. 
displayed. The outer light shall be white and the inner light shall be red. The size, 
capacity, and manner of maintenance of the lights shall be such as may be specified 
in the War Department permit authorizing the erection of the structure or appliance. 
When several structures or appliances are placed on one line with no navigable 
passage between them, they will be considered, for lighting purposes, as one struc- 
ture.’’! 
9. That there shall be installed and maintained on the weir, trap, or pound by and 
at the expense of the grantee, such additional lights and signals as may be prescribed 
by the Bureau of Lighthouses, Department of Commerce, and that provision shall be 
made by watchman or otherwise for proper attendance of lights and signals, so that they 
will at all times be in effective condition. 
10. That this authority is revocable at will by the Secretary of War and unless 
otherwise specified in the permit, or unless previously revoked under paragraph (7) 
above, shall cease and be null and void (date to be specified by district officer, not 
more than five years after date of issuance of permit). 
By authority of the Secretary of War. 
H. Taytor, 
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, 
Acting Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. 
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATIVE NOTES. 
There has been much controversy between the fishery interests 
and the Territory of Alaska as to whether the Territory has the 
power under the terms of the enabling act of August 24, 1912, to 
levy license taxes upon the fisheries in addition to the license fees 
imposed by the Federal Government. The Territorial Legislature at 
its session in 1913, and again in 1915, imposed additional taxes upon 
the fisheryindustry. By the terms of the Territorial act of May 1, 1913, 
a license tax of 7 cents per case was levied on sockeye and king 
salmon, and one-half cent per case on humback, coho, and chum 
salmon; also cold-storage fish plants were required to pay a license 
tax of from $10 to $500 per annum in accordance with the amount of 
business transacted. This measure became effective July 30, 1913, or 
after most of the pack of salmon for that season had been put up, 
particularly in the Bristol Bay district. where the heaviest pack of 
red salmon is made. 
The Territorial revenue act of April 29, 1915, repealed the act 
of May 1, 1913, except in so far as certain features were reenacted, 
but it was stipulated that the act of 1915 did not relieve any person 
or corporation from the payment of the license taxes and penalties 
due under the revenue and taxation act of 1913. The act of 1915 
imposes a territorial tax of 4 cents a case on king and red, or sockeye, 
salmon, 2 cents a case on cohos or medium reds, and 1 cent a case on 
all other species canned; also fixed or floating traps or pound nets are 
required to pay $100 per annum, so-called dummy traps included; 
and gill nets $1 per hundred fathoms or fraction thereof. A license 
tax of 24 cents per 100 pounds is also imposed on salted or mild-cured 
fish, except herring, and a tax of from $10 to $500 per annum is also 
levied on cold-storage plants according to the amount of business 
done. 
1 Regulation of Department of Commerce, approved June 19, 1913. 
