118 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1916. 
inaccessible, there being no harbors. The Semidi Propagating Co. at 
one time occupied it for fox farming. Mr. Grimes expected to stock 
the island with foxes and had also considered the advisability of 
introducing minks. 
The islands under lease on December 31, 1916, were as follows: 
Island. aera Lessee. 
MUG OI GLOIUSE ep wiseee see + -nomaeee Stee eee eee $200 | Joseph Ibach, Valdez, Alaska. 
Birtiearial s See 2 sige a Wa ak ar oo 250 | J.C. Smith, Sand Point, Alaska. 
Witte KOuiUjitsa—.- - cone -b as ee oes ee eee geen cos 205 | Andrew Grosvold, Sand Point, Alaska. 
Marmot. 20 send: 3. eee boon os eee a eee 200 | O. L. Grimes, Kodiak, Alaska. 
PROPOSED LEGISLATION. 
On January 29, 1916, Hon. J. W. Alexander introduced a bill (A. R-- 
10393, 64th Cong., 1st sess.) to redistribute jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Agriculture over the 
protection of fur-bearing animals in Alaska, and for other purposes. 
The bill included provisions for transferring to the Secretary of 
Agriculture the powers and duties now conferred upon the Secretary 
of Commerce in respect to protecting fur-bearing animals in Alaska, 
fur seals and sea otters excepted, and in respect to leasing certain 
islands in Alaska for use for fur-farming purposes. The bill also 
provided for transferring to the Secretary of Commerce the juris- 
_ diction now exercised by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Gov- 
ernor of Alaska in respect to walruses and sea lions. It was expressly 
stipulated that nothing in the proposed act should affect existing 
laws vesting in the Secretary of Commerce jurisdiction over the 
Pribilof Islands and the fur-bearing animals thereon. - 
