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fchipinent is to be made an affidavit to the effect that he has not 

 viohited any of the provisions of this Act; that the trophy which he 

 desires to siiip has not been bought or purchased and has not been 

 sold and is not being shipped for the purpose of being sold, and that 

 he is the owner of the trophy which he desires to ship, and if the 

 trophy is that of moose, whether the animal from which it was taken 

 was killed north or south of latitude sixty-two degrees: Provided 

 furth£t\ That any resident of Alaska prior to September first, nine- 

 teen hundred and eight, may without permit or license ship any head 

 or trophy of any of the game animals herein mentioned upon filing an 

 affidavit with the customs office at the port where such shipment is 

 to be made that the animal from which said head or trophy was taken 

 was killed prior to the passage of this Act. Any affidavit required 

 by the provisions of this Act may be subscribed and sworn to before 

 any customs officer or before any officer competent to administer 

 an oath. 



" The governor of Alaska is hereby authorized to issue licenses for 

 hunting and shipping big game. On issuing a license he shall require 

 the applicant to state whether the heads or trophies to be obtained or 

 shipped under said license will pass through the ports of entry at 

 Seattle. Washington. Portland, Oregon, or San Francisco, California, 

 and he shall forthwith notify the collector of customs at the proper 

 port of entry as to the name of the holder of the license and the name 

 and address of the consignee. All proceeds from licenses, except one 

 dollar from each fee, w^hich shall be retained by the clerk issuing the 

 license to cover the cost of printing and issue, shall be paid into the 

 Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts; the amount 

 necessary for the enforcement of this Act shall be estimated for annu- 

 ally by the Agricultural Department and appropriated for including 

 the employment and salaries to be paid to game wardens herein 

 authorized. And the governor shall annually make a detailed and 

 itemized report to the Secretary of Agriculture, in which he shall 

 state the number and kind of licenses issued, the money received, 

 which report shall also include a full statement of all trophies ex- 

 ported and all animals and birds exported for any purpose. 



"And the governor of Alaska is further authorized to employ game 

 wardens, to make regulations for the registration and employment of 

 guides, and fix the rates for licensing guides and rates of compensa- 

 tion for guiding. Every person applying for a guide license shall, at 

 the time of making such application, make and file with the pei-son 

 issuing such license an affidavit to the effect that he will obey all the 

 conditions of this Act and of the regulations thereunder, that he will 

 not violate any of the game laws or regulations of Alaska, and that 

 he will report all violations of such laws and regulations that come 

 to his knowledge. Any American citizen or native of Alaska, of good 

 character, upon compliance with the requirements of this Act, shall 

 be entitled to a guide license. Any guide who shall fail or refuse to 

 report any violation of this Act, or who shall himself violate any of 

 the provisions of this Act, shall have his license revoked, and in addi- 

 tion shall be liable to the penalty provided in section seven of this 

 Act, and shall be ineligible to act as guide for a period of five years 

 from the date of conviction. 



