﻿GENERAL 
  ADMINISTEATIVE 
  REPORT. 
  13 
  

  

  ENFORCEMENT 
  OF 
  REGULATIONS. 
  

  

  Seizures 
  and 
  confiscations. 
  — 
  The 
  revised 
  regulations 
  for 
  the 
  protec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  

   of 
  Commerce, 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  March 
  26, 
  1913, 
  contain 
  the 
  following 
  

   provisions 
  : 
  

  

  No 
  person 
  shall 
  purchase, 
  offer 
  to 
  purchase, 
  sell, 
  offer 
  for 
  sale, 
  or 
  export, 
  or 
  have 
  in 
  

   possession 
  the 
  unprime 
  skin 
  or 
  pelt 
  of 
  any 
  fur-bearing 
  animal 
  in 
  the 
  Territory 
  of 
  

   Alaska. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  fur 
  warden, 
  deputy 
  fur 
  wardens, 
  special 
  fur 
  wardens, 
  and 
  

   other 
  officers 
  designated 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  to 
  seize 
  and 
  confiscate 
  all 
  

   unprime 
  skins 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  unlawful 
  possession 
  of 
  any 
  person 
  in, 
  Alaska 
  or 
  in 
  process 
  

   of 
  shipment 
  from 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  these 
  provisions 
  the 
  deputy 
  wardens 
  stationed 
  

   at 
  Nushagak 
  seized 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity 
  during 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1913 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  1,200 
  muskrat 
  skins, 
  80 
  mink 
  skins, 
  and 
  24 
  fox 
  skins, 
  all 
  of 
  

   which 
  were 
  unprime 
  and 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  close 
  seasons. 
  

   These 
  skins 
  were 
  delivered 
  into 
  the 
  custody 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  mar- 
  

   shal 
  at 
  Valdez, 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  After 
  giving 
  due 
  consideration 
  to 
  the 
  matter 
  the 
  Secretary 
  ordered 
  

   that 
  these 
  sldns 
  be 
  confiscated 
  and 
  sold 
  for 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Government. 
  This 
  action 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  was 
  

   sustained 
  by 
  an 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  soUcitor 
  of 
  the 
  Department. 
  The 
  

   skins 
  have 
  since 
  been 
  shipped 
  to 
  St. 
  Louis, 
  where 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  sold 
  at 
  

   the 
  Funsten 
  Fur 
  Exchange 
  at 
  pubHc 
  auction 
  for 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States. 
  

  

  In 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  unprime 
  mink 
  skins 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   possession 
  of 
  various 
  parties 
  were 
  seized 
  and 
  confiscated. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  regulations 
  prohibit 
  the 
  kilHng 
  of 
  any 
  beaver 
  prior 
  to 
  

   November 
  1, 
  1918. 
  At 
  Quadra 
  Lake, 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  

   1913, 
  deputy 
  warden 
  Fred 
  H. 
  Gray 
  learned 
  of 
  the 
  trapping 
  of 
  a 
  

   beaver. 
  An 
  investigation 
  was 
  made 
  which 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  arrest 
  of 
  an 
  

   Indian, 
  Frank 
  Mark, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  seizure 
  of 
  a 
  fresh 
  beaver 
  skin. 
  Mark 
  

   confessed 
  his 
  guUt, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  taken 
  to 
  Ketchikan, 
  where 
  he 
  pleaded 
  

   guilty 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commissioner's 
  court. 
  The 
  minimum 
  fine 
  

   of 
  $200 
  was 
  imposed. 
  The 
  circumstances 
  showed 
  that 
  Mark 
  was 
  not 
  

   making 
  a 
  regular 
  practice 
  of 
  trapping 
  beaver. 
  

  

  TJnprin^e 
  slcins. 
  — 
  The 
  more 
  responsible 
  furriers 
  are 
  in 
  hearty 
  sym- 
  

   pathy 
  with 
  the 
  Department 
  regulation 
  which 
  prohibits 
  the 
  handhng 
  

   of 
  unprime 
  skins 
  in 
  the 
  Territory 
  of 
  Alaska 
  and 
  makes 
  any 
  unprime 
  

   skin 
  subject 
  to 
  confiscation. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  trappers 
  can 
  soon 
  be 
  brought 
  to 
  a 
  realization 
  of 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  directly 
  to 
  their 
  interest 
  to 
  take 
  no 
  unprime 
  furs, 
  

   for 
  even 
  though 
  the 
  number 
  so 
  taken 
  be 
  smaller, 
  the 
  aggregate 
  price 
  

   will 
  be 
  even 
  greater 
  than 
  would 
  be 
  realized 
  from 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  

   animals 
  taken 
  when 
  the 
  fur 
  is 
  not 
  prime. 
  

  

  