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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUE 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  Minor 
  Furs 
  Shipped 
  From 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1912 
  and 
  1913 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  TERRITORIAL 
  TAX 
  ON 
  FURS 
  EXPORTED 
  FROM 
  ALASKA. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  revenue 
  act 
  of 
  the 
  legislature 
  of 
  May 
  1, 
  1913 
  (chap. 
  52), 
  

   provides 
  a 
  tax 
  upon 
  furs 
  exported 
  from 
  Alaska 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  one-half 
  

   of 
  1 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  gross 
  value 
  thereof, 
  and 
  prohibits 
  any 
  shipment 
  

   of 
  furs 
  without 
  first 
  obtaining 
  from 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  the 
  court 
  of 
  the 
  

   district 
  whence 
  the 
  shipment 
  emanates 
  a 
  license 
  permit 
  w^hich 
  must 
  

   be 
  paid 
  for 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  above 
  specified. 
  This 
  act 
  places 
  additional 
  

   duties 
  and 
  limitations 
  upon 
  various 
  Federal 
  officers 
  not 
  within 
  the 
  

   jurisdiction 
  of 
  the 
  legislature, 
  a 
  proceeding 
  declared 
  invalid 
  by 
  the 
  

   Attorney 
  General 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States; 
  hence 
  the 
  proper 
  execution 
  

   of 
  the 
  tax 
  law 
  as 
  it 
  now 
  stands 
  seems 
  most 
  difficult 
  or 
  even 
  impossible 
  

   of 
  accomplishment. 
  

  

  The 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  act 
  referring 
  to 
  an 
  export 
  tax 
  on 
  furs 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Furs: 
  One-half 
  of 
  one 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  gross 
  value 
  of 
  any 
  furs, 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  

   exported 
  from 
  the 
  Territory 
  and 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  and 
  punishable 
  under 
  this 
  act 
  

   for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  ship 
  from 
  the 
  Territory 
  of 
  Alaska 
  any 
  furs 
  without 
  having 
  first 
  paid 
  

   for 
  and 
  obtained 
  a 
  license 
  permit 
  as 
  herein 
  provided; 
  and 
  no 
  custom 
  officer 
  shall 
  issue 
  

   a 
  manifest 
  for 
  nor 
  postmaster 
  receipt 
  for 
  mailing 
  any 
  furs 
  unless 
  the 
  shipper 
  thereof 
  

   shall 
  present 
  a 
  certificate 
  for 
  this 
  license 
  fee 
  signed 
  by 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  court 
  

   of 
  the 
  division 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  furs 
  were 
  shipped. 
  

  

  PROPAGATION 
  OF 
  FUR-BEARING 
  ANIMALS. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  or 
  so 
  much 
  activity 
  has 
  developed 
  in 
  Alaska 
  

   in 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  fur-bearing 
  animals, 
  especially 
  foxes. 
  This 
  

   activity 
  has 
  been 
  stimulated 
  by 
  reports 
  from 
  eastern 
  Canada, 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  Prince 
  Edward 
  Island, 
  where 
  fox 
  raising 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  made 
  

   large 
  fortunes 
  for 
  those 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  enterprise, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  agents 
  and 
  representatives 
  of 
  fox-raising 
  companies 
  in 
  New 
  

   Brunswick 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  who 
  have 
  offered 
  and 
  paid 
  what 
  really 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  be 
  fabulous 
  prices 
  for 
  live 
  foxes 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  east 
  and 
  

   utilized 
  as 
  breeding 
  stock. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  some 
  competition, 
  in 
  

   consequence 
  of 
  which 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  breeders 
  of 
  blue 
  foxes 
  on 
  islands 
  

  

  