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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  To 
  carrv 
  out 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  the 
  Executive 
  order, 
  regulations 
  for 
  

   the 
  administration 
  of 
  the 
  reservation, 
  to 
  be 
  mutually 
  agreed 
  upon 
  

   by 
  the 
  Departments 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  Commerce, 
  will 
  be 
  promul- 
  

   gated 
  later. 
  

  

  LEASING 
  ISLANDS 
  FOR 
  PROPAGATION 
  OF 
  FUR-BEARING 
  ANIMALS. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  active 
  steps 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  Government 
  

   with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  the 
  encouragement 
  of 
  fox 
  farming 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  to 
  

   this 
  end 
  announcement 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Com- 
  

   merce 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  leasing 
  certain 
  islands 
  in 
  Alaska 
  for 
  the 
  propa- 
  

   gation 
  of 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  five 
  years 
  from 
  July 
  1, 
  

   1914, 
  at 
  an 
  annual 
  rental 
  of 
  $200. 
  Sealed 
  proposals 
  for 
  the 
  exclusive 
  

   right 
  to 
  occupy 
  said 
  islands 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  will 
  be 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  up 
  to 
  noon 
  of 
  May 
  1, 
  1914. 
  Details 
  in 
  regard 
  

   to 
  this 
  matter 
  were 
  set 
  forth 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  circular 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  January 
  1, 
  1914: 
  

  

  PROPAGATION 
  OF 
  FOXES 
  AND 
  OTHER 
  FUR-BEARING 
  ANIMALS. 
  

  

  Announcement 
  of 
  the 
  intention 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  to 
  lease 
  certain 
  islands 
  in 
  

   Alaska 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  propagating 
  fur-bearing 
  animals. 
  

  

  Paragraph 
  4 
  of 
  the 
  act 
  entitled, 
  "An 
  act 
  making 
  appropriations 
  for 
  sundry 
  civil 
  

   expenses 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  thirtieth, 
  eighteen 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  and 
  eighty, 
  and 
  for 
  other 
  purposes," 
  approved 
  March 
  3, 
  1879, 
  provides 
  — 
  

  

  "That 
  authority 
  be, 
  and 
  is 
  hereby, 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  to 
  lease 
  

   at 
  his 
  discretion 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  not 
  exceeding 
  five 
  years, 
  such 
  unoccupied 
  and 
  unpro- 
  

   ductive 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  under 
  his 
  control, 
  for 
  the 
  leasing 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  

   is 
  no 
  authority 
  under 
  existing 
  law, 
  and 
  such 
  leases 
  shall 
  be 
  reported 
  annually 
  to 
  

   Congress." 
  

  

  Section 
  10 
  of 
  the 
  act 
  entitled, 
  "An 
  act 
  extending 
  the 
  homestead 
  laws 
  and 
  providing 
  

   for 
  right 
  of 
  way 
  for 
  railroads 
  in 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  for 
  other 
  purposes, 
  " 
  approved 
  

   May 
  14, 
  1898, 
  provides 
  that— 
  

  

  "The 
  Annette, 
  Pribilof 
  Islands, 
  and 
  the 
  islands 
  leased 
  or 
  occupied 
  for 
  the 
  propa- 
  

   gation 
  of 
  foxes 
  be 
  excepted 
  from 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  this 
  act." 
  

  

  An 
  Executive 
  order, 
  dated 
  February 
  2, 
  1904, 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  "Upon 
  the 
  recommendation 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  and 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  

   Commerce 
  and 
  Labor, 
  it 
  is 
  hereby 
  ordered 
  that 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  

   Treasury 
  to 
  lease 
  certain 
  islands 
  in 
  Alaska 
  for 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  foxes, 
  and 
  all 
  duties 
  

   and 
  powers 
  pertaining 
  thereto, 
  shall 
  be 
  transferred 
  to 
  and 
  be 
  vested 
  in 
  the 
  Secretary 
  

   of 
  Commerce 
  and 
  Labor." 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  will 
  lease 
  to 
  the 
  highest 
  responsible 
  bidders 
  the 
  

   exclusive 
  right 
  to 
  propagate 
  foxes 
  and 
  other 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  on 
  any 
  or 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   following 
  listed 
  islands 
  (which 
  records 
  show 
  were 
  leased 
  prior 
  to 
  May 
  14, 
  1898, 
  and 
  

   that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  now 
  under 
  lease) 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  five 
  years, 
  at 
  an 
  annual 
  rental 
  of 
  not 
  

   less 
  than 
  $200 
  for 
  each 
  island. 
  Every 
  such 
  lease 
  shall 
  be 
  duly 
  executed 
  in 
  triplicate, 
  

   and 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  transferable. 
  

  

  