(Requirements , of Act Passed By the
Last Legislature Relating,to Fur
Farming, Buying or Dealing in Furs
Following are the main sections of
the law passed by the last Legislature
relating to the business of fur farming
or of buying or dealing iu furs. Many
requests have been received for a copv
of the law. for which reason it is
printed almost in full:
Section 1. No person-shall engage
, in the business of fur farming or of
buying or dealing in furs without first
securing from the Commissioner aod
- ex officio Recorder a license so to do.
The licensee fee for each license shall
ba^tec dollars ($10) for the business of
fur farming, twenty-live dollars ($25)
> for stationary fur buyers, and one hun
dred and .fifty dollars <$150j for itin
erant fur buyers, which fee shall be
, paid to the Commissi oner before the
i lieense is issued.
Sec. 2. The license* ■shall be issued
for not more than one* year and shail
expire on the € ret day of August next
: after its issue. The application for the
license shall be.tiled with the Commis
, sioner and shall be accompanied by
i license fee. . .It shall give the name of
the applicant and the business to be,
■ engaged in, the plaee where the ap
plicant -wishes ta-comdaet > a business
under the license,idznless.-herbe an itin
• era tit, invwhiich e>veot that fact, must
fee stated,, and shall-contain an agree
ment that ithe applicant as licensee
will abide.by and faithfully carry out,
■ the,.provisions.>of this act and .before
the end 6t the.Iioense year remit to the
Cotnoiissksnei’i the tax due.upon the(
. pelts fhaodled, -.as herein uprovided.r
Wfceo-sach application is received by,
the-said Commissioner, the latter shall
issue thelieensc, which shall state the..
. name of the licensee*,4iis>jplace bf busi
•• ness aod theitLme when theilicense ex
, pires.
Sec. 3. . In addition, to the license, fee .
: above provided for the licensee shall
. pay to the Comitnissioner who issued
i the license the following licensei fees
on each ^peit. taken by a fur farmer or
purchased or otherwise appuired by a
i fur buyer, or taken by a trapper and,
, not sold to a.licensed fur buyer, to-wit:,
On each— «■
Polar bear. $2.50.
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B.-own bear, fl.
Grizzly bear, $1.
Black, bear,. 50 cents.
Beaver, <60 cents.
Fisher, $2.
Fox, silver, $3.50.
Fox. black, $3.50.
Fox, cross, $1.
Fox,*blue, $1.50.
Feu:, re 1, <50 cents.
Fox. white, $1.
Lynx, 50 cents.
Marten, 50 cents.
M i r,k, '25c.
Muskrat, oe.
Otter, land, 50c.
Otter, sea, $100.
Weasel, 5 cents.
Wildcat, 25c
Moose trophy, $10.
i.'&cribbu trophy, $5.
Deer trophy, $2.50.
Sheep trophy, $5.
Goat trophy. $5.
Pelt not specifically mentioned in the
above schedule, 10 oeuts.
bee. 4. ii,ach licensee scan Keep a
book, wherein he shall enter in ink a
true, correct and permanent reeord, in
chronological order, showing what
pelts were taken or purchased or other
wise acquired, the date of takieg or
purchasing, to whom and at what time
sold or otherwise disposed of, ami the
species or variety of each pelt. Such
record shall, be kept at the licensee’s
plaee of . business, except io case of
itinerant fur buyers, who shall have
the record in their possession. Such
record shall be open at all reasonable
times' to the> inspection of the game
wardens or any person delegated bv
the Treasurer to'inspect the same, and
to. the United States Marshal and dep
uty marshals. A copy of such records
shall be sent to the 'Commissioner at
dhe end of each quarter year for the
preceding(quarter, together with .re
mittance of the tax on the pelts han
dled during the -quarter, unless -such
tax has been previously remitted.
Sec; 8. It shall be unlawful for any
licensed stationary fur buyer to con- j
duct a licensed business at any other I
place than the one specified in the
license, but the one exception is that
such licensed fur buyer may appoint
and designate agents to the number of
three only with the authority to pur
chase furs throughout the Territory
for the licensed fur buyer only; pro
vided such agents shall receive from
the licensee a certificate in writing
showing he is authorized to contract
for or purchase furs for such licensee,
which certificate shall give the name
of the fur buyer aud the number of the 1
license under which it is issued, and
shall be approved by the Commissioner
who issued the license, and upon forms
/prescribed by the Treasurer of the
Territory. Such agent shall keep a
record of all pelts bought by him, in
the same manner as required of a li
censed fur buyer.
See. Any flioensed fur buyer in
possession of apy pelt or skin of fur
bearing animals not shown upon the
records required by this act to be kept
by the licensee shall 'forfeit such pelt
or skin to the Territory, and it shall
be the duty of the game warden, mar
shal or -deputy'marshals to take pos
session of -suchf pelt or -skin under
proper legal process and immediately
transmit the same to i the 'Auditor, if
such officer functions, otherwise to the
Treasurer of the Territory,* who shall^
sell it at public auction to tlie highest
bidder for oash, after giving at least
ten days1, ‘Public notice ol such sale.
The expense.of transmitting and sell
ing such pelt shall be paid by the Au
ditor or Treasurer out of the proceeds
of the sale.
Sec. J3. .^Whenever a game warden,
marshal ,os't*48puty marshal or other
person shall.hava good reason for be
lieving, and does believe, that pelts or
skins of fur-bearing animals are hidden
at any place or by any person for the
purpose of defrauding the Territory of
the tax imposed by this act, it shall be
the dutv of such officer or other person
to apply to -a United States Commis
sioner for a search warrant, and under
the authority .of-* such warrant the
premises oe places where such pelts
are believed to. be hidden shall be
searched. Such* warrant shall be is
sued as soon as an affidavit is filed by
such officer or other person giviug the
place at which- and the person by
whom he believes such pelts or skins
are hidden for the purpose of so de
frauding the Territory. Any pelt or
skin so hidden for such purpose shall
be forfeited to the.Territory of Alaska,
and shall tie confiscated and transmit
ted to the Treasurer for sale as above
provided.
Sec. 14. The license issued under
this act shalkbe displayed in a conspio
uous place Id .the licensee's place of
business; .provided,, however, that an
itinerant fur buyertshall have the
license in his possession and display
the same at all reasonable times when
requested to do so.
Sec. io. Any- person who snail en
gage in the business of buy ing or deal-1
ing in pelts or*skins of fur-bearing
animals, or who shall engage in tho
business of raisings or breeding fur
bear jng animals without first having
obtained a license so to do, pursuant to
the prosisions of this aot, or who Bhall
fail to ,k$ep a record of the pelts, aa
herein provided,. or.who snail fail to
pay the tax herein provided for, or who
carries, ships or sends or otherwise re
moves from theJFecritory. any ,palt on
which the tar ,haa mot-been paid as
herein.provided fpr, shall be guilty of
» misdemeanor, and ..upon conviction
thereof shali.be^punished by a -fine of
not more than five hundred denar's or
by imprisonment in -th<| >ai4 for not
more than six months, «r. by both such
fioe aDd imprisonment.
Axel Peterson came down on the
Alaskan from Tacotna.
Fritz Tittle arrived Sunday from
the Forks, for a short stay.
PROFESSIONAL
W. F. Green—
M.H., D. D. S
Office: McGrath, Aaa.
Geo. C. Winter—|
Bookkeeper.and Accountant
Frepared to ■give atteoticn to any in
terest in McGrath or vicinity.
Will. Return Prom the Outside Ahout, Novero
.<• ber. 15, Bringing With Me a Full Line of Op
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Various Kinds of Jeweljry.
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