ALAShA CTAATKTAW AS RE
VISED AXI) EFFECTIVE JCLY 1
The revisions to the Alaska game
_ taw recommended by the Alaska
Game Commission, and recently ap
proved by the Department of Agri
culture,-are most important to both
reskieht and non-resident hunters and
trappers, for which reason The Kusko
Times will print the romp’ete text of
:! the new laws, wnich are effective July
1 of this year
Pursuant to the authority and di
rection contained in Section 10 of the
. Alaska-pranK-tew of January 13,
102fv ( 42-fito. fci‘Y'9upon consultation
srito or -recommendation from the
- .Aldskai&ente. Commission, and having
deteaanned-a hen, to what extent, and
by -what *n*-vns game animals, land
f fur-oearing animals, game birds, non
C- game- biros, and nests and eggs of
birds may be taken, possessed, trans
■ ported, bought or sold in Alaska, I,
R. W. Dunlap, Acting Secretary of
Agriculture, do hereby adopt the fol
. lowing regulations as suitable regu
lations permitting and governing the
same, to be effective 90 days after the
date of publication hereof:
Regulation 1, Definitions.
For the purpose of trese regula
tions the following shall be con
strued, respectively, to mean:
Secretary—The Secretary of Agri
culture of the United States.
Commission-—The Alaska Game
Commission.
Territory—Th Teerritory of Alaska.
Summit of Alaska range and-Ak
klun mountains—A continuous irreg
ular line extending from -the interna
tional boundary to Cape Newenh am,
following the divide separating the
upper Yukon and the Tanana river
drainage from the streams .flowing
into .the Gulf of Alaska, Prince Wil
liam sound, -and Cook inlet;- thence'
along .tkf- main. Alaska range follow
ing .the divide between the streams
flowing into the Tanana and Kusko
kwim rivers and those flowing into
Cook inlet; thence southwesterly to
Cape Newenham following the divide
separating the streams flowing- into
the Kuskokwim bay from those flow
ing into Cook inlet and Bristol bay. '
Person—The plural or the singular,
as the case demands, including indi
viduals, associations, partnerships,
and corporations, unless the context
otherwise requires.
Take—To take, pursue, disturb,
hunt, capture, trap, or kill, or to at
tempt to take, pursue, disturb, hunt,
capture, trap, or kill game animals,
land fur-bearing animals, game, or
non-game birds, or setting or using a
net trap, or other device for taking
them, or collecting the nests or eggs
of such birds.
Open Season—The time during
which birds or animals may lawfully
be taken. Each period of time pre
scribed as an open season shall be
construed to include the first and the
last days thereof.
Close Season—The time during
which birds and animals may not be
taken.
Transport—To ship, transport,
carry, import, export, or receive or to
deliver for shipment, transportation,
^carriage, or export unless the context
otherwise requires.
Game Animals—Deer, moose, cari
bou, elk, mountain sheep, mountain
goat, and the large brown and grizzly
bears, which shall be known as big
game.
Land Fur-Bearing Animals—Bea
ver, muskrat, marmot, ground squirrel
(spermophile), fisher, foxes, lynx,
marten, or sable, mink, weasel or er
mine, land otter, wolverine, polar
bear, and black bear, including it6
brown and blue (or glacier bear) color
variations.
Game Birds—Migratory waterfowl,
commonly known as ducks, geese,
brant, and swans; rhorebirds, com
monly known as plovers, sandpipers,
snipe, and curlew; little brown crane,
and the several species of grouse and
ptamigan,' which shall be. kuowtt. as
small game.
i
Non-Game Birds—All wild birds
except game birds.
Regulation 2.—Applications for Li
censes.
Each application for a license re
quired under the Alaska game law
• shall be made on the form prescribed
1 by the Commission and obtained from
a person authorized to issue licenses,
j and if the application is made by
mail it shall be accompanied by a
draft on a Juneau bank or an express
or postal money order payable to the
Commission for the amount of the
license fee.
i Regulation 3.—Licenses of Hunters,
Trappers, and Guides.
Nothing in these regulations shall
be construed to permit a person to
:ake animals or birds or to act as a
guide in' the Territory unless he shall
be in possession of a valid license,
1 bearing his signature written in ink
; on the face thereof, if he is required
! by the Alaska game law or regula
tions thereunder to have his license
on his person when taking animals or
birds or acting as a guide, and shall
| produce it for inspection by any game
warden or other person requesting to
see it.
Regulation 4.—Possession and Trans
portation.
Game animals in numbers not ex
ceeding the maximum seasonal limits
'■ prescribed by Regulations 11 and 13,
the hides, heads and feet of game an
imals, articles made from such hide,
heads, or feet, grouse and ptarmigan,
and the skins and feathers of game
birds, legally taken during the open
season, may be possessed and trans
ported al any time within the Terri
tory by any person, provided that
caribou legally taken north of the
summit of the Alaska range and Ah
klun mountains, and mountain sheep,
legally taken north of the Arctic Cir
cle,- may be transported and possessed
in the Territory of such' areas, re
spectively, by the person who killed
them.
Any person may without a license
possess and transport at any time
within or without the Territory the
shed or weathered antlers of caribou,
moose, and deer.
Any person may transport within
the Territory during the period con
stituting the open season therefor mi
gratory game birds legally taken dur
ing the open season, and such migra
tory birds or parts thereof in transit
during the open season may continue
in transit for such additional time
immediately succeeding such open
season, not exceeding five days, as
may be necessary to deliver the same
to their destination, and may be pos
sessed within the Territory during the
period constituting the open season
and for additional period of 10 days
next succeeding such open season, but
ni person shall possess more than 75
in the aggregate of all kinds of
ducks, geese, and brant at any one
time. -
A non-resident may possess and
! transport at any time within or with
out of the Territory the skins and
feathers of game birds an dany ar
j tide manufactured from the hides or
hoofs of caribou, deer, or mountain
goats, legally taken. A non-resident
citizen who is the holder of a valid
I game license, or a non-resident alien
i who is the holder of an alien special
special license, may possess and
transport at any time within or out
of the Territory 1 moose, 3 deer, 2
caribou, 2 mountain sheep, 3 moun
; tain goats, and 3 in the aggregate of
large brown and grizzly bears, ex
cepting if such bears are from the
Kenai peninsula, the Kodiak-Afognak
island group, or the Alaska peninsula
as particularly described in Regula
tion 11, then 2 in the aggregate, or
any parts of such animals, but no
more of any one kind legally taken by
him; but before any big game animal
or part thereof shall be transported
out of the Territory, the person de
siring to make such shipment shall
first make and deliver to the collector
of customs' at tne port of shipment,
in casd the shipment is made by ex
press, or freight, or with the postmas
ter at the place where mailed, if ship
ment is made by parcel post, his affi
davit to the effect that he has not vio
lated any of the provisions of the
Alaska game law or the regulations
thhereunderj that the big game an
imal or part thereof which he desires
to ship has not been purchased or
sold and is not being shipped for the
purpose of being sold, and that he
lawfully killed the animal and is the
owner of it or the part thereof and is
the part he desires to ship. •• Such-affi
davit shall accompany . the shipment,
if made by express or freight, td tho
port of clearance, there to he tfeken
, up by the collector of the''•po*4.;-col
lectors of customs at port Of clear
ance and postmasters shall -promptly
transmit such affidavits to the -Com
mission. Such shipment shall ‘have
i attached thereto a license .eoupoh for
each carcass or part thereof contained
therein.
| In any one year a resident may ex
port by express, frieght, or parcel
post, for mounting and return to the
Territory within one year, but not
; for sale, not to exceed two head's or
I trophies of each species of game an
: imals legally killed by him during the
! open season, upon first procuring
; from a member of the Commission or
a collector of customs a resident ship
ping licjense, which license shall be
securely fastened to the shipment in
a conspicuous place. On the return
of the trophy or trophies to the con
signor, the shipping license shall be
securely fastened to the shipment,
and the collector or postmaster thru
whose office it is received shall detach
the original license, note thereon the
contents of the shipment, and pfompt
ly forward the license to the -Cora
mission.
A citizen of the United States who
has been a resident of ' the Territory
for at least two years arid" who is re- l
moving his residence from the Terri
tory may export, by express, freight,
or parcel post, trophies of game an- j
imals legally acquired by him upon t
first procuring from a member of the!
Commission, or collector of customs,1
a shipping license, which shall be se
curely fastened to the shipment in a
conspicuous place.
Land fur-bearing animals for
which an open season is provided, |
skins or parts thereof, when legally
acquired, may be possessed and trans
ported by any person at any time, but
no person who is engaged in fur
farming or is a fur dealer or an agent
of a fur dealer shall possess or trans
port any fur-bearing animal or part
thereof unless at the time of such
possession or trarf portation he is in
possession of a valid license issued to
him pursuant to the provision of the
Alaska game law, and no person shall
possess or transport any unprime
skin at any time. In case shipment
is made by express or freight, the
i shipper shall first deliver to the col
| lector of customs at the port of ship
ment, or, if by parcel post, to the
postmaster at the point of mailing, a
statement correctly showing the num
! ber and kinds of skins in each ship
' ment, and setting forth that no un
prime Skins is contained therein and
; further if shipment contains beaver
or marten skins, the statement shall
: show serial number of the Commis
I sion’s seal attached to each skin. If
! shipment is made by express or
freight such statement shall accom
pany it to the port of clearance, there
i to be taken up by the collector of the
| port, or, if by parlel post, by the post
master at the office where mailed.
Collectors and postmasters shall
promptly transmit such statements to
the Commission. In case skins or
furs are shipped out of the Territory
by means other than express, freight,!
or parcel post, the person transport- i
ing them shall first transmit by mail]
such a statement to the Commission. ■
(Continued Next Issue.)
Signor Mussolini declares that the
more motorists there are the fewer
bolshevists there will be. On the
other hand, there will be more motor
ists.—Punch.
,1
Babeesch Moosehide Mitts and Boots
Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
A. it Edridge
McGrath
mnsam
TMOTWA ROADHOUSE
Best of Meals and Rooms
Where E?erything Is Homelike and
Where You Are Cordially Welcomed
GOOD DOG HOUSES
BATHS
Ivar Chilstrom
Prop.
j Rough and Dressed Lum
! ber of All Kinds
i
i
1
How About
N
I
i
Try
Kusko
crimes
1
i