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Seattle, Washington, Portland, Oregon, or San Francisco, California, and he shall forthwith notify the collector of customs at the proper port of entry as to the name of the holder of the license and the name and address of the consignee. All proceeds from licenses, except one dollar from each fee, which shall be retained by the clerk issuing the license to cover the cost of printing and issue, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts; the amount necessary for the enforcement of this Act shall be esti- mates for enmated for annually by the Agricultural Department and forcement of appropriated for including the employment and salaries to be paid to game wardens herein authorized. And the governor shall annually make a detailed and itemized governor." report to the Secretary of Agriculture, in which he shall state the number and kind of licenses issued, the money received, which report shall also include a full statement of all trophies exported and all animals and birds exported for any purpose.

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Affidavit of applicant.

And the governor of Alaska is further authorized to Employment employ game wardens, to make regulations for the regis- dens, etc. tration and employment of guides, and fix the rates for licensing guides and rates of compensation for guiding. Every person applying for a guide license shall, at the time of making such application, make and file with the person issuing such license an affidavit to the effect that he will obey all the conditions of this Act and of the regulations thereunder, that he will not violate any of the game laws or regulations of Alaska, and that he will report all violations of such laws and regulations that come to his knowledge. Any American citizen or native Persons enof Alaska, of good character, upon compliance with the titled to 11requirements of this Act, shall be entitled to a guide license. Any guide who shall fail or refuse to report any violation of this Act, or who shall himself violate any of the provisions of this Act, shall have his license revoked, Penalty. and in addition shall be liable to the penalty provided in section seven of this Act, and shall be ineligible to act as guide for a period of five years from the date of conviction.

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Failure to report violations.

Shipments of
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"SEC. 6. That it shall be unlawful for any persons. firm, or corporation, or their officers or agents, to deliver to any common carrier, or for the owner, agent, or master of any vessel, or for any other person, to receive for shipment or have in possession with intent to ship out of Alaska, any wild birds, except eagles, or parts thereof, or any heads, hides, or carcasses of brown bear, caribou, deer, moose, mountain sheep, or mountain goats, or parts thereof, unless said heads, hides, or carcasses are accompanied by the required license or coupon and by a copy of the affidavit required by section five of this Act: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to Proviso. prevent the collection of specimens for scientific purposes, for Collections capture or shipment of live animals and birds for ex- purposes, etc.

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hibition or propagation, or the export from Alaska of specimens under permit from the Secretary of Agriculture, and under such restrictions and limitations as he may prescribe and publish.

Consign- It shall be the duty of the collector of customs at Duties of col- Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco to keep strict aclectors of cus- count of all consignments of game animals received from Alaska, and no consignment of game shall be entered until due notice thereof has been received from the governor of Alaska or the Secretary of Agriculture, and found to agree with the name and address on the shipDetention of ment. In case consignments arrive without licenses they consignments. shall be detained for sixty days, and if a license be not then produced said consignments shall be forfeited to the United States and shall be delivered by the collector of customs to the United States marshal of the district for such disposition as the court may direct.

Penalties for violation.

"SEC. 7. PENALTIES.-That any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit to the United States all game or birds in his possession, and all guns, traps, nets, or boats used in killing or capturing said game or birds, and shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or imprisonment not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the False affida- court. Any person making any false or untrue statements in any affidavit required by this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit to the United States all trophies in his possession, and shall be punished by a fine in any sum not more than two hundred dollars or imprisonment not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

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without warrant.

ENFORCEMENT.-It is hereby made the duty of all marshals and deputy marshals, collectors or deputy collectors of customs, all officers of revenue cutters, and all game wardens to assist in the enforcement of this Act. Arrests, etc., Any marshal, deputy marshal, or warden in or out of Alaska may arrest without warrant any person found violating any of the provisions of this Act or any of the regulations herein provided, and may seize any game, birds, or hides, and any traps, nets, guns, boats, or other paraphernalia used in the capture of such game or birds. and found in the possession of said person in or out of Alaska, and any collector or deputy collector of customs, or warden, or licensed guide, or any person authorized in writing by a marshal shall have the power above provided to arrest persons found violating this Act or said regulations and seize said property without warrant to keep and deliver the same to a marshal or a deputy marshal. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treas

ury, upon request of the governor or Secretary of Agriculture, to aid in carrying out the provisions of this Act.

"SEC. 8. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with Repeal. the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed."

CHAP. 163.--An Act Making appropriation for the support of May 11, 1908. the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun- [II. R. 17288.]

dred and nine.

[Public, No.
112.]
35 Stat. L.,

(Signal service of the army in Alaska; Conveyance of pt. 1, p. 106. lot at Fairbanks in Alaska for telegraph office; Washington-Alaska military cable and telegraph system; Military and post roads in Alaska; Extra pay for enlisted men in Alaska. See pp. 62, 63, 67, 68.)

CHAP. 166.-An Act Making appropriations for the naval serv- May 13, 1908. ice for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred [II. R. 20471.] and nine, and for other purposes.

[Public, No.
115.]
35 Stat. L.,

(Expenses, electric lights and heating, marine bar- pt. 1, p. 127. racks, Sitka; Sales of provisions to civilian employees in Alaska; Repairs, barracks at Sitka, Alaska. See pp. 74, 75, 76.)

CHAP. 180.-An Act Authorizing the construction of bridges May 20, 1908. across navigable waters, and to extend the time for the construction of bridges across navigable waters, and to legalize the construction of bridges across navigable waters.

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[S. 4809.] [Public, No. 124.] 35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 166.

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That the Copper River Railway Company, a corpora- Copper River, tion organized and existing under the laws of the State Alaska. of Washington, its successors and assigns, be, and they Railway Comare hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate bridge. two bridges across the Copper River, in the Territory of locations. Alaska, below the Abercrombie Canyon, to be located as follows: The first, or lower bridge, to cross the said Copper River at a point below Childs Glacier; and the second, or upper bridge, to cross said Copper River at some point between Childs Glacier and Miles Glacier, and slightly upstream from the location that has been selected as a bridge crossing by the Alaska Pacific Railway and Terminal Company, and a sufficient distance therefrom to avoid interference with the construction or operation of the bridge across said river that may lawfully be erected by said last-named company.

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That the Copper River and Northwestern Railway Bering Lake, Company, a corporation organized and existing under Alaska. the laws of the State of Nevada, be, and is hereby, author- and Northwestern Railway ized to construct, operate, and maintain a bridge and its company may approaches thereto across Bering Lake, in the Territory bridge. of Alaska.

May 21, 1908. CHAP. 183.-An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic [H. R. 20345.] and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine

[Public, No. 127.]

35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 171.

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teen hundred and nine.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asDiplomatic sembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriations. appropriated in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

SCHEDULE A.

BOUNDARY LINE, ALASKA AND CANADA.

To enable the Secretary of State to mark the boundary and make the surveys incidental thereto, between the Territory of Alaska and the Dominion of Canada, in conformity with the award of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and existing treaties, including employment at the seat of government of such surveyors, computers, and draftsmen as are necessary to reduce field notes, seventyfive thousand dollars, to be immediately available, together with the unexpended balance of the previous appropriation for this object.

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(Relief and protection of American seamen. See p. 198.)

May 22, 1908.

[H. R. 16882.]

[Public, No.

130.]

35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 184.

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CHAP. 186.—An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as Legislative, sembled, That the following sums be, and the same are judicial ex- hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury penses, appro- not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the priations. service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

LEGISLATIVE.

(Pay of Delegates from the Territories. See p. 198.)

GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORIES.

DISTRICT OF ALASKA: For governor, five thousand dollars; three judges, at five thousand dollars each; three attorneys, at three thousand dollars each; three marshals, at four thousand dollars each; three clerks, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; in all, fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars.

For incidental and contingent expenses, clerk hire, not to exceed two thousand dollars; traveling expenses of the governor while absent from Juneau on official business; rent of office and quarters in Juneau, stationery, lights, and fuel to be expended under the direction of the governor, five thousand five hundred dollars.

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That the appropriation for incidental and contingent etc., for Furniture, expenses of the office of the governor of Alaska for the ernor's office. fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight shall be available for the purchase and repair of furniture in the governor's office and quarters at Juneau, Alaska, and for alterations and repairs of buildings occupied as office and quarters.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

MINE INSPECTORS:

Protection of

For continuing the work authorized by the Act ap- miners lives. proved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories and in the District of Alaska, and for conducting investigations as to the causes of mine explosions with a view to increasing safety in mining, to be immediately available, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which sum not more than fifty thousand dollars may be used for salaries.

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SURVEYORS-GENERAL AND THEIR CLERKS.

For surveyor-general and ex officio secretary of the district of Alaska, four thousand dollars; clerks in his office, seven thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars. For rent of offices for surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery, printing, binding, drafting instruments, typewriters, books of reference for office use, fur

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