DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Alaska. Investigating GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. For continuation of the investigation of the mineral mineral re-resources of Alaska, eighty thousand dollars, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine. sources. Mar. 11, 1908. [S. 4351.] [Public, No. 50.1 35 Stat., L., Alaska Pa Company. ed for complet CHAP. 80.-An Act For the relief of the Alaska Pacific Railway and Terminal Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representapt. 1, p. 41. tives of the United States of America in Congress assemcific Railway bed, That the time of the Alaska Pacific Railway and and Terminal Terminal Company to comply with the provisions of Time extend- sections four and five of chapter two hundred and ninetying road. nine of the laws of the United States, entitled "An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for the right of way for railroads in the district of Alaska, and for other purposes," approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, in acquiring and completing its railroad now under construction in Alaska is hereby extended, as follows: Filing etc. maps, Completion of 20 miles of Time extend 1909. First. The time to file the map and profile of definite location of its second section of at least twenty miles with the register of the land office in the district of Alaska, as provided in said sections four and five, is hereby extended to and including the eighteenth day of March, nineteen hundred and nine. Second. The time to complete the first section of at first section. least twenty miles of its railroad, as provided in said ed to Mar. 18, section five, is hereby extended to and including the eighteenth day of March, nineteen hundred and nine, and such railroad company shall be entitled to all the benefits conferred upon it by the provisions of such Act upon its due compliance with all the provisions thereof, excepting only the provisions thereof relating to the filing of the map and profile of definite location of its second section of not less than twenty miles of its road: Provided, That other sections. it shall have, successively, one year each after said eighteenth day of March, nineteen hundred and nine, in which to file the map and profile of its definite location of the succeeding sections of not less than twenty miles Time of com- each: And provided further, That it shall have five years in which to complete its entire line. Provisos. Filing map of pletion of entire line. CHAP. 145.-An Act To increase the efficiency of the personnel Apr. 16, 1908. of the Revenue-Cutter Service. [S. 24.] [Public, No. 96.] 35 Stat. L., SEC. 12. * ; and that commanding officers of pt. 1, p. 61. vessels of the Revenue-Cutter Service be, and are hereby, authorized to administer oaths generally in Alaska. CHAP. 149.-An Act Relating to the liability of common car- Apr. 22, 1908. riers by railroad to their employees in certain cases. (Applicable to Alaska. See p. 196.) [H. R. 20310.] [Public, No. 100.] 35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 65. CHAP. 153. An Act Making appropriations for the current Apr. 30, 1908. and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling (H. R. 15219.] treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other pur- [Public, No. poses, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 104.] 35 Stat. L., and nine. pt. 1, p. 70. Indian partment ap Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, dan Deapropriated out of any money in the Treasury not other-propriations. wise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and in full compensation for all offices the salaries for which are specially provided for herein for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, namely: ** UNDER THE COMMISSIONER. ing pupils. Proviso. For collection and transportation of pupils to and from TransportIndian schools, and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational training, seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, That not exceeding five thousand dollars of this pupils. amount may be used, under direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in the transportation and placing of Indian pupils in positions where remunerative employment can be found for them in industrial pursuits. The Alaska naprovisions of this section shall apply to native pupils brought from Alaska. tives. GENERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. Police. POLICE. For services of officers at twenty-five dollars per month each, and privates at twenty dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indian reservations and within the Territory of Alaska, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of equipments, and for the purchase of rations for policemen at nonration agencies, two hundred thousand dollars. * May 11, 1908. CHAP. 162.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act for the [H. R. 14789.] protection of game in Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved [Public, No. June seventh, nineteen hundred and two. 111.] 35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 102. Alaska. game in. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assem Protection of bled, That an Act entitled "An Act for the protection of game in Alaska, and for other purposes," approved June seventh, nineteen hundred and two, be amended to read as follows: Wanton destruction of, prohibited. "From and after the passage of this Act the wanton destruction of wild game animals or wild birds, except eagles, ravens, and cormorants, the destruction of nests and eggs of such birds, or the killing of any wild birds. Exceptions. other than game birds, except eagles, for the purposes of selling the same or the skins or any part thereof, except as hereinafter provided, is hereby prohibited. "Game animals.' GAME DEFINED.-The term 'game animals' shall include deer, moose, caribou, mountain sheep, mountain goats, brown bear, sea lions, and walrus. The term "Game birds." game birds' shall include water fowl, commonly known as ducks, geese, brant, and swans; shore birds, commonly known as plover, snipe, and curlew, and the several species of grouse and ptarmigan. Fur-seal laws not affected. for food, etc. "EXEMPTIONS.-Nothing in this Act shall affect any law now in force in Alaska relating to the fur seal, sea Killing game otter, or any fur-bearing animal to prevent the killing of any game animal or bird for food or clothing at any time by natives, or by miners or explorers, when in need of Shipping, food; but the game animals or birds so killed during etc., prohibited. close season shall not be shipped or sold. seasons in dif tudes. Open game 66 SEC. 2. SEASON.-That it shall be unlawful for any ferent lati- person in Alaska to kill any wild game animals or birds, except during the season hereinafter provided: North of latitude sixty-two degrees, brown bear may be killed at any time; moose, caribou, sheep, walrus, and sea lions Animals. Provisos. sula. from August first to December tenth, both inclusive; south of latitude sixty-two degrees, moose, caribou, and mountain sheep from August twentieth to December thirty-first, both inclusive; brown bear from October first to July first, both inclusive; deer and mountain goats from April first to February first, both inclusive; grouse, Birds. ptarmigan, shore birds, and waterfowl from September first to March first, both inclusive: Provided, That no caribou shall be killed on the Kenai Peninsula before Au- Kenai Peningust twentieth, nineteen hundred and twelve: And provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is Secretary of hereby authorized, whenever he shall deem it necessary prescribe rules, for the preservation of game animals or birds, to make etc. and publish rules and regulations prohibiting the sale of any game in any locality modifying the close seasons hereinbefore established, providing different close seasons for different parts of Alaska, placing further restrictions and limitations on the killing of such animals or birds in any given locality, or prohibiting killing entirely for a period not exceeding two years in such locality. SEC. 3. NUMBER. That it shall be unlawful for any person to kill any female or yearling moose or for any one person to kill in any one year more than the number specified of each of the following animals: Two moose, one walrus or sea lion, three caribou, three mountain sheep, three brown bear, or to kill or have in his possession in any one day more than twenty-five grouse or ptarmigan or twenty-five shore birds or waterfowl. "GUNS AND BOATS.-That it shall be unlawful for any person at any time to hunt with dogs any of the game animals specified in this Act; to use a shotgun larger than number ten gauge, or any gun other than that which can be fired from the shoulder; or to use steam launches or any boats other than those propelled by oars or padples in the pursuit of game animals or birds. Agriculture to Killing lim ited. Hunting restrictions. Sale of hides, etc., prohibited. "SEC. 4. SALE.-That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons at any time to sell or offer for sale any hides, skins, or heads of any game animals or game birds in Alaska, or to sell, offer for sale, or purchase, or offer to purchase, any game animals or game birds, or parts thereof, during the time when the killing of such animals or birds is prohibited: Provided, That it shall be lawful for dealers having in possession game animals or game killed. birds legally killed during the open season to dispose of the same within fifteen days after the close of said season. Proviso. Require ments. License for nonresidents. "SEC. 5. LICENSES.-That it shall be unlawful for any nonresident of Alaska to hunt any of the game animals protected by this Act, except deer and goats, without first obtaining a hunting license, or to hunt on the Kenai Peninsula without a registered guide, and such license shall not be transferable and shall be valid only during Peninsula. the calendar year in which issued. Each applicant shall License fee. Registered guide on Kenai pay a fee of one hundred dollars for such license, unless he be a citizen of the United States, in which case he shall Shipments pay a fee of fifty dollars. Each license shall be accom restricted. Shipping 11 censes. Fees. Provisos. panied by coupons authorizing the shipment of two moose if killed north of latitude sixty-two degrees, four deer, three caribou, three mountain sheep, three goats, and three brown bear, or any part of said animals, but no more of any one kind. "A resident of Alaska desiring to export heads or trophies of any of the game animals mentioned in this Act shall first obtain a shipping license, for which he shall pay a fee of forty dollars, permitting the shipment of heads or trophies of one moose, if killed north of latitude sixty-two degrees, four deer, two caribou, two sheep, two goats, and two brown bear, but no more of any one kind; or a shipping license, for which he shall pay a fee of ten dollars, permiting the shipment of a single head or trophy of caribou or sheep; or a shipping license, for which he shall pay a fee of five dollars, permitting the shipment of a single head or trophy of any goat, deer, or brown bear. Any person wishing to ship moose killed south of latitude sixty-two degrees must first obtain a special shipping license, for which he shall pay a fee of one hundred and fifty dollars, permitting the shipment of one moose, or any part thereof. Not more than one general license and two special moose licenses shall be issued to any one person in one year: Provided, That before any trophy shall be shipped from Alaska under the provisions of this Act the person desiring to make such shipment shall first make and file with the customs office at the port where such shipment is to be made an affidavit to the effect that he has not violated any of the provisions of this Act; that the trophy which he desires to ship has not been bought or purchased and has not been sold and is not being shipped for the purpose of being sold, and that he is the owner of the trophy which he desires to ship, and if the trophy is that of moose, whether the animal from which it was taken was killed north or south Animals of latitude sixty-two degrees: Provided further, That May 11, 1908. any resident of Alaska prior to September first, nineteen hundred and eight, may without permit or license ship any head or trophy of any of the game animals herein mentioned upon filing an affidavit with the customs office at the port where such shipment is to be made that the animal from which said head or trophy was taken was killed prior to the passage of this Act. Any affidavit required by the provisions of this Act may be subscribed and sworn to before any customs officer or before any officer competent to administer an oath. killed prior to Big game. "The governor of Alaska is hereby authorized to issue hunting, etc., of. licenses for hunting and shipping big game. On issuing a license he shall require the applicant to state whether the heads or trophies to be obtained or shipped under said license will pass through the ports of entry at |