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the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, and such expenses shall not exceed in the aggregate six hundred dollars each in any one year.

Such agents shall never be interested, directly or indi- R. S., 1975. rectly, in any lease of the right to take seals, nor in any proceeds or profits thereof, either as owner, agent, partner, or otherwise.

Such agents are empowered to administer oaths in all R. S., 1976. cases relating to the service of the United States, and to take testimony in Alaska for the use of the Government in any matter concerning the public revenues.

gress.
June 6, 1900.
(31 Stat., 322.)

The governor [of Alaska] shall from time to time inquire Report to Coninto the operations of any person, company, association, or corporation authorized by the United States, by contract or otherwise, to kill seal or other fur-bearing animals in the Sec. 2. district, and any and all violations by such person, company, association, or corporation of the agreement with the United States under which the operations are being conducted, and shall annually report to Congress the result of such inquiries.

SALMON FISHERIES.

fisheries.

Mar. 3, 1899.
(30 Stat., 1280.)

The erection of dams, barricades, fish wheels, fences, or Alaska salmon any such fixed or stationary obstructions in any part of the rivers or streams of Alaska, or to fish for or catch salmon or salmon trout in any manner or by any means, with Sec. 179. the purpose or result of preventing or impeding the ascent of salmon to their spawning ground, is hereby declared to be unlawful, and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized and directed to remove such obstructions and to establish and enforce such regulations and surveillance as may be necessary to insure that this prohibition and all other provisions of law relating to the salmon fisheries of Alaska are strictly complied with.

ing.

Sec. 180.

It shall be unlawful to fish, catch, or kill any salmon of Unlawful fishany variety except with rod or spear above the tide waters of any creeks or rivers of less than five hundred feet width in the Territory of Alaska, except only for purposes of propagation, or to lay or set any drift net, set net, trap, pound net, or seine for any purpose across the tide waters of any river or stream for a distance of more than onethird of the width of such river, stream, or channel, or lay or set any seine or net within one hundred yards of any other net or seine which is being laid or set in said stream or channel, or to take, kill, or fish for salmon in any manner or by any means in any of the waters of the Territory of Alaska, either in the streams or tide waters, except Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound, Bering Sea, and the waters tributary thereto, from midnight on Friday of each week until six o'clock antemeridian of the Sunday following; or to fish for or catch or kill in any manner or on any appliance except by rod or spear any salmon in any stream of less than one hundred yards in width in the said Territory of Alaska between the hours of six o'clock in

Close seasons.
Sec. 181.

Inspectors

fisheries. Sec. 182.

Penalty.
Sec. 183.

the evening and six o'clock in the morning of the following day of each and every day of the week.

The Secretary of Commerce and Labor may, at his discretion, set aside any streams as spawning grounds, in which no fishing will be permitted; and when, in his judgment, the results of fishing operations on any stream indicate that the number of salmon taken is larger than the capacity of the stream to produce, he is authorized to establish weekly close seasons, to limit the duration of the fishing season, or to prohibit fishing entirely for one year or more, so as to permit salmon to increase: Prorided, however, That such power shall be exercised only after all persons interested shall have been given a hearing, of which hearing due notice must be given by publication: And provided further, That it shall have been ascertained that the persons engaged in catching salmon do not maintain fish hatcheries of sufficient magnitude to keep such streams fully stocked.

of To enforce the provisions of law herein and such regulations as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may establish in pursuance thereof, he is authorized and directed to appoint one inspector of fisheries, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, and two assistant inspectors, at a salary of one thousand six hundred dollars each per annum; that he will annually submit to Congress estimates to cover the salaries and actual traveling expenses of the officers [hereby ]authorized and for such other expenditures as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the law herein.

Any person violating the provisions of sections one hundred and seventy nine, one hundred and eighty, and one hundred and eighty-one of this act or the regulations established in pursuance of section one hundred and eighty-two of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for a term not exceeding ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court; and, further, in case of the violation of any of the provisions of section one hundred and seventy-nine, and conviction thereof, a further fine of two hundred and fifty dollars per diem will be imposed for each day that the obstruction or obstructions therein are maintained.

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TEMPORARY QUARTERS OF THE BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS, BUILDERS' EXCHANGE BUILDING, MARCH 16 TO JUNE 16, 1903

CHAPTER IV

BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS

Feb. 14, 1905.

(32 Stat., 827.)

Sec. 6. commissioner.

missioner.

"There shall be in the Department of Commerce and Labor a bureau to be called the Bureau of Corporations, and a Commissioner of Corporations who shall be the head of said bureau, to be appointed by the President, who shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum. There shall also be in said bureau a deputy com- Deputy Commissioner, who shall receive a salary of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and who shall in the absence of the Commissioner act as, and perform the duties of, the Commissioner of Corporations, and who shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor or by the said Commissioner. There shall also be in the said bureau a chief Employees. clerk and such special agents, clerks, and other employees as may be authorized by law.

missioner.

The said Commissioner shall have power and authority Duties of Comto make, under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, diligent investigation into the organization, conduct, and management of the business of any corporation, joint stock company or corporate combination engaged in commerce among the several States and with foreign nations excepting common carriers subject to "An act to regulate commerce," approved February Corporations fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and to gather such information and data as will enable the President of the United States to make recommendations to Congress for legislation for the regulation of such commerce, and to report such data to the President from time to time as he shall require; and the information so obtained or as much thereof as the President may direct shall be made public.

excepted.

Power of Commissioner.

In order to accomplish the purposes declared in the foregoing part of this section, the said Commissioner shall have and exercise the same power and authority in respect to corporations, joint stock companies and combinations subject to the provisions hereof, as is conferred on the Interstate Commerce Commission in said "Act to regulate commerce" and the amendments thereto in respect to common carriers so far as the same may be applicable, including the right to subpoena and compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary Tony and evidence and to administer oaths. All the requirements, obligations, liabilities, and immunities imposed or conferred by said "Act to regulate commerce" and by "An Act in

a The personnel of the Bureau is provided in appropriation act on page 32.

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