was written and passed by Con
gress for a specific purpose. It
explicitly defines the time whe?i
fish may be taken and expressly
prohibits the taking of salmon
“except by hand rod, spear, or
gaff for personal use and not for
sale or barter in ANY OF THE
WATERS OF ALASKA over
which the United States has jur
isdiction.”
The penalty for violation of
this section is provided in section
G of the same law: “Any person
company, or association violat
ing ANY PROVISION of THIS
Act or of said Act of Congress
or of any regulation made under
the authority of either, shall,
upon conviction thereof, be pun
ished by a fine not exceeding
$5,000 or imprisonment for a
term of not more than ninety
days in the county jail, or by
both such fine and imprison
ment.” Every boat, seine, net
trap and every other gear and
appliance used in violation of
this Act or in violation of said
Act approved June 26, 1906, and
all fish taken therein or there
with. shall be forfeited to the
United States, and SHALL BE
SEIZED and SOLD under the
direction of the Court in which
the forfeiture is declared, at pub
lie auction, and the proceeds
thereof, after deducting the ex
penses, shall be disposed of as
other fines and forfeitures under
the laws relating to Alaska. Pro
ceedings for such forfeiture shaU
te in rem under the rules of Ad
mi vr»lty.”
_-.ore is not a canner who
will or can deny the correctness
of our charge that the Bureau
cf Fisheries is knowingly, delib
erately and intentionally neglect
mg its duties in overlooking en
forcement of Section 5 of the
low of 1924. And further, every
attorney for every cannery or
trap operator knows that this
prohibition operates against the
traps just as surely as the Bu
reau of Fisheries invokes it
against the fishermen.
The “wrigglers” have a chance
to nab a case in point and swear
out complaint against operators
for violation of Section 5 of
the law of 1924. The District
Attorney has no recourse but to
carry such a case into court. But
if the wrigglers sit in poolrooms
and back of some comfortable
stove, they will give a couple of
verbal kicks, keel over and be
the empty shells of men who
fear the reprisals of the trap
system.
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