Fisheries in Alaska: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries on Fish and Fish Hatcheries, House of Representatives, Sixty-seventh Congress, First [-second] Session, on H. R. 2394. October 27, 1921 and January 17 and 18, 1922U.S. Government Printing Office, 1921 |
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... Smith , of the Bureau of Fisheries , is here , and I think it would be proper for him or somebody from the Department of Commerce to make the opening statement , and then I would like to say something and Mr. Warren and a few others ...
... Smith , of the Bureau of Fisheries , is here , and I think it would be proper for him or somebody from the Department of Commerce to make the opening statement , and then I would like to say something and Mr. Warren and a few others ...
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... Smith . The CHAIRMAN . Dr. Smith , we will hear you . STATEMENT OF DR . H. M. SMITH , COMMISSIONER , BUREAU OF FISHERIES . Dr. SMITH . Mr. Chairman , I have only a few brief remarks to make . I did not expect to make any . The Secretary ...
... Smith . The CHAIRMAN . Dr. Smith , we will hear you . STATEMENT OF DR . H. M. SMITH , COMMISSIONER , BUREAU OF FISHERIES . Dr. SMITH . Mr. Chairman , I have only a few brief remarks to make . I did not expect to make any . The Secretary ...
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... SMITH . AS I understand it , sir , that matter is not before the committee yet . Mr. BANKHEAD . Yes ; but I understand it will come before the committee , and that is the reason these gentlemen are here to present some new phases of the ...
... SMITH . AS I understand it , sir , that matter is not before the committee yet . Mr. BANKHEAD . Yes ; but I understand it will come before the committee , and that is the reason these gentlemen are here to present some new phases of the ...
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... SMITH . I will say , Mr. Chairman , that if you desire first - hand information as to conditions in various rivers which would be affected by this bill , there is present a gentleman who has made a number of investigations in Alaska and ...
... SMITH . I will say , Mr. Chairman , that if you desire first - hand information as to conditions in various rivers which would be affected by this bill , there is present a gentleman who has made a number of investigations in Alaska and ...
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... SMITH . May I say a word on that point ? At the time I was on my feet before , Mr. Chairman , the measure to which Mr. McCord is referring was not before the com- mittee and I did not feel at liberty to bring it up . I may say now ...
... SMITH . May I say a word on that point ? At the time I was on my feet before , Mr. Chairman , the measure to which Mr. McCord is referring was not before the com- mittee and I did not feel at liberty to bring it up . I may say now ...
Términos y frases comunes
1-pound talls 3-mile limit BANKHEAD boats BRIGGS British Columbia Bureau of Fisheries cannery Carlisle Packing Co catch caught CHAIRMAN CHINDBLOM coast Columbia Columbia River committee Congress Copper River creek DAVIS Department of Commerce depletion DRANE EDMONDS establish close seasons FERGUSON fish traps fisheries of Alaska fishermen fishing season flats 8 dozen Fraser River GARFIELD gear GILBERT hearing interested jurisdiction Ketchikan LAZARO legislation limit or prohibit matter McCORD miles mouth natives operated packers PAUL permitted pound flats present prohibit fishing provision Puget Sound purse purse seines regulation represent RICKETTS run of salmon salmon industry salmon run Seattle Secretary of Commerce SHACKLEFORD SMITH sockeye southeastern Alaska spawning grounds streams substitute bill suggested SUTHERLAND Territorial Fish Commission Territory of Alaska thereof tion to-day Total United WARREN Washington waters of Alaska White bill Yukon River
Pasajes populares
Página 57 - The new States admitted into the Union since the adoption of the Constitution have the same rights as the original States in the tide waters, and in the lands under them, within their respective jurisdictions.
Página 84 - District, or any part thereof, to tide lands and beds of any of its navigable waters, or the right of such State to regulate the use thereof, nor the right of the United States to resume possession of such lands, it being declared that all such rights shall continue to be held by the United States in trust for the people of any State or States which may hereafter be erected out of said District. The term "navigable waters...
Página 87 - ... its territory not exceeding two marine leagues in width at the mouth are within this limit ; and that included in this territorial jurisdiction is the right of control over fisheries, whether the fish be migratory, free-swimming fish, or free-moving fish, or fish attached to or embedded in the soil. The open sea within this limit is, of course, subject to the common right of navigation ; and all governments, for the purpose of self-protection in time of war or for the prevention of frauds on...
Página 56 - The right which the people of the state thus acquire comes not from their citizenship alone, but from their citizenship and property combined. It is, in fact, a property right, and not a mere privilege or immunity of citizenship.
Página 73 - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing.
Página 56 - The principle has long been settled in this court, that each State owns the beds of all tide-waters within its jurisdiction, unless they have been granted away.
Página 56 - There has been, however, no such grant of power over the fisheries. These remain under the exclusive control of the State, which has consequently the right, in its discretion, to appropriate its tide-waters and their beds to be used by its people as a common for taking and cultivating fish, so far as it may be done without obstructing navigation. Such an appropriation is in effect nothing more than a regulation of the use by the people of their common • property. The right which the people of the...
Página 73 - And in case of disobedience to a subpoena the Commission, or any party to a proceeding before the Commission, may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents under the provisions of this section.
Página 73 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Página 57 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed as impairing in any degree the title of any State that may hereafter be erected out of said district, or any part thereof, to tide lands and beds of any of its navigable waters, or the right of such State to regulate the use thereof, nor the right of the United States to resume possession of such lands, it being declared that all such rights shall continue to be held...