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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., S1TSESS.-CH. 183-JULY 1, 1943 "(f) If the applicant is an alien and an agent in charge of a sta- tion of a fur dealer of either of the classes (a), (b), or (c), or an alien itinerant agent of such dealer, $500: Provided, That no license shall be issued to any agent whose principal has not procured a license in accordance with (a), (b), or (c). " SUBDIVISION I. FEES AND APPLICATION FOR, AND ISSUANCE OF, LICENSES AND PERMrrs.- Licenses and resident export permits shall be issued by the executive officer through wildlife agents and other persons authorized by him in writing to sell licenses. Resident export licenses and permits may also be issued by customs officers. Appli - cation blanks for licenses and permits shall be furnished by the Commission and shall be in such form as the Commission may by regulation determine. Each application shall be subscribed and sworn to by the applicant before an officer authorized to administer oaths in the Territory. Members of the Commission, wildlife agents, and other persons authorized in writing by the executive officer to issue licenses, and postmasters and customs officers, are hereby author- ized to administer such oaths. The applicant for a license or resi- dent export permit shall accompany his application with a license or permit fee as follows: Nonresident general hunting, trapping, and fishing license, $50; nonresident hunting and fishing license, but not including the privilege of hunting big game, $10; nonresident fishing license, $2.50; resident export and return license, $1 for each animal or bird trophy; resident export permit, if shipper is removing resi- dence, $1 for each animal, $1 for each bird, or if shipper is not removing residence, $5 for each animal, $1 for each bird; registered guide license, $10; alien special hunting, trapping, and fishing license, $100; alien fishing license, $2.50; and fur-farm license, $2. When- ever the Secretary determines that the circumstances justify the charging of lesser fees for any class of licenses or permits than the fees specified in this section, he may by regulation prescribe reduced schedules of fees to be paid for the issuance of licenses or permits of that class, and during the period any such regulation is in effect no greater fee shall be charged for any license or permit of the class involved than the fee so prescribed by the Secretary. "SUBDIVISION J. FALSE STATEMENTS IN APPLICATION FOR AND ALTER- ATION AND EXPIRATION OF LICENSES AND PERMITS. - Any false state- ment in an application for a license or permit as to citizenship, place of residence, or other material facts shall render null and void the licenses or permits issued upon it. Any person who shall make any false statements in an application for a license or permit shall be guilty of a violation of this Act and upon conviction of any such violation shall be punished as provided in section 15 hereof. No person shall alter, change, loan, or transfer to another any license or permit issued to him in pursuance of this Act, nor shall any person other than the one to whom it is issued use such license or permit, and each of such licenses shall expire on the 30th day of June next succeeding its issuance. "SUBDIVISION K. PROCEEDS OF LICENSES AND PERMITS.-The Com- mission is hereby authorized to prescribe regulations permitting each officer or person selling licenses or permits, other than officers or employees of the United States, to retain for his own use and bene- fit such portion of the proceeds of each sale made by him, not exceed- ing 10 per centum thereof, as the Commission may from time to time allot for the purpose of compensating such officer or person for his services in connection with the issuance of licenses or permits, but the sums so retained shall be reported to the executive officer in accordance with the regulations of the Commission. Subject to the 309 Alien agents. Persons authorized to issue licenses, etc. Applications. Fees. Reduced schedules. Punishment. Post, p. 311. Portion of proceeds as compensation for services.

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