Anderson v. Mullaney, Commissioner of Taxation of Territory of Alaska

POPE, Circuit Judge.

Chapter 66 of the Session Laws of Alaska 1949, enacted March 21, 1949, requires all, commercial fishermen who take fish from the fishery resources of Alaska to obtain an annual license from the Territorial Tax Commissioner. For such li*125cense the fee charged a resident fisherman is $5; that charged a nonresident fisherman is $50.1 The statute also prohibits other persons from employing, or purchasing fish from, any unlicensed fisherman.

Anderson, Secretary-Treasurer of the appellant Union, and the Alaska Fishermen’s Union, on behalf of some 3200 of its members who are…