Freeman v. Smith

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the validity of section 2 of chapter 96 of the Laws of Alaska, 1929, which exacts an annual license fee of $250 from nonresident fishermen who use hook and line in trolling, as against a license fee of $1 for resident fishermen. It appears from the allegations of the complaint that the plaintiff is a citizen of the United States and a resident of Tacoma, in the state of Washington; that for many years last past he has been engaged in the business of fishing for salmon in the territorial waters of Alaska *577and was licensed so to do by the treasurer of the…