Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit December 3, 1928, No. 5431 (Alaska Consol. Canneries, Inc. v. Territory)

DIETRICH, Circuit Judge.

In February and March, 1923, the appellant companies took out several licenses to operate fish traps in Alaskan waters and paid as fees at the rate of $200 per trap, as was then required by the laws of the territory. On May 5, 1923, the Legislature passed an amendatory act (Laws Alaska 1923, c.