16 U.S.C. § 655 — Agents to be disinterested

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This section bars the people managing Alaska seal fisheries from having any direct or indirect interest in seal-taking leases or their profits.

The people responsible for managing Alaska’s seal fisheries, and for other duties assigned by the Secretary of the Interior, may never have a direct or indirect interest in a lease to take seals or in any proceeds or profits from such a lease. The ban applies whether they are owners, agents, partners, or act in another way.

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The persons charged with the management of the seal fisheries in Alaska, and the performance of such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Secretary of the Interior, shall never be interested directly or indirectly in any lease of the right to take seals, nor in any proceeds or profits thereof either as owner, agent, partner, or otherwise.

Source credit: (R.S. §§ 1973, 1975; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 7, 32 Stat. 828; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

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1903Enacted · Act of Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552 · 32 Stat. 828
1913Amended · Act of Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141 · 37 Stat. 736

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