Northwest History. Aviation 8. Courts & Legal Matters, United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: Ketchikan; Alaska; criminal actions; United States district attorney; Northland Transportation Company; Alaska Steamship Company; violation; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Aviation; Pacific
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/87048

2 Lines Charged Under Old Act. 2 Lines Charged KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 16.— (AP)—Criminal actions filed by the United States district attorney against the Northland Transportation Company and the Alaska Steamship Company charging violations of the old congressional licensing law, will be tried at the spring term of court, it was announced today. The law was passed for Alaska by Congress before the creation of the territorial legislature, but has not previously been enforced. The present actions are for 1934-36 licenses. The information's charge twenty-nine violations to the Northland and forty-five to the Alaska line. If adjudged guilty the total license charge would be about $40,000 to the Alaska line and $7,500 to the Northland line, exclusive of penalties provided by law. Measures are before congress this term, indorsed by the Ketchikan and other chambers of commerce, to repeal provisions of the old law. The Alaska legislature two years ago memorialized congress to transfer the licensing power to the territory.