[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR2916.2-1]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 2910_LEASES--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart 2916_Alaska Fur Farm

 

Sec.  2916.2-1  Applications.



    (a) Qualifications of applicants. Any person who is a citizen of the 

United States, or any group or association composed of such persons, or 

any corporation organized under the laws of the United States, or of any 

State thereof, authorized to conduct business in Alaska may file an 

application.

    (b) Contents of application. An application for lease should be 

filed in duplicate in the proper office. No specific form of application 

is required, but the application should contain or be accompanied by the 

following:

    (1) Applicant's full name, post office address, the general nature 

of his present business, and the principal place of business.

    (2)(i) A statement of the age and of the citizenship status, whether 

native-born or naturalized, of the applicant, if an individual, or of 

each partner or member of a partnership or association. A copartnership 

or an association applicant shall file a copy of whatever written 

articles of association its members have executed.

    (ii) A corporation shall file a certified copy of its articles of 

incorporation, evidence that it is authorized to transact business in 

Alaska, and a copy of the corporate minutes or resolutions authorizing 

the filing of the application and the execution of the lease.

    (3) Description of the land for which the lease is desired, by legal 

subdivision, section, township, and range, if surveyed, and by metes and 

bounds, with the approximate area, if unsurveyed. The metes and bounds 

description should be connected by course and distance with some corner 

of the public-land surveys, if practicable, or with reference to rivers, 

creeks, mountains, towns, islands, or other prominent topographical 

points or natural objects or monuments.

    (4) A statement as to the applicant's experience in and knowledge of 

fur farming.

    (5) A statement as to the kind of fur-bearing animals to be raised, 

and, if foxes, the color type; the number of fur-bearing animals the 

applicant proposes to have on the leased land within one year from the 

date of the lease, and



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whether it is proposed to purchase or trap the stock; and that before 

commencing operations of any lease which may be issued, the applicant 

will procure from the appropriate State game agency whatever licenses 

are required under Alaska law.

    (6) A detailed statement of the reasons for the need for any area in 

excess of 640 acres but not exceeding 30 square miles, when the land 

applied for is comprised of an island, or islands.

    (7) A statement of the nature and results of the investigation made 

by applicant as to whether the land and climate are suited to raising 

the kind of animals proposed to be stocked.

    (8) A statement as to whether the land is occupied, claimed, or used 

by natives of Alaska or others; and, if so the nature of the use and 

occupancy and the improvements thereon, if any.

    (9) If beavers are to be raised, a statement as to whether a beaver 

colony exists on the land, and whether salmon streams or lakes are on or 

adjacent to the land proposed to be leased.

    (10) A statement that the applicant is acting solely on his own 

account and not under any agreement or understanding with another.

    (11) The serial numbers of all other applications filed or leases 

obtained under this act by applicant, or applicant's spouse or business 

associate, or in which applicant has a direct or indirect interest.

    (12) The showing as to hot or medicinal springs required by Sec.  

2311.2(a) of this chapter.

    (13) All applications must be accompanied by an application service 

fee of $10 which will not be returnable.

    (c) Form of lease; rental and royalty; report of annual operations. 

(1) Leases will be issued on a form approved by the Director.

    (2) Prior to the issuance of a lease and annually thereafter, the 

lessee shall pay an advance rental of $5 per annum if the lease embraces 

10 acres or less, a rental of $25 per annum if the leased area is more 

than 10 acres but not more than 640 acres, and a rental of $50 per annum 

if the leased area exceeds 640 acres.

    (3) Within 60 days after the end of each lease year the lessee shall 

file with the land office a report on a form approved by the Director, 

in duplicate, showing his operations under the lease and his gross 

receipts thereunder from the sale of live animals and pelts for the 

preceding lease year. The lessee shall pay, at the time of filing the 

report, a royalty of 1 percent of such gross receipts deducting 

therefrom the amount of the advance rental payment made for such 

preceding lease year.