PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 81 , 82, 85 -APR . 20 , 21, 1949 April 20, 1949 [H. R. 220] [Public Law 49] Alaska game law, amendment. 57 Stat. 303 . 48U.S. C.§207. Required residence period. Extension. Nonresident. Alien. [CHAPTER 81] AN ACT To amend section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to revise the Alaska game law", approved July 1, 1943, as amended (57 Stat. 301). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to revise the Alaska game law", approved July 1, 1943, as amended (57 Stat. 301), is amended to read as follows: "SEO. 3 . RESIDENCE AND CITIZENSHIP.- That for the purposes of this Act a citizen or a national of the United States who has maintained a bona fide residence in the Territory for a period of twelve months immediately preceding his claim for resident hunting, trapping, fish- ing, or other privileges under this Act, or a foreign-born person not a citizen or national of the United States who has declared his inten- tion to become a citizen of the United States, and who has resided in the Territory for a like period, shall be considered a resident; but if such a foreign-born person shall not have been admitted to citizenship within seven years from the date he declared his first intention to become a citizen, he shall thereafter be deemed to be an alien until admitted to citizenship: Provided, however, That whenever the Secre- tary shall determine the fur resources of Alaska are threatened by hunting or trapping, or from other causes, he may, in his discretion and for such periods as he shall determine, extend the required resi- dence period in the Territory from twelve months to not exceed three years as a prerequsite to obtaining a resident trapping license; a citizen or a national of the United States who has not maintained a bona fide residence in the Territory for a period of twelve months, or for the extended period of three years, as the case may be, immediately preceding his claim for resident privileges shall be considered a non- resident; and a person not a citizen or a national of the United States who is not a resident of the Territory, as defined in this section, shall be considered an alien." Approved April 20, 1949. [CHAPTER 82] April20. 1949 · JOINT RESOLUTION [H. J. Res. 186] To extend the time for use of construction reserve funds established under section [Publlo Law 50] 511 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. 61 Stat. 917. 46 U. S. C., Supp. II, 1161 note. 54 Stat. 1107. 46 U. .C. §1161(h); Supp. II, § 1161 note. April 21, 1949 [H. J . Res. 160] [Public Law 51] 60 Stat. 339. 50U.S.C.app. fi 1851-1855; Snpp. a , (1851. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of an Act approved August 8, 1947 (Public Law 384, Eightieth Congress), relating to merchant marine construction reserve funds established under section 511 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is hereby amended by strikin out "March 31, 1948" and inserting in lieu thereof "March 31, 1951' . Approved April 20, 1949. [CHAPTER 85] JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize completion of the processing of the visa cases, and admission into the United States, of certain alien fiances, and fiancees of members, or of former members, of the armed forces of the United States, as was provided in the so- called GI Fianc6es Act (60 Stat. 339), as amended. Whereas the so-called GI Fiancees Act, as amended and extended, expired on December 31, 1948, at which time several hundred cases of alien fiances or fianc6es of American citizen members, or former members, of the armed forces of the United States were pending under that Act at American consular offices abroast; and 56 [63 STAT.
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