St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-08-27

ate sum Tor less period OF time.
SEC. B. And be it further enacted,
That the Secretary of the Treasury De-
and he is hereby, authorized to make
and prescribe such regulations as he may
: deem expedient for the naturalization OF
all vessels owned by actual resident Oh
said ce.lcd territory on and since me
, twentieth day Of June, ammo Domlnl
eighteen hundred and siNty-seven' ana
which shall continue to have been so
+ owned up to the date Of such nationals
cation, and that from any deputy collec-
tor of customs upon whom there has
been or shall hereafter be conferred any
, of the powers of Il collector, under and
bv virtue of the twenty-ninth section of
the "Act further to prevent smuggling,
and for other purposes, approved July
eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
the Secretary OF the Treasury shall have
power to require bonds in favor of the
United States in such amount as the said
Secretary shall prescribe for the faithful
discharge of official duties by such dcpu-
ty.
SEC. +. And be it further enacted,
That the President shall have power to
restrict and regulate or to prohibit the
importation and use of fire arms, ammu-
milton, and distilled spirits into and with
in the said territory. And the exporta-
ton of the same from any other port or
place i'll the United States when destined
TO any port or place in the said territory,
and all such arms, ammunition, and dis
titled spirits, exported or attempted to
be exported from any port or place in
the | nited States and destined for su.h
territory, in violation of any regulations
that may be prescribed under this section;
and all such arms, ammunition, and dis
titled spirits, landed or attempted to be
landed or used at any port or place in
said territory, in violation of said regula-
tons, shall be forfeited and if the value
of the same shall exceed four hundred
dollars, the vessel upon which the same
shall be found, or from which they shall
have been landed. together with her
tackle, apparel and furniture, and cargo,
shall be forfeited and any person wiltul-
ly violating such regulation shall on con
viction, be fined i'll any sum not exceed
ing five hundred dollars, or imprisoned
not more than six months. And bonds
may be required for faithful observance
of such regulations from the master or
owners of any vessel departing from any
port in the United States having OH
board firearms, ammunition, or distilled
spirits, when such vessel is destined to
any place in said territory, or if not so
destined, when there shall be reasonable
ground of suspicion that such articles are
intended to be landed therein in violation
of law; and similar bonds may also be
required on the landing OF any such arti-
clcs i'll the said territory from the person
to whom the same may be consigned.
SEC. ). And be it further enacted.
That the coasting trade between the said
territory and any other portion of the
United States shall be regulated in ac-
cordance with the provisions of law ap-
plicable to such trade between any two
great districts.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted
That it shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to kill any otter, mink, mar
ten, sable, or fur seal, or other fur-bear
ing animal, within the limits of said ter
ritory, or in the waters thereof; and
any person guilty thereof shall, for each
otfense, on conviction, be fined in any
sum not less than two hundred dollars
nor more than one thousand, or impris-
oned not more than SIX months, or both
at the discretion of the court. and all
vessels, their tackle, apparel, furniture.
and cargo, found engaged in the violation
Of this act, shall be forfeited: Provided.
That the Secretary of the Treasury shall
have power to authorize the killing of
any of such mink, martin, sable, or 9th
er furbearing animals, except fur seals,
under such regulations as he may pre-
scribe; and 1t shall be the duty of the
said secretary to prevent the killing of
any fur seal, and to provide for the exc
cution of the provisions Of this section
until it shall be otherwise provided by
law: Provided, That no special priv
ilges shall be granted under this act.
SEC. :. And be it further enacted.
That until otherwise provided by law. all
violations of this act, and of the several
laws hereby extended to the said tcrito
ry and the waters thereof committed
within the limits of the same, shall be
prosecuted in any district court of the
United States i'll California or Orepon. or
in the district courts of Washington. and
collector and deputy. collectors appointed
by virtue of this act, and any person au-
thOrized in writing by either of them, or
oy the Secretary of the Treasury, shall
have power to arrest persons and seize
vessels and merchandise liable to fines
penalties, or forteturcs under this and
the said other laws, and to keep and de-
liver over the same to the marshal of
some one of the said courts. and said
courts shall have original jurisdiction
and may take cognizancc of all cases
arising under this act and the several
laws hereby extended over the territory
so ceded to the United States by the
Emperor of Russia, as aforesaid. and
shall proceed therein in the same manner
and with the like effect as if such cases
had arisen within the district or terri
tory where the proceedings shall be
brought.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted.
That in all cases of fine, penalty, or for
fixture, mentioned and embraced in the
act entitled 'An act to provide for miti-
eating or renting the forteitures, penal
Ties, and disabilities accruing in certain
cases therein mentloned," or mentioned
IN any act in addition or amendatory of
sad act, that have occurred or may oc-
cur in said collection district of Alaska.
the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he