The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-04-27
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION.
HNHE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THE
Il laws OF the United States are hereby
published for the information Of all Con-
cemed
Section 1856, Revised Statutes, chapter
title %, enactS that NO person shall xii
any o ter, mink. marten, sable. or fur Seal
or other fur bearing animal within the lin
its Of Alaska Territory, or In the waters
thereof; and every person guilty thereof
shall, Tor each OfenSe, be fineu not less than
two hundred nor more than one thousand
d DllarS, or imprisoned not more than six
months, or bOtn, and all vessels. their tackle,
apparel, furniture, and cargo, found ell
gagged IN ViO alton or this Section shall be
fOIfeil ed. but The Secretary of the Treasury
shall have power to authorize the killing of
of any such mink, marten, sable, on other
fur-beaTing animal, except fuc seals, under
such regulations he may prescribe, and 1t
shall he the duty of the Secretary TO pre-
Vent the killing of any fur seal, and 10 pro-
vide for the execution of the provisions of
this Section until it is otherwise provided by
law, nor shall he grant any special priVileg-
es under this Section"
Section of the act entitled IAN act to
provide for the protection of the salmon
fisheries OF Alaska" approved March 2, 1889,
provides that:
section 3. That Section 1856 of the Re-
NlScu DldluleS VI Tic OUlIeu OIdLeS Is Q6T6-
by declared 10 include and apply to all the
dominion of the United States in the waters
of Behring Sea, and it shall be the duty Of
the President at timely season In each
year. to issue his proclamation, and cause
the same to be published for one month at
least in one newspaper Gf any such there
be) published at each United States port of
entry on the Pacific coast, warning all per-
sons against entering such waters for the
purpose OF violating the provisions of said
section, and he shall also cause one or more
vessels of the United States to diligently
cruise said waters and arrest all persons and
seize all vessels found to be or to have been
engaged in any violation Of the laws OF the
United States therein"
Now therefore, l, Benjamin Harrison,
President of the United States, pursuant to
| the above reelted Statutes, hereby warn all
persons against entering the waters of
BehTing Sea. within the dominion of the
United States, for the purpose of violating
the provisions of said Section 1856, Revised
Statutes and l hereby proclaim, that all
persons found TO be, or to have been engaged
In any violation OF the laws of the United
states, in said waters, Will be arrested and
punished as above provided, and that all
vessels so employed, their tackle. apparel,
furniture and cargOes Will be seized and
forfeited.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal Of the United
States to be a1Xed.
lsEALl Done at the City Of Washington
this twenty-hrSt day of March, one thOus-
and eight hundred and eighty-Iine, and of
the independence of the United States the
one hundred and thirteenth.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
By the President,
JAMES G. BLAINE. Secretary of State.