Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-23
SEAL FISHERIES.
The President Issues Proclamation Warn.
ing Sealers Against Violating the Law.

WASHINGTON, March 22-The following
proclamation was issued late this after.
noon:
by the president of the United States
Of America, proclamation:
''The following provisions OF the laws of
the United States are hereby published for
the information of all concerned: Section
| 1856 revised statutes. chapter 3, title %, en-
| acts that: No person shall kill any mink,
marten, sable or fur seal or other fur bear
ing animals within the limits of Alaskan
| territory or within the waters thereof, and
every person guilty thereof shall for each
| offense be fined not less than $500 nor more
than $1,000, and Imprisonment not more
than six months, or both, and all vessels,
their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargoes
found engaged in violation of this section
shall be forfeited, but the secretary of the
treasury shall have power to authorize the
killing Of any such mink. marten, sable,
or other fur-bearing animal except fur
seals, under such regulations as he may
prescribe, and it shall be the duty OF the
secretary to prevent the killing of any fur
seal and to provide for the execution OF the
provisions of this section until it is other
wise provided by law; nor he grant any
special privileges under this section.
Section of the act entitled IAN acto to
provide for protection of the sal
mon fisheries of Alaska" approved
March 2 1889, provides that: Sec
ton 1856 of the revised statutes
of the United States is hereby declared to
include and apply to all the dominion of
the Tinted States in waters of the Behring
sea, and it shall be the duty of the presi-
dent to at all timely seasons in each year
to issue his proclamation and cause the
same to be published for one month at
least, in one newspaper Of any such there
be- published at each United States port
of ont on hQ oSf n
persons 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 dill
gently cruise said waters and arrest all
persons and seize all vessels found to be or
to have been engaged in any violation OF
laws Of the United States therein.
Now therefore |. Ben amin Harrison,
president of the United States, pursuant
to the above recited statutes, hereby warn
all persons against entering the waters of
Bchring sea within the dominion of the
United States for the purpose of violation
of the provisions of said section 1850 OF
the revised statutes, and l hope by pro-
clamation 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
aud that all vessels SO employed, their
tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo will
be seized and forfeited.
In the testimony whereof l have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at city of Washington, this 21st
day of March, 1889, and of the independ-
ence of the United States the one hundred
and thirteenth.
BENJAMIN HARRISON,
BY the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE,
Secretary of State.N