The Russellville Democrat., 1891-04-16
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.

Warning to Persons Entering Into Behring
 Sea Waters.
 The president has issued the fol- lowing proclamation:
 By the President of the United States of
 America--A proclamation
 The following provisions of the laws of tho United States are hereby published for the information of all concerned.
 Section 1856, Revised Statutes, chapter 8, title 23, cnacts that: "No person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur seal, or other ur-bearing animal withia the limits of Alaska territory, or m the coun- tI1os there ,f and that every person guilty thereof shall, for each offense, pc fined not less than S200 nor more than 5000, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, furni- turc and cargo found engaged in violation of this section shall be forfeited. But the secretary of the treasury shall have power to author ize the killing of such mink, otter, sable or any other fur bearing animal except fur seals, under such regula- tions 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 otherwise provided by law, nor shall he grant any special privileges under this section."
 Section 3 of the act entitled "An Act to Provide for the Protection of the Salmon Fisheries of Alaska" approved March ?, 1889, provides that:
 'sSection l. That yection 1956 of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby declared to include and apply to all the dominion of the United States in the waters of Beh- ring 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 news. paper (if any such they 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 such provis- ions 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 engaged in any violation of the laws of the United States therein."
 Now, therefore, I. Benjamin Har- rison, president of the United States, pursuant to ths above revised stat utes, hereby warn alt persons against entering the waters of Behring Sea within the dominion of the United States for the purpose of violating the provisions of said Sec. 1856 re- vised 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 iD said waters will be arrested and punished as above provided, and that all vessels so employed, their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo will be seized and forfeited.
 In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand and caused the seal Of the United States to be affixed. i Done at the city of Washington, this fourth day Of April, one thousand l eight hundred and ninety-one, and Of the independence of the United l States, one hundred and fifteen.
 BENJAMIN HARRISON.
 By the President; James G. Blaine, Secretary of State.
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