Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-02
SEALING REGULATIONS
State Department Bill to Garry Out
Boring Sea Findings
Penalties and Methods Dehned-Thesa
International Arrangements.

Secretary Gresham has submitted TO the
Senate committee on foreign relations q bill
intended TO carry out the regulations
adopted by the board OF arbitrator at
Paris for the purpose OF carrying out the
agreement as to the seal fisheries IN Boring
sea Section i provides that no citizen OF
the United States. nor any person belonging
to or on board a vessel OF the United Statee,
shall kill. capture or pursue. at any time, or
in any manner whatever. outside OF terri
torial waters. any fur seals in the waters
surrounding the Pribilof Islands within q
zone OF sixty geographical miles around
those islands, inclusive OF the territorial
waters.
The second section prohibits killing. &C,
during the season extending from the LIST
day of May 10 the 31st day OF July, both in
elusive, IN each year, any fur seal on the
high seas outside of the zone mentioned in
section 1. and in that part OF the Pacific
ocean, including Boring sea. which is sit
uated to the north of the thirty-fifth degree
Of north latitude and TO the east of the one
hundred and eightieth degree of longitude
from Greenwich till IL strikes the water
boundary described in article 1 OF the treaty
Of 1867 between the United States and Rus
STA, and following that line UP to Boring
strait.
The third section restricts sealers to sail
ing vessels, canoes or unlocked boats. and
requires that they shall be specially licensed
and shall carry distinctive flag.
Every master Of a vessel licensed under
this act section requires, ito engage In
fur-seal fishing operations shall accurately
enter in his official log book the date and
place OF every sucn operation, and also the
number ana sex of the seals captured each
day, and on coming into port and before
landing cargo the master shall verify, on
oath, such official log book as containing q
of ha
character Of his fur-seal fishing operations.
including the number and Sex Of seals cap
tured, and for any false statement willfully
made by him In this behalf he shall be sub
! ject to the penalties of perjury, and any seal
skins found In excess Of the statement in
the official log book shall be forfeited to the
United States"
| Some Exclusions.
The fifth section prohibits the use OF nets.
fire arms.air guns. explosives Section
six excludes from the provisions OF the first
five sections Indians dwelling on the coast
of the United States and taking fur seals
in canoes or UNDECIDED boats propelled who'll
| ly by paddles, oars. or sails. and not trans
ported by or used in connection with other
vessels. or manned by more than five per-
sons, in the manner heretofore practiced by
| the said Indians: Provided, however, That
| the exception made in this section shall not
apply TO Indians in the employment OF other
persons, or who shall kill, capture, or pur-
sue fur seals outside OF territorial waters.
under contract to deliver the skins TO other
| persons, nor TO the waters Of Boring sea or
of the passes between the Aleutian Islands"
BY section seven the President is en-
powered to make regulations for the en-
{ forcement of the act.
/ The Penalties.
| Violations of the provisions of the act aso
to be punished by fine Of not less than
500, or Imprisonment for not more than six
months. or both, for each offense; and all
vessels. their tackle apparel. furniture. and
| cargo. at any time used or employed in vio-
| lation of the regulations made thereundsr,
shall be forfeited to the United States.
Jurisdiction is given by section nine for
1 the prosecution of such cases TO the district
court Of Alaska, and also to district courts
Of the United States, in California, WASH
| ington or Oregon.
Section ten provides: THAT IL any un-
| licensed vessel of the United States shall
| be found within the waters 10 which this
| act applies and at a time when the killing
| Of fur seals is by this act prohibited. having
| on board seal skins or bodies of seals. or
| apparatus or implements suitable for killing
| or taking seals, or If any licensed vessel
! shall be found in the waters to which this
| act applies having on board apparatus or
implements suitable for taking seals. but
| forbidden then and there to be used, il
| shall be presumed that the vessel I'm the one
| case and the apparatus or implements in
| the other was or We're used in violation of
|
proved"
/ Naval Force.
| 1t is made the duty OF the President, by
section IL, TO cause a sufficient naval force
| to cruise in these waters TO enforce the act,
and IL shall be the duty of the command
ing officer of any vessel belonging to the
naval revenue service of the United
States, when so instructed by the Presi-
dent, to seize and arrest all vessels CT the
United States found by him to be engaged
in the waters in violation Of any OF the
| prohibitions of the act Of any regula-
| lions. and to take the same, with all per-
| sons on board, to the most convenient port
in any district Of the United States mem
toned In this act, there to be dealt with &C
| cording to law.
International Arrangements.
| ANY vessel or citizen OF the United
States offending against the prohibitions
| Of this act or the regulations Hereunder"
provides section IL. may be seized and b
detained by the naval or other duly COM
missioned officer Of her majesty, the Queen
| OF Great Britain, but when 30 seized and
| detained they shall be handed over as soon
as practicable. with any witness and proof
| on board, to any naval revenue ofhcee
| or other authorities OF the United States.
| whose courts alone shall have Jurisdiction
| to try the offense ana impose the penalties
| for the same: Provided, however, that Brit
ish officers shall arrest and detain vessels
and persons as in this section specified only
after. by appropriate legislation, Great
| Britain shall have authorized officers Of the
United States duly commissioned and tn
structed by the President TO that end 70 a..
rest detain, and hand over to the author7-
ties of Great Britain vessels and subjects
Of that government offending against any
statutes or regulations OF Great Britain
enacted or made to enforce the award ce
the treaty mentioned In the ttle Of this
act"