The herald., 1896-05-10
LEGAL NOTICES

SsAI Of FlSmHHThs2 fnd Hnss2 sa,es Ta
provisions of the law Of the United States
are published hereby for the information
Ct G all CONCERNED: Section 1885, Revised
that mo person shall kill any otter mink.
marten, sable or fur-seal. or other fur
bearing animal, within the limits of Alaska
every person guilty thereof SHALL for each
ofrense, be fined not less than two nun
dred nor more than one thousand dollars,
or Imprisonment not more than six months
or both; and all vessels. their tackle, ap,,
parel. furniture and cargo. found engaged
fn,. n violation @ Of this section M shall be FOR,
shall have power to authorize the killing
OF any such mink. marten. sable. or other
ffur-bearing far animal. except fur-seals, IN
and 1t shall be the duty Of the Secretary
to prevent the killing OF any fur-seal. and
ions Of this section until it is otherwise pro-
vided by law; nor shall he grant any spec
ial privileges under this section" Sec
vide for the protection Of the salmon fish
ersyidss aRR1Ssvss seos!on
utes Of the United States is hereby declared
to include and apply. to all the dominion
Of the United States in the waters of Ber-
President. at timely season each year, to
issue his proclamation and cause the same
to be published for one month in at least ,a;
one newspaper, If any such there be pub
lished at each United States port Of entry
on the Pacific Coast; warming all persons
o M iaq o OF sad
tion; and he shall also cause one or more
vessels of the United States to diligently
and seize all vessels found to be, or to
laws of the United tsates therein" The
Act entitled AN Act to extend to the North
Pacific Ocean the provisions of the stat
and other 4 fur; ;tss bearing animals" approved
ever the Government of the United States
shall conclude. an effective International
arrangement for the projection of fur
ment with any power. or as result of the
decision of the tribunal of arbitration un-
d der the conyention concluded between the
twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and nine
ty-two. and SO long as such arrangement
nineteen @ Hundred e and 9rafss fysx Of % the iee Re-
vised Statutes, and all other provisions OF
the Statutes of the United States. SO far
the protection of fur-seals and other fur
bearing animals within the limits Of. Alas
ka, or in the waters thereof, shall be ex-
Pacific Ocean included in such interna-
tional arrangement. Whenever an effec-
tive international arrangement is conclud-
ed as aforesaid. it shall be the duty of the
President to declare that fact by proclama-
ton. and to designate the portion of the
that this Act iu has e Become operatiVe and
likewise, when such arrangement ceases.
to declare that fact and that this Act has
in respect thereto shall be conclusive. Dur
ing the extension aforesaid of said laws
for the protection OF fur-seais OF other.
fur-bearing animals. all violations thereof
in said designated portion of the Pacific
Ocean shall be held to be the same as If
committed within theNlmits of Alaska or in
Il forc hut nAyy n W hn
cuted in the District Court of Alaska. or in
any District Court Of the United States
in California. oregon or Washington" An
arrangement having been made for the pro-
lection of fur-seals, as result of the decis-
ion of the tribunal of arbitration under the
sg ss %hah probts se Re
miles around Pribilof Islands, or during
porfon Of the Paec oeesn
Bering Sea, situated to the north Of the
35th degree Of North Latitude. and East
ward of the 1soth degree of Longitude from
| Greenwich until it strikes the water bound
ary described in Article One Of the Treaty
| of 1867 between the United States and Rus
| Straits Now, therefore be it known that
/. Grover Cleveland, President Of the
United States Of America. hereby declare
| that the said Act of Congress of February
81, 1898, has. become operative; mat. in ac-
cordance Herewith. Section 1856 of the
Revised Statutes is applicable to the wat vat
Award of the Tribunal al Paris given un-
| der the said convention of February 49,
| 1892. and that have caused the foregoing
laws specially to be proclaimed to the end
| that their provisions may be known and
observed: hereby proclaim every person
guilty Of a violation OF the provisions Pre- o OF
| Statutes of the United States so far as the
| same may be applicable relative to the
| the limits of Alaska or in the waters there
| of will be arrested and punished as there
| in provided. and all vessels SO engaged
| will be seized and forfeited. In testimony
| whereof, l have hereunto set my hand and
| caused the Seal Of the United States to he
| affixed. Done at the City of Washington
this fourteenth day of April. in the year OF
| Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
| ninety-six, and Of the Independence of the
| United States the one hundred and twen-
| tioth. GROVER LEVELAND.
BY the President: RICHARD OLNEY,
| SPA Cd Secretary of State.