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LEGAL NOTICES

II UR SEAL FISHERIES.( BY THE
4eraa OF 5ns nnS he safes foewSs %
provisions Of the law Of the United States
are published hereby for the information
Statutes. Chapter 8, Title XIII, enacls
that mo person shall kill any otter. mink.
marten. sable; or fur-seai; or other iur-
territory, or in the waters thereof; and
every person guilty thereof shall for each
onense. be fined not less than two hun-
dred nor more than one thousand dollars,
or imprisonment not more than six months
or both: and all vessels. their tackle. ap..
Rsrsi ,fIrniture AND cars0 foTnd engaged
feited; but the Secretary of the Treasury
shall have power to authorize the killing
fur-bearing animal. except except It; fur-sesis. al un-
der such regulations as he may prescribe:
and it shall be the duty of the Secretary
to provide for the execution Of the provis-
ions OF this section until II il otherwise pro-
yided by law: nor shall he grant any spec
ial privileges under this section" Soc
tion 3 OF the Act entitled AN act to pro-
vide vide for the protection Of the salmon Ash
sscoa Msa'n @
Hundred and fifty-six Of the Revised Stat
utes of the United States is hereby declared
Of the United States in the waters Of Ber.
ing Sea; and II shall be the duty OF the
PRESIDENT, at timely season each year. TO
to be published for one month In at least
one newspaper, il any such there be pub
lished. at each United States port OF entry
against entering said waters for the pur-
pose OF violating the provisions or said sec
., tion; and d he r. shall also cause one ss Or more
cruise said waters and arrest all persons,
and seize all vessels found TO be, or to
laws Of The tasys OF hs
Act entitled AN Act to extend to the North
Pacihc Ocean the provisions OF the stat
n tnc fny ttS. eA,.t1 t1,s, Ia 4.,~ xln
and other fur-bearing animals. approved
February 81. 1888, provides: THAT when-
ever ever, the Goyernment Of the United States
seals n the North @ Paciao oss ocean, by % agree
of iEe Ir Of
der the convention concluded between tho
United States and Great Britain February
twenty-ninth. eighteen hundred and nine
ty-two, and SO long as such arrangement
shall continue. tho provisions Of section
nineteen hundred and fifty-six OF the Re.
the Statutes of tho United States. so far
as the same may be applicable, relative to
bearing animals within the limits Of Alas
ka. or in the waters thereof shall be ex-
tended to and over all that portion of the
tioual arrangement. Whenever an efrec-
tive international arrangement Is conclud-
ed as aforesaid. Il shall he the duty Of the
President TO declare that fact by proclama-
ton and to designate the portion of the
Pacific Ocean to which II is applicable, anil
that this Act has become Operative; and
likewise. when such arrangement ceases.
Be become inoperative. and his his proclametion
Ing in fRe' the extension ia Aforesaid Of said laws
for the protection of fur-seals or other
fur-bearing animals. all violations thereof
Ocean shall be held to be the same as il
committed within the limits OF Alaska or in
the waters thereof. but they may be prose-
s>l t,,t he ri ,f luu I'm Ori In,
any District Court Of the United States
in California, oregon or Washington" An
arrangement having been made for the pro
lection OF seals, as result OF the dects-
ion of the tribunal of arbitration under tho
convention concluded as aforesaid. Febru-
sy go lss2 Which ts ts ~ sxty q
miles around Pribilof Islands, or during
May, June and July in each year, In that
bering Sea. situated to the north OF the
35th degree of North Latitude and East
ward Of the 1S0th degree of Longitude from
Greenwich until 1t strikes the water bound
ary described in Article One of the Treaty
OF 1867 between the United States and Rus
sia, and following that line up TO BerlnE;
]. Grover Cleveland. President OF the
United States Of America. hereby declare
5ha. sas NE has ss'p eco o opsratSe mat in ac
cordance Herewith Section 1855 of the
Revised Statutes is applicable TO the wat
Award of the Tribunal at Paris given un-
der the said convention of February %.
1892 and that have caused the foregoing
laws specially to be proclaimed to the end
that their provisions may be known ana
observed. hereby proclaim every person
guilty of violation. OF the provisions OF
said laws and of other provisions OF the
same may be applicable relative to ths
protection of fur-bearing animals within
the limits of Alaska or in the waters there
OF, will be arrested and punished as there
in provided, and all vessels so engaged,
their tackle. apparel furniture and cargo.
whereof have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the United States to be
affixed. Done at the City. OF Washington
Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-six, and of the Independence OF the
United States the one hundred and tWen-
tietn. GROVER CLEE ELA Nd