The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-24
LEGAL NOTICES

DUR SEAL FIsHER1Es) BY THE
Il President of the United States of
America. A Proclamation. The following
provisions of the law of the United States
are published hereby for the informatio
Of all CONCERNED: Seetion 1886 Revised
that mo person shall kill any otter, mink.
marten, sable. or fur-seal, or other fur
bearing animal. within the limits of Alaska
territory. or in the waters thereof; anu
every person guilty thereof shall. for each
offense. be fined not less than two hun
or Imprisonment not more than six months
or both: and all vessels, their tackle, APP
parel. furniture and cargo, found engaged
IN violation of this section shall be for
feited; 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, I'M
der such regulations as he may prescribe;
and 1t shall be the duty of the Secretary
to provtde Tor the execution Of the provis-
ions Of this section until it is otherwise pro-
vided by law: nor shall he grant any spec
ton 8 of the Act entitled AN act to pro
sr de foF ~ of the sa%on ss
hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Stat
utes of the United States is hereby declared
INC heiq qnt aad apply to all the dom m sn
Ing Sea: and 1t shall be the duty OF the
PRESIDENT. at timely season each year to
to be published for one month in at least
one newspaper, ii 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 Of said Sec
ton; 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 been, engaged in any violation of the
laws of the United tSates therein" The
Act entitled AN Act to extend TO the North
PACIFIC Ocean the provisions of the stat
hn ton Of tI1A ft,,-- ls
G nd otner u dlur,bearing animals; approved
FEBRUARY Il, 1893, provides: That when
ever the Government of the United States
arrangement for the protection of fur
seals in the North Pacific Ocean. by agree
ment with any power, or as a result Of the
decision of the tribunal of arbitration un-
der the convention concluded between the
United states and Great Britain February
ty-tWo, ana so long as such arrangement
shall continue, the provisions of section
nineteen hundred and tifty-siX OF the Re-
vised Statutes, and all other provisions of
the Statutes of the United States, so far
as the same may be applicable. relative to
the protection of fur-seals and other fur
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
t!onal 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
Pacific Ocean TO which ii is applicable and
that this Act has become Operative; and
likewise. when such arrangement ceases
to declare that fact and that this Act has
become imperative, and his proclamation
in respect thereto shall be conclusive. Dur
ing the extension aforesaid of said laws
for the protection of fur-seals or 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 the limits of Alaska or in
the waters thereof. but they may be prose-
Cuted III the District Court of Alaska
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 a result of the decis-
ion of the tribunal of arbitration under the
airy. 20. 1892, which prohibits the killing of
seals at any time within a radius of sixty
miles around Pribilof Islands, or during
May, June and July in each year, in that
portion of the Pacific Ocean, inclusive oe
Boring Sea. situated to the north of the
35th degree of North Latitude. and East
ward of the 1S0th degree OF Longitude from
Greenwich until it strikes the water bound
airy described in Article one of the Treaty
STA, and following that line up TO Bering
Straits; Now, therefore. be 1t known that
], Grover Cleveland, President of the
United States of America. hereby declare
that the said Act of Congress of February
-, 1893. has become operative; tnat, in ac-
cordance herewith. Section 1856 of the
Revised Statutes is applicable to the wat
ers above mentioned, included in the
Award of the Tribunal at Paris given un-
der the Sdlu convention OIL February ~,
1892. and that 1 have caused the foregoing,
laws specially to be proclaimed to the end
that their provisions may be known and
observed. I hereby proclaim every person
guilty of violation of the provisions OF
said laws and of other provisions of the
Statutes of the United States so far as the
same may be applicable relative to the
protection of fur bearing animals within
The limits OF Alaska OF, 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
will be seized and forfeited. In testimony
whereof, 1 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 wear of
Our Lord one thousand eight hundred ana
ninety-six and of the Independence of The
United States the one hundred and TWEEN
tieth. GROVER CLEVELAND
BY the President: RICHARD OLNEY,
b-2 cod Secretary of State.