The herald., 1896-05-04
LEGAL NOTICES


FppIRs SEAL FIsnERTIEs33 g. By -. THE r
America. A Proclamation. The following
provisions OF, the law Of the United states
Of ali concerned: ed e Section M III 1855, e. Revised
that, mo person shall xiii any otter, mink.
bearing animal within the limits of Alaska
territory, or in the waters thereof: anu
every person guilty thereof shall, for each
oMense, be fined not less than two hun-
ored nor more than cne thousand dollars,
or imprisonment not more than six months
or both; and all vessels, their tackle, ap,
parei, furniture and cargo found engaged
IN violation of this section shall be for
feitedi but the Secretary of the Treasury
shall have power to authorize the killing
or any such mink, marten. sable, or other
fur-bearing animal, except fur-seals, un-
der such regulations as he may prescribe;
to prevent the killing of any fur-seal, and
to provide for the execution of The provis-
ions of this section until it is otherwise pro-
vlded by law; nor shall he grant any spec
ial privileges under this section Sec
ton OF the Act entitled AN act to pro-
vide vide for the protection of the salmon fish sl
provides: Sec, 9. That section nineteen
hundred and hfty-six of the Revised Stat,
ol 1de en}ed nd IS Is Se
of the United States in the waters of Ber'
ing Sea; and it shall be tho duty of the
President at a timely season each year, to
to be published for one month in at least
one newspaper. If any such there be pub
on the Pacific Coast, warning all persons
against entering said waters for the pur-
! pose of violating the provisions of said sec
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
utes for the the profeeton rot esti Of the fur-seas fur
and other fur bearing animals:"'. approved
February q, 1893, provides: That when
ever. the Government of the United States
shall conclude. an effective International
arrangement for the protection of fur
seals in the North Pacific Ocean by agree
decision of the tribunal of arbitration un-
der. the convention concluded between the
United States and Great Britain February
twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and nine
ty-t,Wo, and 50 long as such arrangement
shall continue, the provisions OF section
nnelesn ned nunared ana M hihy,sH on .e re
the Statutes Of the 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-
t 9esnn na al that pobo,n Of a
| 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
PACIFIC Ocean to which it 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 Ttes IT. b1t they may be m
any District Court of the United States
in California, Oregon or Washington" An
tection Of fur-seaIs as a result Of the decis-
ion of the tribunal of arbitration under the
convention concluded as aforesaid, Febru-
seals at an any time time within a radius Of Sixty
miles around Prihilof Islands. or during
May; June ar. and JULY in leach each year, IN thar
55th ehs degree rec Of North Latitude and Z East- ST
yard Of the 1SGth 4 degree Of Longitude from
airy described in Article One of the Treaty
of 1867 between the United States and Rus
strats Str a9 Now Therefore s be known that
I. Grover Cleveland, President Of the
United States of America. hereby declare
ii, 1898, has, become operative; that, in ac-
cordance Herewith, Section 1856 of the
Revised Statutes. Is applicable to the wat
Award of the Tribunal at Paris given un-
der the said convention of February 80,
1892 and that have caused the foregoing
laws specially to be proclaimed to the end
ebse ereby procia every T a
guilty of a 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 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.
will be seized and forfeited. In testimony
whereof, l have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the United States to be
affixed. Done at the City. of Washington
this fourteenth day of April, in the year Of
ninety-six and of the Independence of the
United States the one hundred and twen-
tiotn. GROVER CLEVELAND
BY the President: RICHARD OLNEY,
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