The herald., 1896-05-08
LEGAL NOTICES

LA~o|hAS .NOffSEo
Il uR SEAL FIsHERIEs.} BY THE
provisions Of the law Of the United States
are published hereby for the information
Statutes. Chapter 3, Title XXiII. enacl5
that NO person shall kill any otter mlnt.
m,arten, ,1r, sable; or fur-seal or other fnr,
bearing animal within the limits Of Alaska
territory, or In the waters thereof; and
every person guilty thereof shall for eac!l
dred nor more than cne thousand dollars.
or imprisonment not more than six months
or both; and all vessels, their tackle ap,,
parel, furniture and cargo, found engaged
in violation of this section shall be for
feited: but the Secretary of the Treasury
snail have power to authorize the kiliin"
fur-bearins animal except fur-seals, I'M
der such regulations as he may prescribe;
and it shall be the duty of the secretary
10 prevent the killing of any fur-seal, ana
TO provide for the execution of the provis-
ions Of this section until it is otherwise pro-
yided by lay, nor shall he grant any sRac-
lal privileges under this section" Sec.
tion CT the Act entitled An act to pro-
VIDE ior the protection of the salmon tsii' ii,
eries ol approved March 2 @
hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Stat.
utes of the United States is hereby declared
to include. and apply to all the dominion
ing Sea; and it shall be the duty of the
PRESIDENT, at timely season each year, to
to be published for ore month in at least
one newspaper, If any such there be pub
lishcd, at each United States port, of entry
on the Pacific Coast, warning all persons
against entering said waters for the pur-
pose of violating the provisions of said sec
tion; 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
laws fe of The enEeaa ntea sates at Oh Th
Act entitled IAN Act to extend to the North
racing Ocean the provisions of the stat
utes for the protection of the fur-seals;
February q. 1893, provides: That when
eyer 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
ment with any power. or as result of the
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-two. and so long as such arrangement
nineteen hundred and flfty-six Of the Re:
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
Pacific Ocean included In such interna-
tive International arrangement is conclud-
ed as aforesaid. it shall be the duty Of the
President to declare that fact by proclama-
'tion, and to designate the portion OF the
Pacific Ocean to which 1t 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 a 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 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-
ion of the tribunal of arbitration under the
convention concluded as aforesaid, Febru-
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
35th degree of North Latitude, and East
ward of the 1S0th degree of Longitude from
, Greenwich until it strikes the water bound
of 1867 between the United States and Rus
sia. and following that line up to Boring
, I, Grover ; Cleveland. President o Of the the
United States of America. hereby declare
that the said Act of Congress of February
cordance lam 't herewith, Sector a5s of z the the
Revised Statutes is applicable to the wat
erS above mentioned, included in the
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 and
observed. I hereby proclaim every person
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 tho
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, 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
Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-six. and of the Independence of the
United States the one hundred and twen-
tictn. GROVER CLEVELAND.
,, BY the President: RICHARD OLNEY,
5-24 Cd Secretary of State.