The herald., 1896-05-02
LEGAL NOTICES

+ Preslddntt t of he Gnited lied States i of
America. a Proclamation. The following
are published hereby for the information
or OF an CONCERNED: Section 1886, Revised
Statutss. Chapter 3, Title XXlIl. enacls
marten sable, or fur-seal, or other fur
bearing animal, within the limits of Alaska
territory. or in the waters thereof; and
oifense, be fined not less than two nun
dfed 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 IN violation of this section shall be for
Jelted; but the Secretary of the Treasury
snall have power to authorize the killing
or any such mink, marten, sable. or other
Iur-pearing animal, except fur-seals. un-
DER such regulations as he may prescribe:
ana 1t snail be the duty of the Secretary
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-
Elded by law; nor shall he grant any spec
ial privileges under this section Sec
vide for the protection of the salmon fish
provides: Sec; 3. That section nineteen
utes of the United States is hereby declared
to lnclude and apply to all the dominion
Of the United States in the waters of Ber.
PRESIDENT. at a timely season each year, to
issue his proclamation and cause the same
to TO- be published for one month in at least
one newspaper. II any such there be pub
nshed, 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
ton; and he shall also cause one more
vessels of the United States to diligently
and seize all vessels found to be, or to
laws IVY s,3f.ti Of the United tsates therein" The
Act entitled An Act to extend to the North
Pacihc Ocean the provisions of the stat
utes for the protection of the fur-seals
other ss WPso
eyer, the Government. of the United States
shall. conclude an effective International
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
twenty-ninth. eighteen hundred and nine
ty-two, and so long as such arrangement
nineteen hundred and fifty-six of the Re.
vised Statutes. and all other provisions OF
as the same may be appieabe relative aV 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-
tional arrangement. Whenever an effec-
ed as aforesaid. it shall be the duty of the
President to declare that fact by procama-
tion.,, 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
fur-bearing animals, all violations thereof
in said designated portion of the Pacific
Ocean shall be held to be the same as il
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-
lection of fur-sealS, as result of the decis-
ion of the tribunal of arbitration under the
convention concluded as aforesaid. ,Febru..
ary 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 OF
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 it strikes the water bound
a II, be States ot and Rus
sia, and following that line up to Bering
Straits; Nov. therefore; be It known that
United States of America, hereby declare
that the said Act of Congress of February
81, 1898. has become operative; that, in ac-
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. + 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 DroVided 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
Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
nnety-six. and of the Independence of the
United States the one hundred and tWen-
tictn. GROVER CLEN ELAND.
By the President: RICHARD OLNEY,
5-24eod Secretary of State.