The herald., 1896-05-20
LEGAL NOTICES

EuR sea SEAL FI;snm ST. TsIs,} BY THE
provisions OF the law OF the United States
are published hereby for the information
that NO person shall kill any otter, mink.
marten. sable, or fur-seal, or other fur
territory, or In the waters thereof; and
every person guilty thereof shall. for each
offense, be fined not less than two hun
dred nor more than che thousand dollars,
or Imprisonment not more than six months
or both; and all vessels. their tackle. ap.
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. UNI
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 is otherwise pro-
rG pr H under th
tion 3 of the Act entitled An act to pro-
ds for the Of the salmon sn
provides Sec. g. That section nineteen
hundred and ilfty-sx of the Revised Stat,
to include and apply 10 ali the dominion
of the United States in the waters Of Der.
ing Sea- and II shall be the duty OF the
issue his proclamation and cause the same
TO be published for one month in at least
1 f,ne newspaper ii any such there De pub.
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 or more
vessels of the United States TO diligently
cruise said waters and arrest all persons.
ana 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
utes for the protection of the fur-seals
and other tur,hearing animals::,m,. 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
ment with any power. or as n result of the
decision of the tribunal of arbitration I'M
United States and Great Britain February
twenty-ninth. eighteen hundred and nine
ty-two and so long as such arrangement
nineteen hundred and itty-six of the Re.
rised Statutes, and all other provisions Gf
the Statutes of the United States. SO far
the protection OF fur-seas and other fur
bearing animals within the limits of Alas
tended to and over all that portion of the
Pacific Ocean included in such interna-
t!onal arrangement. Whenever an effec-
tive international Arrangement is CONCLUDE
cd as aforesaid. ii shall be the duty of the
President to declare that fact by proclama-
ton, and to designate the portion of tie
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 II
committe within the limits of Alaska or In
the waters thereof, but they may be prose-
cuted in the District Court of Alaska: or i'm
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
convention concluded as aforesaid. Febru-
airy %. 1892, which prohibits the killing Of
seals at any time within .ia radius OF sixty sixty
May June and July in each year. in that
portion of the Pacific Ocean. inclusive o.
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
of 1861 between the United States and Rus
STA. and following that line up to Leriny
Straits: Now. therefore. he 1t known that
j. Grover Cleveland, President Of the
United States of America, hereby declare
that the said Act of Congress of February
cordance herewith, Section 1856 of the
Revised Statutes is applicable to the wat
ers above " I'M menti1nen nG5nIed ,i In the
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 violation of the provisions OF
said laws and of other provisions of the
Statutes of the United States so far az 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
nincty-six. and of the Independence of the
United States the one hundred and twen-
ticth. GROVER CLEVELAND.
BY the President: RICHARD OLNEY,
5-2i o d Secretary of State.