The herald., 1896-04-26
LEGAL NOTICES

ITI-R SEAL. FIsHERnSs) ez lis
u preslaent of the Bni.ed s'af7- 4
prosisions slsis 81 Ff2e'af rec a@ * ea tals G So
are published hereby. for, IA 1lifoslsl slaticl
Statutes, Chapter g.. Title Anil, es.sh,1
that mo person shall kill any otter, ulu|
,narten, sable, or fur-seai, or other r.
nentg ahla nr n t afers .ne UNITS fhss o.
every person guilty thereof shall, for ene1
offense, be fined not less than two huo
dred nor more than one thousand do1lofI
or Imprisonment not more than six p0uti
or both: and all vessels, their tacl4e. op
parel. furniture and cargo, found erEagtf
feited; but the Secretary of the Treasufy
shall have power to authorize the killtu(<
of any such mink. marten, sable. or otheE
der such regulations as he may preacril5q>
and it shall be the duty of the SeCxetat5
to provide for the execution of the frovl
ions of this section until il is otherwi1 PIN
vided by law; nor shall he grant anS6sp11
tion 8 of the Act entitled IAN act 70 ps5
Sde S;.s FOR o9 the protection q ths salMo
hundred and fifty-six of the Revised ot1t5
utes of the United States Is hereby declares
to include and apply. to all the dominto1
of the United States in the waters OF Bet&I
ing Sea; and it shall be the duty Of thu
President at a timely season each year, t1
issue his proclamation and cause the saxn9X
to be published for one month in at lea1tX
one newspaper, If any such there be pub
lished, at each United States port of entrxU
against entering said waters for the pur&U
pose of violating the provisions Of said sece&
tion; and he shall also cause one or moI4X
cruise said waters and arrest all persona
and seize all vessels found to be, or ~
aWs haye been of b ergagedd Il any violation Of th
Act entitled ':An Act to extend to the North
Pacific Ocean the provisions of the stat |
and al other fur,bearng animalsi. approved
February q, 1893. provides: That when-I
ever, the Government. of the United State4
shall conclude an effective International |
arrangement for the protection OF fur-
seals in the North Pacific Ocean. by agree |
n ment with any power. or as result Of the
der the convention concluded between the
United States and Great Britain February
,wenty-ninth eighteen hundred and nine
ty-tWo. and so long as such ,arrangement
shall continue the provisions OF section
nineteen hundred and tifty+sfx Of the Re-
vised Statutes. and all other, provisions Of !
the Statutes of the United States 20 far
as the same may be applicable, relative to |
the protection of fur-seals and other fur
ka. or in the waters thereof. shall be ex-
tended TO and over all that portion of the
Pacific Ocean included in such tntfrna-
tve international arrangement Is coAclud~
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. anil
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 thereoc
in said designated portion OF the Paciflc<
Ocean shall be held TO be. the same as X
committed within the limits of Alaska or in |
the waters thereof. but they may be prose-
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 /
convention concluded as aforesaid. Febru-
airy 20. 1892. which prohibits the killing OF
seals at any time within radius of sixty
miles around Pribilof Islands. or during
May. June and July in each year IN thar
Bering Sea. situated to The. north of the
S5th degree of North Latitude. and East-
ward of the 1S0th degree of Longitude from
Greenwich until it strikes the water bounds
AIRY described in Article One of the Treaty |
of 1867 between the United States and RUS
ssia. and following that line up to BerinE
L. Grover Cleveland. President of the
United States of America. hereby declare
that the said Act of Congress Of February
u. 1893 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 q.
1882. ami that | have caused the foregoing
laws specially to he 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 the
protection of fur-bearing animals within .
the limits of Alaska or in the waters there's
of. will be arrested and punished as there's |
in provided, and all vessels enguged,
their tackle, apparel. furniture and cargo
will be seized and forfeited. In testimony |
whereof. | have hereunto set my hane ana
caused the Seal of the United States 10 he
affixed. Done at the City OF Westminster |
this fourteenth day of April ~ the ear OF
Our Lord one thousand eight hundred ant
ninety-siX. and of the Independents 81 the
United States the one hundred aud iwen-l
tieth. GROVER CI.IlN NJ AMI
BY the President: RICHARD OBNEE
J-2i ID SecretaIy OF St1tc.