The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
Regulations to Enforce
the Recent Act Of
Congress.
Furs Taken Within Prescribed
Limits Will Not Be
Admitted.
Precautions to Prevent an Evasion
of the Law Intended to
Preserve Seals.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Omce, RIGS HOUSE,

Cal OHlce, RIGGS house,
Washington, Dec. so.
The Secretary of the Treasury, with
the approval of the President, has is
sued regulations under the act of Con-
gress signed yesterday, prohibiting the
taking of sealskins by American citi-
zenS except on the Pribyloff islands,
and inhibiting the importation into this
country of pelagic sealskins. Raw,
dressed, dyed or otherwise manufac-
tured skins shall not be admitted to
entry into the United States, except
there be attached to the invoice GER
tificate signed by the United States
| Consul at the place of expectation that
such skins were not taken from seals
killed within the waters mentioned in
said act, specifying in detail the local
ity of such taking, whether on land or
at sea, and also the person from whom
said skins We've purchased in their raw
and dressed state, the date Of such pur-
chase and the lot number Consuls
shall require satisfactory evidence of
the truth of such facts by oath or
otherwise before giving any such GER
tificate. 1t is further provided that no
fur sealskins, raw, dressed, dyed or
otherwise manufactured, shall be adj
gers personal effects, unless accompa-
MED by an invoice certified by the
United States Consul. All fur seal
skins, whether raw, dressed, dyed or
otherwise manufactured, the invoices
of which are not accompanied by the
certificate above described, are di
rected to be seized by the Collector of
Customs and destroyed.
Every article manufactured, in whole
or in part, from fur SealskinS, to be i'm
ported into the United States, is re-
quired to have legibly stamped thereon
the name of the manufacturer and the
place of manufacture and shall be ac-
.companied by statement in writing
under the oath of the manufactures
that the skins used in such article We're
taken from seals not killed at sea with
in the prescribed waters mentioned,
specifying the locality in detail, and
also the person from whom said skins
were purchased in their raw and
dressed state, the date of said purchase
and the lot number. 1t is also provided
that when an application is made to a
consul for certificate under these reg
ulations the invoice and proofs of or
igin presented by the exporter shall be
submitted to the Treasury agent desig-
mated for the purpose of investigation.
All manufactured articles from seal
skins and imported into the United
States shall have the Innings so ar
skins underneath shall be exposed for
examination, and all such skins or
articles, whether imported as merchan-
disc or as part of passengers effects,
are required to be sent to the public
stores for careful examination and in
speetion to prevent evasion of the law
All garments of this character taken
| from this country may be re-entered on
presentation of a certificate of owner
snip from the Collector of Customs for
the port of departure, which certificate
shall have been obtained by the owner
of the garment by offering the same to
the Collector for inspection before leav-
ing this country.
In speaking of the scope of these reg
ulations, Assistant Secretary Howell
said that neither the law nor the reg
ulations would be made to apply either
/ TO skins or garments made of skins
which were shipped TO the United
/ States and We're actually on the ocean
/ wednesday morning, December 90 the
time the act was signed by the Presi-
/ dent. Evidence of the time of ship
ment, however would be required.