The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
SEALSKINS TO BE SEIZED.
UBEN WORN on CARRIED INTO TEE
United STATES hNrWHERE.

vr Ope Is On the Owners Back, on II Coues-
May ne Released Again nr she Csn Prove
That the Seal Did Not Die In Forbidden
waters-Otherwiso II Will he Destroyed.
Don't bring a sealskin sacquo into this port.
even II you bought IL hero, and took 1t out with
you-or expect trouble. The Treasury regulations
under tho pelagic sealing act have been re-
ceiyed at tho Custom House. They say:
81. No fur seals, skins, whether raw, dressed,
aved. or otherwise manufactured, shall be ad.
mitted TO entry In the United States, unless
there shall DO attached 10 the invoice q certih-
cato. signed by tho United States Consul at the
place OF expectation, that the said skins wero
not taken from seals killed within the waters
mentioned In said act, specifying In detail the
locality of such taking. whether on land or at
eea, and also tho person from whom said skins
were:purchascd in their raw and dressed state,
the date OF such purchase. and tho lot number.
Consuls shall require satisfactory evidence of
the truth Of such facts by oath or otherwise DO.
fore giving any such certificate. No fur seal
skins, raw, dressed, dyed, or other wis emanu-
featured shall BIO admitted to entry as part Of
q passengers personal effects unless accompa-
MED by an invoice certified by the Consul as
herein provided. All fur seal skins. whether
raw, dressed, dyed. or otherwise manufao-
tured, the invoices Of which are not accompan-
led by tho certificate above prescribed. shall be
seized by tho COleCJOr OI SuStOmb anu ub-
etroyed, as provided for In section y OF the act
of Dec. 20. 1897.
"2. Every article manufactured, in whole or
In part, from fur seal skins, tho invoice of which
is presented as aforesaid to tho Consul, shall
have legibly stamped thereon the name Of the
manufacturer and the place Of manufacture,
and shall BIO accompanied by q statement in
writing under tho oath Of said manufacturer
that said skin or skins used IN said article were
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waters mentioned in said act, specifying the 10.
cality 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.
o'3. When an application is made to a Consul
for a certificate under these regulations the in
voice and proofs Of origin presented by the OK
porter shall BIO submitted to the Treasury agent
the Consul shall not certify any such invoice
until such agent shall nave made his report.
~. All articles manufactured in whole or in
part from fur s~ealskins and imported into the
United States shall have the Innings, thereof so
S asath shall lhG be I exposed psas II for sre ex a. soln' unoef'
'5. All fur sealskins, whether raw, dressed,
dyed or otherwise manufactured in whole or in
part, whether imported as merchandise or as
part of a passengers effects. shall be sent to the
public stores for careful examination and in
ments made in whole or In part Of soalskins and
taken from this country may BIO re-entered on
the Collector Of Customs of the port Of depar-
ture, which certificate shall have boon obtained
by sh9 20 G tSe s%ol G Z tae t spF inspsct 9o GS5f sicroS ie she
ing this country.
"6. a.othinng in these regulations shall affect
the right of any officer OF the customs to inspect
and .~seize:any fur sealskin or garment imported
which he may find to have been imported In vio-
latlon of said act"
These regulations will not apply to seal
pkins.that were actually in transit to the United
States on Dec. 20. 1t was because of this that
the only woman who arrived yesterday in the
Cunard steamship Aurania who wore a seal
skin sacque that had been purchased in Lon
the Aurania having been at sea on Dec. %.
The woman was very indignant, however, when
she learned how close q shave her sacque had
had. What she said was taken by the custom
officers as a mild forerunner of what will DO
said when the seizures begin.
Collector Bidwell said yesterday that after Q
few days It will be mandatory for the customs
garments that arrive, whether on consignment
or on their owners backs. Tho prescribed
waters are the waters of the Pacific Ocean north
of the thirty. fifth degree Of north latitude and
Including Behring Sea and the sea of Okhotsk.