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 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. Il'. Ch. 189. 1870. 181 years f rom the first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy, the right to engage in the business of taking fur—seals on the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, and to send a vessel or vessels to said islands for the skins of such seals, giving to the lessee or lessees of said islands a lease, {mm duly executed, in duplicate, not transferable, and taking from the lessee or lessees of said islands a bond, with sufficient sureties, in a sum not less Bond. than five hundred thousand dollars, conditional for the faithful observance of all the laws and requirements of Congress and of the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury touching the subjecbmatter of taking fur-seals, and disposing of the same, and for the payment of all taxes and dues accruing to the United States connected therewith. And in making said lease, the Secretary of the Treasury shall have due regard to the preservation of the seal fur·trade of said islands. and the comfort, maintenance, and education of the natives thereofl The said lessees shall furnish to _Le¤S¤<7¤i<» furthe several masters of vessels employed by them certified copies of the lQ;;‘e°f§’;;;Q;rS lease held by them respectively, which shall be presented to the govern- or their vessels, ment revenue ofiieer for the time being who may be in charge at the said ***°“*h°*l*Y¤&°· islands as the authority of the party for landing and taking skins. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That at the expiration of said term other lggggs of twenty years, or on surrender or l`orfeiturc of any lease, other leases mw be ¤2¤<lQ may be made in manner as aforesaid for other terms of twenty years; but no persons other than American citizens shall be permitted, by lease American cinor otherwise, to occupy said islands, or either of them, for the purpose of {fm Qnlf *2 taking the skins of fur-seals therefrom, nor shall any foreign vessel be ,,:§°,,§:·[,$l,,g;` engaged in taking such skins; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall vessel to be vacate and declare any lease forfeited if the same be held or operated for “"d‘ the use, benefit, or advantage, directly or indirectly, of any person or persons other than American citizens. Every lease shall contain a cove- Covenants in nant on the part of the lessee that he will not keep, sell, furnish, give, or l§:f$,;‘§"S“;r§gl dispose of any distilled spirits or spirituous liquors on either of said gmlm n,§ve,,_’ islands to any of the natives thereof, such person not being a physician and furnishing the same for use as medicine; and any person who shall _1{enulty for kill any fur—seal on either of said islands, or in the waters adjacent thereto, ;‘£;‘:§if,f(f;l€“:;1_ without authority of the lessees thereoh and any person who shall molest, mority, &c.; disturb, or interfere with said lessees, or either of them, or their agents or I for m<>l¤¤¤¤z employe[e]s in the lawful prosecution of their business, under the pro- °S"°°‘ visions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for each oilence, on conviction thereof; be punished in the same way and by like penalties as prescribed in the second section of this act; and all Vqsselstobs vessels, their tackle, apparel, appurtenances, and cargo, whose crews shall *`°”f°’l°d· be found engaged in any violation of either of the provisions of this section, shall be forfeited to the United States; and if any person or Penalty uppn company, under any lease herein authorized, shall knowingly kill, or l<*SS<i_;*;f<;¤` l¤_· permit to be killed, any number of seals exceeding the number for each gQémff"¤$,;:_ island in this act prescribed, such person or company shall, in addition to bers authorized. the penalties and forleitures aforesaid, also forfeit the whole number of the skins of seals killed in that year, or, in case the same have been disposed on then said person or company shall forfeit the value of the same. And it shall be the duty of any revenue officer, officially acting as such on pjstilled either of said islands, to seize and destroy any distilled spirits or spirituons ;§;;£_l° b° liquors found thereon: Provided, That such officer shall make detailed p,°v;,°_ report of his doings to the collector of the port. _ Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the annual rental to be re- _ Annual rental served by said lease shall not be less than fifty thousand dollars per an-   :`;‘;(l‘°" num, to be secured by deposit of United States bonds to that amount, ` and in addition thereto a revenue tax or duty of two dollars is hereby laid Tux ppon upon each fur-seal skin taken and shipped from said islands, during the “°“l'“k‘““‘ continuance of such lease, to be paid into the treasury of the United States; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby empowered and