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 FORTYNINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 209, 210. 1887. 409 to resort there, to the end that said Seal Rocks will continue to be a public preserve and resort for seals: Provided, That the United States Provisov. may at all times control and limit or diminish the number of the seals re- Control of num- ` sorting to said rocks so as to protect the fisheries and nshing industries: b"- And provided further, That whenever any of said rocks, or the space Tn_ revert when. occupied by said rocks, shall be required by the United States for the 1‘¤*1¤¤°d· erection or maintenance of any public work, or for any other purpose, then as to the rocks or space so required the provisions of this act shall terminate, and the United States shall be reinvested with the full title, control, and possession thereof. Said city and county shall signify its ac- Acceptance. ceptance of this trust, and thereupon the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall file in his office a plat showing the locus of said Seal Rocks, and said plat shall be the evidence of the extent and position of the premises hereby granted. _ Sue. 2. That all acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby declared inapplicable to the premises hereby granted. Approved, February 23, 1887. CHAP. 210.—An act to provide for the execution of the provisions of article two Feb. 23, 1887. of the treaty concluded between the United States of America and the Emperor of 7** China on the seventeenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty, and proclaimed by the President of the United States on the fifth day of October, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That theimportation of opium into Opium. _ ’ any oftthe ports of the United States by any subject of the Emperor ¥*”P°‘,E“*:)9gd b? ' of Chinais hereby prohibited. Every person guilty of a violation of the Cl}l',;;°{;h‘gm,,_ °°‘ preceding provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on v01_ gg, p, 325, conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars nor less than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for a period of not more than six months nor less than thirty days, or by both such iine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 2. That every package containing opium, either in whole or in Forfeiture. part, imported into the United States by any subject of the Emperor of China, shall be deemed forfeited to the United States; and proceedings for the declaration and consequences of such forfeiture may be instituted in the courts of the United States as in other cases of the violation of the laws relating to other illegal importations. Sec. 3. That no citizen of the United States shall import opium into United Sta tee any of the open ports of China, nor transport the same from one open °i°iZ€¤** f9’*”d$*°¤ port to any other open port, or buy or sell opium in any of such open fg é?,?;: "’ °P'°" ports of China, nor shall any vessel owned by citizens of the United ° States, or any vessel, whether foreign or otherwise, employed by any citizen of the United States, or owned by any citizen of the United States, either in whole or in part, and employed by personas not citizens of the United States, take or carry opium into any of such open ports of China, or transport the same from one open port to any other open port, or be engaged in any traffic therein between or in such open ports or any of them. Citizens of the United States oiiending against the pro- P¤¤i¤h¤¤°¤*¤· visions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,. upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars nor less than fifty dollars, or by both such punislr _ _ _ ments, in the discretion of the court. The consular courts of the United J‘“"”d‘°“°"· States in China, concurrently with any district court of the United States in the district in which any offender may be found, shall have jurisdiction to hear, try, and determine all cases arising under the foregoing provisions of this section, subject to the general regulations _ provided by law. Every package of opium or package containing F°"`°‘*“‘°· opium, either in whole` or in part, brought, taken, or transported, trat'· ' ticked, or dealt in contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be