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 1558 PROCLAMATIONS. No. 11. [No. 11.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. umn 15,18iD. The followinglprovisions of the laws of the United States are hereby "'°"—_"’“ published for the information of all concerned. ¤—¤~·¤¤<=1¤¤6·¤”· Section 1956, Revised Statutes, Chapter 3, Title 23, enacts that: " No person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur seal, or other fur-bearing animal within the limits of Alaska Territor, or in the waters thereof; and every person guilt thereof, shall], for each offence, be ined not less than two hundretf, nor more than one thousand Dollars, or imgiisoned not more than six months, or both, and all vessels, their tac e, apparel, furniture and cargo, found engaged in violation of this Section shall be forfeited, but the Secretary of the Treasury shall have powerto authorize the killing of any suc *¤*¤*’°· mink, marten, sable, or other fur-bearing animal, except fur sea s, under such regulations as he may prescribe, and it shal be the duty of the Secretary to prevent the ki ing of any fur seal, and to provide for the execution of the provisions of this section until it is otherwise prozided by law, nor shall he grant any special privil eges under this ec ion. ’ - • ·•· s. ·•» s ·•· * V°l· **·l>·¢°°°- Section 3 of the act entitled "An Act to provide for the protection . plfatihe salmon fisheries of Alaska " approved March 2, 1889, provides §’,u{•;*,;g,}‘,_}n“i;“,{’_§ “Section 3. That Section 1956 of the Revised Statutes of the mm m mm as United States is hereby declared to include and apply to all the Q,°,'§°;,°§°B,{,',E,L‘S‘,l§ dominion of the United States in the waters of Behring Sea, and it igugfamms vf *·¤¤ shall be the duty of the President at a timely season in each year to Issue his groclamation, and cause the same to be published for one month at east in one newspaper (if any such there be) published at each United States port o entry on the Pacific coast, warning all persons against entering such waters for the purpose of violating the provisions of said section, and he shall also cause one or more vessels of the United States to diligently cruise said waters and arrest all persons and seize all vessels found to be or to have been engaged in any violation of the laws of the United States therein.” “;’€,_':g;.g¢'·*;,ggf_ ow, there ore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United mg sa hmug eo States, pursuant to the above recited statutes, hereby warn all per- "°l‘°""" sons against entering the waters of Behring Sea within the dominion of the United States, for the purpose of violating the lprovisions of said section 1956, Revised Statutes; and I hereby proc aim, that all persons found to be, or have been engaged in any violation of the _aws of the United States, in said waters, will be arrested and plun- Ished as above provided and that all vessels so employed, their tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargoes will be seized and forfeited. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the City of Washington, this fifteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and of the Indepen- [SEAL.] mc? of the United States the one hundred and fournt. BENJ. Hnnmsos By the President: Janus G. Bums, Secretary of State.