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 1008 PROCLAMATIONS. No. 16. [No. 16.] Br run Pnnsmnur or rms Umrisn Srnms or Ammuoa. A PROCLAMATION. F°"’°*’Y 1* lm- The following provisions of tlgealpws of thed United States are hereby R, __, M W *’“§é‘5§§£{3‘éé?‘§é€f§§§§£;2t&,, e;’3§t°§§’€·., 'llitle 23,.,.,maa me r¤;!t¤m¤g°'mI person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur seal, or other '“"“· ·*‘""’· fur bearing animal within the limits of Alaska Territory, or in the waters thereof; and every person guilty thereof shall, for each oiience, be lined not less than two hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, found engaged in violatmon of this Section shall be forfeited; but the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power  authorize the killing of any such mink, marten,_sable, or other fur bearing ammal, except fur seals, under such regulations as he may prescribe; and 1t shall be the duty of the Secretary to prevent the killing of any fur seal, and to provide for the execution of the provisions of this section until it is otherwise provided by law; nor shall he grant any special privileges under this section." Wl- ”·P·l°°°· Section 3 of the act entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska" approved March 2, 1889, provides that: mliizwvf purghfbimz “Section 3. That Section 1956 of the Revised Statutes of the United n,;..}.';,, Mak, dg States is- hereby declared to include and apply to all the dominion of Lmgggwing the United States in the waters of Behring Sea; and it shall be the emma. of tum duty of the President, at a timely season in each year, to issue his proc- ’*‘*°'~” lamation and cause the same to be published for one month in at least one newspaper, if any such there be, published at each United States port of entry on the Pacific coast, warning all persons against entering said 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 vessglshfoigdgaeh dr tehhave b,een, engaged in any violation of the laws o e m a es erem. P·¤¤:I• rung]; Now, |;hte)r?bre,b% Benjagaip I:;1hrrisouhPmlsident of the United States, sa in t a pursuan e a ve reci s es ere y warn all rsonsa a`nst _ vigim uw? g gt1;et;ng_th€h:;ters ofBtehri)1{gtSea1y]:ithin the domitniod: of the or urpose o V1 a ing e provisions o said sec ion Revised Statutes; and I hereby proclaim, that all persons found to be: or to have been, engaged in any violation of the laws of the United States, in said waters, will be arrested and punished as above provided and that aid gessels {so egiploiyedéd their tackle, apparel, fnuniture and cargoes w e seize an or ei. Ip ttesgmgnytwihgreot, Itlnaye hiereliénto set my hand and caused the seao e me aes a‘x. Done at the City of Vifashington, this fifteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the independ- [s1a:AL.] ence of the Lmted States the one hundreg and sixteenth. H By the President: ENJ ARBISON Jnms G. Bnanm Secretary of State.