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 472 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 150, 151, 153. 1893. F°b*’“*“'Y 2L 1893- CHAP. 150.-An act to extend to the North Pacific Ocean the provisions of the W statutes for the protection of the fur-seals and other fur-bearing animals. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United rm mu. States of America in Gongress assembled, That whenever the Government of the United States shall conclude an effective international Ezwnsinn of mv- arrangement for the protection of fur seals in the North Pacific Ocean,
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tribunal of arbitration under the convention concluded between the United States and Great Britain February twenty-ninth, eighteen [_ hundred and nmety-two, and so long as such arrangement shall con- ·-?§1',§g,;°f1,g3,,_ tinne, the provisions of section nineteenhundred and nfty-six of the Revised Statutes, and all other provisions of the statutes of the United States, so far as the same may be applicable, relative to the_ protection of fur_ seals and other fur-bearing animals within the limits of Alaska or in the waters thereof, shall be extended_ to and over all that portion of the Pacific Ocean included in such mternational arrangement. Whenever an effective international arrange- P;?:?;;;]?;?];; my ment is concluded as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the President unions N-mgemm to declare that fact by proclamation, and to designate the portion of °‘°“°"· the Pacific Ocean to which it is applicable, and that this act has become operative; and likewise when such arrangement ceases, to declare that fact and that this act has become inoperative, and his _ _ proclamation with respect thereto shall be conclusive. During the m§y__§¤•=¤¤¤¤ 0* M- extension as aforesaid of said laws for the protection of _ fur seals and ' other fur-bearing animals all violations thereof in said designated portion of the Pacino Ocean shall be held to be the same as if committed within the limits of Alaska or in the waters thereof, but they may be prosecuted either in the district court of Alaska or in any district court of the United States 1u California, Oregon, or Washington. Approved, February 21, 1893. F°b*‘“'¥ m·1m- mw. 151;-Anr=;ctftl0hamendta(p‘1 act ergitmd ;An act to provide for the es- ’s ment o apo 0 e`verya onnci u s. owa." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,°Q'•:¤•=*l Buff-- States 04  itnfongrtzssmasseingzeéd, 'léhatdthel priarilegpi of secgog Immediate trans- SGVCD 0 0 80 0 lll1G ll Clg CD UD ICQ RD Gig I ·y CD 1 6 gg3Q3g," ,,_}•’*'“°¤°• •* An actto amend the statutes in relation to immediate transpoitation of v¤i.2i.p.m. dutiable goods, and for other purposes/’ be, and are hereby, extended A'"'- ¥‘· ‘“· to the said port of Council Blutls, Iowa. Approved, February 21, 1893. February 24,1599. CHAP. 153.-- An act granting certain rights and privileges to the commissioners -————-————-——-— of water works in the city of Erie, Pennsylvania. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United E·‘*°·*’°· States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioners of my m ummm water works in the city of Erie, State of Pennsylvania, be, and they .,,,0,_,·Gu,m.,,m,,,, are hereby, granted the right to lay, extend, and mantam their intake ¤¤¤·i- pip§ from) their present pumping slgation at the foot of Chestnut street, at rie ennsy vania. across the ay of Presqne Isle to the peninsul thence iacross the land belonging  the United States on the peninsulii. to the shore of Lake Erie, thence into the lake as far as may be advis- ¤·¤¤¤•· able to secure pure water, together with the use of such land on the peninsula astlmayibg netiedled for tthe préopar llayftpg, protection, aind mam tuning e p1 an e erec ion o a n1 in s necessa the construction, care, and supervision of the work, add for maiiiiraiid ing the same.