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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 299-338. 1898. 415 law for like officers in the State of Oregon, not to exceed, including _ such salary and tees, a total annual compensation of three thousand dollars for each of said officers. Sec. 13. That native-born citizens of the Dominion of Canada shall Q*.¤g¤¤e¤ of ¤¤¤¤d¤. be accorded in said District of Alaska the same mining rights and m"""° "E t“‘ “°"°f‘ privileges accorded to citizens of the United States in British Columbia and the Northwest Territory by -the laws of the Dominion of Canada or the local laws, rules, and regulations; but no greater rights shall be thus accorded than citizens of the United States or persons who have declared their intention to become such may enjoy in said District of Alaska; and the Secretary of the Interior shall nom time to time promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to carry this provision into effect. ' Sec. 14. That under rules and·regulations to be prescribed by the wlgnading .rr1vi1¤s• Secretary of the Treasury, the privilege of entering goods, wares, and `"°" merchandise in bond or of placing them in bonded warehouses at any of the ports in the District of Alaska, and of withdrawing the same for exportation to any place in British Columbia or the Northwest Territory without payment of duty, is hereby granted to the Government of the Dominion of Canada and its citizens or citizens of the United States and to persons who have declared their intention to become such whenever and so long as it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President of the United States, who shall ascertain and declare the fact by proclamation, that corresponding privileges have been and are being granted by the Government of the Dominion of Canada in respect of goods, wares and merchandise passing through the territory of the Dominion of Canada to any point in the District of Alaska from any point in said ' District. Approved, May 14, 1898. CHAP. 338.-An Act For the protection of fish in the District of Columbia, for the May 17. 1898. _ maintenance of apermanent spawning ground in the Potomac River in said District, `“'_";_" and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the date Districtcrcclumbia. of the passage of this Act no person shall fish with fyke net, pound §'§°§f{,*$' °{,,°,3kg,,_ net, stake net, weir, iloat net, gill net, haul seine, dip net, or any other ¤·•<> Rim ¤€>¤¤>i•rl¤¤· contrivance, stationary or floating, in the waters of the Potomac River and its tributaries within the District of Columbia: Provided, That P¤>v¢••>»- nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the use of barrel ;°"],'§{,'L§L'}f,’§`£,,’}‘§$' nets or pots for the catching or killing of eels, or prevent the United —~tg¤¥¤¢¤¤¤v=¤*i¤¤ States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, or his agents, from taking ° from said waters in any manner desired iish of any kind for scientific purposes or for purposes of propagation, and that none of the provisions of this Act shall apply to persons employed in catching young catnsh, smelt, chub, bull minnows, and crayiish for use as bait in fishing with hook and line: Provided further, That any person engaged in taking hif,:n¤$,=g_¤¤i¤¤ *0* such catfish, smelt, chub, bull minnows, and craylish shall first have K procured a written permit from the said Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries to take such bait for hook—and·line fishing. Sec. 2. That no person shall catch or kill in the waters of the Potomac Bw- River or its tributaries within the District of Columbia any black bass (otherwise known as green bass and chub), crappie (otherwise known as calico bass and strawberry bass), between the iirst day of April and the first day of June of each year, nor have in possession nor expose for sale any of said species between the dates aforesaid, nor catch or kill any of said species of fish at any other time during the year except by angling, nor catch nor kill any of the aforesaid species by what are known as out lines or trot lines, having a succession of hooks or devices. Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful for any person to have in possession sm waningor expose for sale in the District of Columbia after the tenth day of June in any year any fresh fish of the shad or herring species.