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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 65-FEB. 26, 1944 Prbilof Islan elared special vation. Trespass. Employment tives. Provisions as plies. Furnishing : ties to natives. Scientific in tions. ds de- SEC. 6. The Pribilof Islands, including the islands of Saint Paul eser and Saint George, Walrus and Otter Islands, and Sea Lion Rock, in Alaska, are declared a special reservation for Government purposes. It shall be unlawful for any person other than natives of the said islands and officers and employees of the Fish and Wildlife Service to land or remain on any of those islands, except through stress of weather or like unavoidable cause or by the authority of the Secretary, and any person found on any of those islands contrary to the pro- visions of this section shall be summarily removed and shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprisonment. of a SEC. 7. Whenever seals are killed and sealskins taken on any of the Pribilof Islands, the native inhabitants of the islands shall be employed in such killing and in curing the skins taken, and shall receive for their labor fair compensation to be fixed from time to time by the Secretary, who shall have the authority to prescribe the manner in which such compensation shall be paid to the natives or expended or otherwise used on their behalf and for their benefit. id sp- SEC. 8. The Secretary shall have authority to establish and main- tain depots for provisions and supplies on the Pribilof Islands and to provide for the transportation of such provisions and supplies from the mainland of the United States to the islands by the charter of private vessels or by the use of public vessels of the United States which may be under his control or which may be placed at his disposal by eCe '- the President; and he likewise shall have authority to furnish food, shelter, fuel, clothing, and other necessities of life to the native inhabitants of the Pribilof Islands and to provide for their comfort, maintenance, education, and protection. T estiga- SEC. 9. Under the direction of the Secretary, the Fish and Wildlife Service is authorized to investigate the conditions of seal life upon the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands, and to continue the inquiries relative to the life history and migrations of the seals frequenting the waters of the North Pacific Ocean. tofPr- SE. 10. Any officer or employee of the Department of the Interior authorized by the Secretary, any naval or other officer designated by the President, any marshal or deputy marshal, any collector or deputy collector of customs, and any other person authorized by law to enforce the provisions of this Act shall have power, without warrant, trial o to arrest any person committing a violation of this Act or any regulation made pursuant thereto in his presence or view, and to take such person immediately for examination or trial before an officer or rbch es- court of competent jurisdiction; and shall have power, without war- rant, to search any vessel within any of the territorial waters of the United States, or any vessel of the United States on the high seas, when he has reasonable cause to believe that such vessel is subject to seizure under this section. Any officer, employee, or other person authorized to enforce the provisions of this Act shall have power to execute any warrant or process issued by an officer or court of com- petent jurisdiction for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act; and shall have power with a search warrant to search any person, of war- vessel, or place at any time. The judges of the courts established under the laws of the United States, and the United States commis- sioners, may, within their respective jurisdictions, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases. All fur seals and sea otters, or the skins thereof, killed, cap- tured, transported, imported, offered for sale, or possessed contrary to the provisions of this Act or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, and any vessel used or employed contrary to the provisions Enforcemeni visions. Arrest and violators. Power to sei gels, etc. Issuance rants. [58 STAT.

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