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Penalties.

Contract or agreement authority. Definitions.

Pribilof Islands fund, establishment.

72 Stat. 340. 48 USC Chap. 2 note. Repeal. Alaska. S e a l s k i n s and s e a otter s k i n s. D i s p o s i t i o n of p r o c e e d s from sales.

PUBLIC LAW 89-702-NOV. 2, 1966

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(e) SucK person so authorized may seize any vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, appurtenances, cargo, and stores, used or employed cont r a r y to the provisions of this Act or the regulations issued hereunder or which it reasonably appears has been used or employed contrary to the provisions of this Act or the regulations issued hereunder. (f) ouch person so authorized may seize, whenever and wherever lawfully found, all fur seals or sea otters taken or retained in violation of this Act or the regulations issued thereunder. Any fur seals so seized or forfeited to the United States pursuant to this Act shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section 104, of this Act. Any sea otters so seized or forfeited to the United States pursuant to this Act shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section 802 of this Act. SEC. 403. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 404. Any person violating the provisions of title 1 or III of this Act or the regulations issued thereunder shall be fined not inore than $2,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. SEC. 405. The Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements for research with any person or public or private agency. SEC. 406. (a) The term ''person*' as used in this Act means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association. (b) The terms "take" or "taking'" or "taken" as used in this Act mean to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, kill, or attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill. (c) The term "natives of the Pribilof Islands" as used in this Act means any Indians, Aleuts, or Eskimos who permanently reside on said island. (d) The term "Pribilof Islands" as used in this Act means the islands of St. Paul and St. George, AValrus and Otter Islands, and Sea Lion Rock. SEC. 407. There is established a Pribilof Islands fund and there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary from the fund and from other funds in the Treasury to carry out the provisions of this Act and the provisions of section 6(e) of the Alaska Statehood Act which provides for the payment to the State of Alaska of certain specified proceeds deposited into said fund. SEC. 408. (a) The Act of February 26, 1944 (58 Stat. 100: 16 U.S.C. 631a-631q), is repealed. (b) The last three sentences of section 6(e) of the Alaska Statehood Act (72 Stat. 339) are amended to read as follows: "Commencing with the year during which Alaska is admitted into the Union, the Secretary of the Treasury, at the close of each fiscal year, shall pay to the State of Alaska 70 per centum of the net proceeds, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, derived during such fiscal year from all sales of sealskins or sea otter skins made in accordance with the provisions of the F u r Seal Act of 1966. In arriving at the net proceeds, there shall be deducted from the receipts from all sales all costs to the United States in carrying out the provisions of the F u r Seal Act of 1966, including, but not limited to, the costs of handling and dressing the skins, the costs of making the sales, and all expenses incurred in the administration of the Pribilof Islands, and the payments made to any municipal corporation established pursuant^ to section 206 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 and to the civil service retirement and disability

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