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nnd privileges now beloiif^ing to Eiissia in the said territory or domin- 

 ion and appurtenances tliereto." (15 U. S. Stat., 539.) 



The Pribilof Islands are east of the line thus defined as the western 

 limit within which are the territory and dominion conveyed by liussia 

 to the United States. 



By an act of the Congress of the United States approved March 3, 

 18G9, the islands of vSt. Paul and St. George in Alaska were declared 

 "a special reservation for Government purposes," and it was made 

 unlawful for any person to land or remain on either of them, except by 

 authority of the Secretary of the Treasury. This statute was followed 

 by an act approved July 1, 1870, the expressed object of which was to 

 l)revent the extermination of fiir-bearing animals in Alaska,. The pro- 

 visions of the acts of 1860 and 1870 are reproduced in the lievised 

 Statutes of the United States of 1873. Those sections* show the extent 

 of authority and jurisdiction, which has been asserted by the United 



*Sec. 1954. The laws of tlie United States relating to customs, commerce, and 

 navigation are extended to and over all the mainlands, islands, and waters of the 

 territory ceded to the United States by the Emperor of Knssia by treaty concluded 

 at Washington ou the thirtieth day of March, anno Domini one thousand eight 

 hundred and sixty-seven, so far as the same may be applicable thereto. 



Sec. 1956. No 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 offense, be fined not less 

 than two hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than 

 six months, or both; and all A'essels, their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, 

 found engaged in violation of this section shall be forfeited. Bnt the Secretary of 

 the Treasury shall have power to authorize the killing of any such mink, marten, 

 sable, or other fiir-bearing animal, except fur-seals, under such regulations as he 

 may prescribe; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to prevent the killing of 

 any fur-seal, and to provide for tlie execution of the provisions of this section until 

 it is otherwise provided by law; nor shall he grant any special privileges under this 

 section. 



Sec. 1959. Tlie islands of Saint Paul and Saint George in Alaskai, are declared a 

 special reservation for Government purposes; and until otherwise provided by law 

 it shall be unlawful for any person to land or remain on either of those islands, 

 except by the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury; and any person found on 

 either of those islands contrary to the provisions hereofshall be summarily removed; 

 and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to carry this section into effect. 



Sec. 1960. It shall bo unlawful to kill any fur-seal upon the islands of Saint Panl 

 and Saint George, or in the waters adjacent thereto, except during the months of 

 June, .Inly, September, and October in each year; and it shall be unlawful to kill 

 such seals at any time by the use of firearms, or by other means tending to drive 

 the seals away from those islands; but the natives of the islands shall have the 

 privilege of killing such young seal as may be necessary for their own food and 



