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the high seas when suspected of having violated or being about to violate the 

 provisions of this Act. 



Sec. 8. Canadian vessels and nationals. — -Every national or inhabitant and 

 every vessel of Canada found violating this Act shall be delivered as soon as prac- 

 ticable to an authorized official of Canada at the nearest point to the place of 

 seizure or elsewhere as the officials of the United States seizing the same and the 

 authorized officials of Canada may agree upon, and the witnesses and proof 

 necessary to the prosecution of said persons and vessels of Canada shall be 

 furnished with reasonable promptitude to the authorities of Canada having 

 jurisdiction thereof. 



Sec. 9. Seizure and forfeiture. — Every vessel, boat, or craft employed in 

 any manner in violating this Act shall be seized by any collector, surveyor, in- 

 spector, officer of a revenue cutter, or person specified in section 7 hereof, and 

 except as provided in section 8 hereof, every such vessel, boat, or craft, including 

 its tackle, apparel, furniture, cargo, and stores, shall be forfeited to the United 

 States by proper proceedings in any court of the United States in Alaska, Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon, or Washington. 



Sec. 10. Fisheries commission exemption. — None of the inhibitions con- 

 tained in this Act shall apply to the International Fisheries Commission when 

 engaged in any scientific investigation. 



Sec. 11. Appropriation. — There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out 

 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $15,000 

 for the fiscal year 1925 for the salaries and expenses of the International Fisheries 

 Commission. 



Sec. 12. Duration of Act. — This Act shall take effect immediately and con- 

 tinue in force until the termination of the convention concluded by the United 

 States and Great Britain on March 2, 1924, for the protection of the halibut 

 fishery of the northern Pacific Ocean. 



Approved, June 7, 1924. 



The convention of March 2, 1923, between the United States and 

 Great Britain, for the preservation of the haUbut of the northern 

 Pacific Ocean was duly ratified by both Governments, ratifications 

 being e.xchano:ed on October 21, 1924. and on October 22 a proc- 

 lamation was issued by the President as follows: 



Presidential Proclamation Regarding the Convention Between the 

 United States and Great Britain for the Preservation of the Halibut 

 Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean, Including Bering Sea 



Whereas a convention between the United States of America and Great Britain 

 for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the northern Pacific Ocean, including 

 Bering Sea, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at 

 Washington on the second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty- 

 three, the original of which is word for word as follows: 



The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom 

 of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, 

 Emperor of India, being equally desirous of securing the preservation of the 

 halibut fishery of the northern Pacific Ocean, have resolved to conclude a con- 

 vention for this purpose, and have named as their plenipotentiaries: 



The President of the United States of America: Charles Evans Hughes, Secre- 

 tary of State of the United States; and 



His Britannic Majesty: The Honorable Ernest Lapointe, K. C, B. A., LL. B., 

 Minister of Marine and Fisheries of Canada; 



Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, 

 found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: 



article I 



The nationals and inhabitants and the fishing vessels and boats of the United 

 States and of the Dominion of Canada, resjaectively, are hereby prohibited 

 from fishing for halibut (Hippoglossus) both in the territorial waters and in the 

 high seas off the western coasts of the United States, including Bering Sea, and 

 of the Dominion of Canada, from the 16th day of November next after the date 

 of the exchange of ratifications of this convention, to the 15th day of the following 

 February, both days inclusive, and within the same period yearly thereafter, 



