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said islands for the skins of sucli seals, giving to the lessee or lessees of said islands 

 a lease duly executed in duplicate, not transferable, and taking from the lessee or 

 lessees of said islands a bond, with sufficient sureties, in a sum not less than $500,000, 

 conditioned for the faithful observance of all the laws and requirements of Congress, 

 and of the reoulatious of the Secretary of the Treasury touching the subject-matter 

 of taking fur seals and disposing of the same, and for the payment of all taxes and 

 dues accruing to the United States connected therewith. And in making said lease 

 the Secretary of tlie Treasury shall have due regard to the preservation of the seal- 

 fur trade of said islands, and the comfort, maintenance, and education of the natives 

 thereof. The said lessees shall furnish to the several masters of vessels employed by 

 them certiiied copies of the lease held by them, respectively, which shall be presented 

 to the Government revenue officer for the time being, who may be in charge at'the 

 said islands, as the authority of the party for landing an<l taking skins. 



Sec. 5. That at the expiration of said term of twenty years, or on surrender or for- 

 feiture of any lease, other leases may be made in manner as aforesaid for other terms 

 of twenty years; but no persons other than American citizens shall be permitted, by 

 lease or otherwise, to occupy said islands, or either of them, for the purpose of tak- 

 ing the skins of fur srals tljerelrom, nor shall any foreign vessel be engaged in taking 

 such skins; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall vacate an<l declare any lease for- 

 feited, if the same be held or oi)erated for the use, benetit, or advantage, directly or 

 indirectly, of any person or jievsous otlier than American citizens. P^very lease shall 

 contain a covenant on the part of the lessee that he will not keep, sell, furnish, give, 

 or dispose of any distilled spirits or spirituous li<|uors on either of said islands to any 

 of the natives thereof, such person not being a physician and furnishing the same 

 for use as medicine: and any person who shall kill any fur seal on either of said 

 islands, or in the waters adjacent thereto (excepting natives, as provided by this 

 act), without authority of the lessees thereof, and any person who shall molest, dis- 

 turb, or interfere with said lessees, or either of them, or their agents or employes, in 

 the lawful prosecution of their business, under the provisions of this act, shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for each offense, on conviction thereof, be 

 punished in the same way and by like penalties as prescribed in the second section 

 of this act; and all vessels, tlieir tackle, apparel, appurtenances, and cargo, whose 

 ( rews shall be found engaged in any violation of either of the provisions of this sec- 

 tion, shall be forfeited to the United States; and if any person or company, under 

 any lease herein authorized, shall knowingly kill, or permit to be killed, any num- 

 ber of seals exceeding the number for each island in this act prescribed, such person 

 or company shall, in addition to the penalties and forfeitures aforesaid, also forl'eit 

 the whole number of the skins of seals killed in that year, or, in case the same have 

 been disposed of, then said person or ccunpany shall forfeit the value of the same. 

 And it shall be the duty of any revenue officer, officially acting as such on either of 

 said islands, to seize and destroy any distilled spirits or spirituous li([Uors found 

 thsreon : Provided, That such officer shall make detailed report of his doings to the 

 collector of the i)ort. 



Sec. 6. That the annual rental to be reserved by said lease shall be not less than 

 lifty thousand dollars per annum, to be secured by deposit of United States bonds to 

 that amount, and in addition thereto a revenue tax or duty of two dollars is hereby 

 laid uijon each fur seal taken and shipped from said islands during the continuance 

 of such lease, to be paid into the Treasury of the United States; and the Secretary 

 of the Treasury is hereby empowered and authorized to make all needful rules and 

 regulations for the collection and payment of the same, and to secure the comfort, 

 maintenance, education, and protection of the natives of said islands, and also for 

 carrying into full effect all the provisions of this act: Provided, That the Secretary 

 of the Treasury may terminate any lease given to any person, company, or corpora- 

 tion on full and satisfactory proof of the violation of any of the provisions of this 

 act or rules and regulations established by him. 



Sec. 7. That the provisions of the seventh and eighth sections of an act entitled 

 "An act to extend the laws of the United States relating to customs, commerce, 

 and navigation over the territory ceded to the United States by Russia, to 

 establish a collection district therein, and for other purposes," approved July 27, 

 1868, shall be deemed to apply to this act; and all prosecution for offenses com- 

 mitted against the provisions of this act, and all other proceedings had because of 

 the violations of the provisions of this act, and which are authorized by said act 

 above meutioneil, shall be in accordance Avith the i^rovisions thereof, and all acts 

 and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 8. That the Congress may at any time hex-eafter alter, amend, or repeal this 

 act. 



Approved July 1, 1870. 



Amended March 24, 1874.— i>c it enacted, etc., That the act entitled "An act to 

 prevent the extermination of fur-bearing animals in Alaska," approved July rirst, 

 eighteen hundred and seventy, is hereby amended so as to authorize the Secretary 



