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by the president or vice-president of tlie company. Tlie books of the company shall 

 be hept by the secretary, who shall also keep a correct record of all the proceedings of 

 the board of trustees had at their meetings, and perform such other duties as the 

 board of trustees may require. 



X. The pay and salaries of all ofdcers of the company shall be determined, from 

 time to time, by the board of trustees. 



XI. The president of the company shall have power to appoint and employ such 

 o-eneral business agents, factors, attorneys, clerks, and other employees as he may 

 deem proper and reciuisite for conducting the business and affairs of the company; 

 and he shall fix the pay, commissions, or salaries of all such agents, factors, attor- 

 neys, clerks, and other employees, from time to time, as circumstances shall require. 



XII. All transfers of the capital stock of this com2>any made to persons not citi- 

 zens of the United States, or made for the nse or benefit of any citizen or citizens of 

 any foreign government, are absolutely void. 



XIII. Dividends from the net profits of the company may be declared and paid by 

 order of the board of trustees, in accordance with laAV. 



XIV. These by-laws may be altered or amended by the board of trustees in the 

 manner prescribed by law. 



regulations for conduct of affairs on the seal islands. 



Office Alaska Commercial Company, 



San Francisco, January, 1872. 

 The following regulations are prescribed for the guidance of all concerned: 



I. The general management of the company's atfairs on the islands of St. Paul 

 and St. George is intrusted to one general agent, vrhose lawful orders and directions 

 must be implicitly obeyed by all subordinate agents and employees. 



2.' Seals can only be taken on the islands during the moutlis of June, July, Sep- 

 tember, and October in each year, except those killed by the native inhabitants for 

 food and clothing, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

 Female seals and seals less than 1 year old will not be killed at any time, and the 

 killing of seals in the waters surrounding the islands, or on or about the rookeries, 

 beaches, cliifs, or rocks where they haul up from the sea to remain, or by the use of 

 firearms, or any other means tending to drive the seals away from the islands, is 

 expressly forbidden. 



3. The use of firearms on the islands during the period from the first arrival of 

 seals in the spring season until they disappear from the islands in autumn is pro- 

 hibited. 



4. No dogs will be permitted on the islands. 



5. No person will be permitted to kill seals for their skins on the island, except 

 under the supervision and authority of the agents of the company. 



6. No vessels other than those employed by the company, or vessels of the United 

 States, will be permitted to touch at the islands, or to land any persons or merchan- 

 dise thereon, except in cases of shipwreck or vessels in distress. 



7.' The number of seals which may be annually killed for their skins on St. Paul 

 Island is limited to 75,000, and the number Avhich may be so killed on St. George 

 Island is limited to 25,000. 



8. No persons other than American citizens, or the Aleutian inhabitants of said 

 islands, will be employed by the company on the islands in any capacity. 



9. The Aleutian people living on the islands will be employed by the company in 

 taking seals for their skins, and they will be paid for the labor of taking each skin 

 and delivering the same at the salt house 40 cents, coin, until otherwit^e oixlered by 

 the Secretary of the Treasury. For other labor performed for the company proper 

 and remunerative wages will be paid, the amount to be agreed upon between the 

 agents of the company and the persons employed. The working parties will be 

 under the immediate control of their own chiefs, and no comi)ulsory means will ever 

 be used to induce the people to labor. All shall be free to labor or not, as they may 

 choose. The agents of the company will make selection of the seals to be killed, 

 and are authorized to use all ])roper means to prevent the cutting of skins. 



10. All provisions and merchandise required by the inhabitants for legitimate use 

 will be furnished them from the company's stores at prices not higher than ordinary 

 retail prices at San Francisco, and in no case at prices above 25 per cent advance on 

 wholesale or invoice prices in San Francisco. 



II. The necessary supplies of fuel, oil, and salmon will be furnished the people 

 gratis. 



' Sections 2 and 7 of the above regulations were based upon the law of July 1, 

 1870, but since then Congress has given the Secretary of the Treasury the power to 

 fix the ratio for each island upon a more intelligent understanding of the subject, 

 and also to extend the time for taking seal skins from the let of June up to the 15tli 

 of August.— H. W. E. 



