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Whereas by a certain indpiitnre made August 3, 1870, between William A. Eich- 

 ardson, then Acting Secretary of the Treasury, and the ''Alaska Commercial Com- 

 l»any," a corporation diily established under the laws of the State of California, it 

 was covenanted and agreed as follows, to wit: 



"And the said lessees further covenant and agree not to kill upon said island of 

 St. Paul more than 75,000 fur seals, and upon the island of St. George not more than 

 25,000 fur seals per annum; not to kill any fur seals upon the islands aforesaid in 

 any other month except the months of June, July, September, and October of each 

 year ; not to kill such seals at any time by the use of firearms or other'meaus tending 

 to drive the seals from said islands ; not to kill any female seal or any seals less than 

 1 year old; not to kill any seals in the waters adjacent to said islands or on the 

 beaches, cliffs, or rocks, where they haul up from the sea to remain." 



Now this indenture made this 25th day of March, 1874, by and between William 

 A. Richardson, Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of an act of Congress approved 

 March 24, 1874, and entitled "An act to amend an act to prevent the extermination 

 of fur-bearing animals in Alaska," approved July 1, 1870, and the said Alaska Com- 

 mercial Company, lessees in said indenture of August 3, 1870, acting by John F. 

 Miller, its president and agent, in accordance with a resolution of said corporation 

 duly adopted at a meeting of the board of trustees held January 31, A. D. 1870: 



Witnesseth, that the parties hereto do hereby mutually agree to rescind and annul, 

 from and after the ratification hereof, the within-recited covenant in said indenture 

 of August 3, 1870, and in place thereof the said Alaska Commercial C'ompany, lessees, 

 as aforesaid, do hereby covenant and agree not to kill upon the island of St. Paul more 

 than 90,000 fur seals, and upon the island of St. George not more than 10,000 fur seals 

 per annum; not to kill any fur seals upon the island aforesaid in any other mouths 

 except the months of June, July, August (from the 1st to the 15th of said month), 

 September, and October of each year; not to kill such seals at any time by the use 

 of firearms or other means tending to drive the seals from said islands; not to kill 

 any female seals or any seals less than 1 year old; not to kill any seals in the waters 

 adjacent to said islands, or on the beaches, cliffs, or rocks where they haul up from 

 the sea to remain. 



And the said parties hereto, by virtue of the act of Congress herein referred to, 

 hereby agree that the covenant set forth in said indenture of August 3, 1870, and 

 herein recited, shall, from and after the ratification of this indenture, be revoked, 

 rescinded, and the covenant liereby entered into shall be and remain in force as the 

 covenant of the parties hereto in this regard from and after the ratiiication hereof 

 during the remainder of said lease of August 3, 1870. 



In witness whereof the said parties have hereto set their hands and seals the day 

 and year above written. 



[l. s. treasury.] William A. Richardsox, 



Secretary of the Treasury. 



[L. S. ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY.] LEWIS GeRSTLE, 



Vice-President, Acting President 



Alaska Commercial Company. 



We, the obligors in a certain bond dated August 3, 1870, given in accordance with 

 the provisions of an act of Congress approved July 1, 1870, entitled "An act to jire- 

 veut the extermination of fur-bearing seals in Alaska," hereby consent to the within 

 change made in a lease given by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Alaska Com- 

 mercial Company under said act, dated August 3, 1870, and agree that the said change 

 shall not discharge us from any liability under said bond. 

 Witness our hands and seals this 25th of March, 1874. 



John Sanott, 

 Lewis Gerstle. 



