ACTIUJN OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RELA- 

 TIVE TO ALASKA SINCE THE CESSION. 



Pages. 



Laws onacteil Ly Congress 92-99 



Action of tlie Executive 99-113 



Decisious of the Uuited States Courts 113-124 



LAWS ENACTED BY CONGRESS. 



A resolution more efficieutly to protect the fur-seal iu Alaska. 



Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled, That the islands of St. Paul and St. 

 George in Alaska be, and they are hereby, declared a special reserva- 

 tion i'or Government purposes; and that, until otherwise provided by 

 law, it shall be unlawful for any person to laud or remain on either of 

 said islands, except by the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury; 

 and any ])erson found on either of said islands, contrary to the provi- 

 sions of this resolution, shall be summarily removed ; and it shall be the 

 duty of the Secretary of War to carry this resolution immediately into 

 effect. 



Approved, March 3, 18C9. 



An act to prevent tLe extermiuatiou of fiir-Learing animals in Alaska. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful to 

 kill any fur-seal ujjon the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, or 

 in the waters adjacent thereto, except during tlie months of June, July, 

 September and October in each year, and it shall be unlawful to kill 

 such seals at any time by the use of lire-arms, or use other means tend- 

 ing to drive the seals away from said islands : Frorided, That the natives 

 of said islands shall have the privilege of killing such young seals as 

 may be necessary for their own food and clothing during other montlis, 

 and also such old seals as may be required for their own clothing and 

 for the manufacture of boats for their own use, which killing shall be 

 limited and controlled by such regulations as shall be prescribed by the 

 Secretary of the Treasury. 



Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that it shall be unlawful to kill 

 any female seal, or any seal less than one year old, at any season of the 

 year, except as above provided; and it shall also be unlawfid to kill 

 any seal in the waters adjacent to said islands, or on the beaches, cliffs, 

 or rocks where they haul up from the sea, to remain; and any person 

 who shall violate either of the provisions of this or the first section of 

 this act shall be punished, on conviction thereof, for such ollence by a 

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