94 ACTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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

 give, or dispose of any distilled spirits or sjdrituous liquors on either of 

 said islands to any of the natives thereof, such ])ers(>n not being a phy- 

 sician and furnisliing the same for useasnieilicine; and any person who 

 shall kill any fur seal on either of said islands, or in the waters adjacent 

 thereto, without authority of the lessees thereof, and any person who 

 shall molest, disturb, or interfere with said lessees, or either of them, or 

 their agents or employes in the lawful in\)secution of their business 

 under the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meanor, and shall for each offense on conviction thereof, be i)unished in 

 the same way and by like penalties as i:)resciibed in the second section 

 of this act. And all vessels, their tackle, apparel, appurtenances, and 

 cargo, whose crews shall be found engaged in any violation of either of 

 the provisions of this section, shall be forfeited to the United States; 

 and if any ])erson or company under any lease herein authorized, shall 

 knowingly kill, or permit to be killed, any number of seals exceeding 

 the number for each island in this act prescribed, such iierson or com- 

 pany shall, in addition to the penalties and forfeitures aforesaid, also 

 forfeit 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 company 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 de- 

 stroy any distilled spirits or sjnritous liquors fcmnd thereon: Provided, 

 That such officer shall make detailed report of his doings to the collector 

 of the jiort. 



Sec. 6, And he it further enacted, That the annual rental to be re- 

 served by said lease shall not be less than fifty thousand dollars per 

 annum; to be secured by deposit of United States bonds to that 

 amount, and in addition tliereto a revenue tax as a duty, of two dol- 

 lars, is hereby laid upon each fur seal skin 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 regu- 

 lations for the collection and payment of the same, for 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 further, That the Secretary of the Treasury may terminate 

 any lease given to any person, company, or corporation on full and 

 satisfactory proof of the violation of any of the provisions of tliis act 

 or Ihe rules and regulations established by him : Provided further. That 

 the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to deliver to the 

 owners the fur-seal skins no^w stored on the island, on the payment 

 of one dollar for each of said skins taken and sliipped away by said 

 owners. 



Sec. 7. And he it further enacted, That the provisions of the seventh 

 and eighth sections of "An act to extend the laws of the TTnited States 

 relating to customs, commerce, and navigation over the territory ceded 

 to the United States by Kussia, to establish a collection district thereon, 

 and for other jnirposes," ai)proved July twenty-seventh, one thousand 

 eight hundred and sixty-eight," shall be deemed to apply to this act, 

 and all the prosecutions for offenses committed against the ])rovisionsof 

 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 men- 

 tioned, shall be in accordance with the provisions thereof; and all acts 

 and parts of acts inconsistent with the pi'ovisions of this act are hereby 

 repealed. 



