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visions of the fourth section of this act, every person 

 guilty of a violation of the provisions of this act, or of 

 the regulations made thereunder, shall for each offense 

 be fined not less than $200, or imprisoned not more 

 than six months, or both ; and all vessels, their tackle, 

 apparel, furniture, and cargo, at any time used or em- 

 ployed in violation of this act, or of the regulations 

 made thereunder, shall be forfeited to the United 

 States. 



SKC. !. That any violation of this act, or of the. 

 regulations made thereunder, may be proseeuted 

 either in the district court of Alask'a, or in any dis- 

 trict court of the United States in California, Oregon, 

 or Washington. 



SEC. 10. That if any unlicensed vessel of the United 

 States shall be found within the waters to which this 

 act applies, and at a time when the killing of fur seals 

 is by this act there prohibited, having on board seal 

 skins or bodies of seals, or apparatus or implements 

 suitable for killing or taking seals ; or if any licensed 

 vessel shall be found in the waters to which this act 

 applies, having on board apparatus or implements 

 suitable for taking seals, but forbidden then and there 

 to be used, it shall be presumed that the vessel in the 

 one case and the apparatus or implements in the other 

 was or were used in violation of this act until it is 

 otherwise sufficiently proved. 



SEC. 11. That it sliall be the duty of the President 

 to cause a sufficient naval force to cruise in the waters 

 to which this act is applicable to enforce its provisions ; 

 and it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of 

 any vessel belonging to the naval or revenue service 

 <>f the United States, when so instructed by the Presi- 

 dent, to seize and arrest all vessels of the United States 

 found by him to be engaged, used, or employed in the 

 waters last aforesaid in violation of any of the pro- 

 hibitions of this act, or of any regulations made there- 

 under, and to take the same, with all persons on board 

 thereof, to the most convenient port in any district of 

 the United States mentioned in this act,* there to be 

 dealt with according to law. 



SEC. 12. That any vessel or citizen of the United 

 States, or person described in the first section of this 

 act, offending against the prohibitions of this act or 

 the regulations thereunder, may be seized and de- 

 tained by the naval or other duly commissioned offi- 

 cers of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, but 

 when so seized and detained they shall be delivered 

 as soon as practicable, with any witnesses and proofs 

 on board, to any naval or revenue officer or other au- 

 thorities of the United States, whose courts alone shall 

 have jurisdiction to try the offense and impose the 

 penalties for the same: I*rovided, however, That Brit- 

 ish officers sliall arrest and detain vessels and persons 

 as in this section specified only after, by appropriate 

 legislation, Great Britain shall have authorized offi- 

 cers of the United States duly commissioned and in- 

 structed by the President to that end to arrest, detain, 

 , and deliver to the authorities of Great Britain vessels 

 and subjects of that Government offending against 

 any statutes or regulations of Great Britain enacted 

 or made to enforce the award of the treaty mentioned 

 in the title of this act. 



On Aug. 13, 1894, a treaty with China, sent to 

 the Senate, March 19, was approved, and ratifi- 

 cations were exchanged between the United 

 States and China, Dec. 7, 1894, at Washington. 

 Article I stipulates that, except under conditions 

 subsequently specified, the immigration of Chi- 

 nese laborers to the United States shall be abso- 

 lutely prohibited. Article II excepts from the 

 provisions of the preceding article the return 

 to the United States of every registered Chinese 

 laborer who has a lawful wife, child, or parent 

 in the United States, or property to the value of 

 $1,000 or debts of like amount pending settle- 

 ment. To secure, this exception, however, each 

 laborer is compelled, before leaving the United 



States, to deposit with the collector of customs, 

 before he departs, a full description in writing 

 of his family or property or debts, and shall in 

 exchange be furnished with a certificate of his 

 right to return. Forfeiture of the right -is pro- 

 vided in case the description is proved to be 

 false. The right to return ceases after one year, 

 unless extended for special reasons for another 

 year. Article III declares that the provisions of 

 the convention shall not affect the rights now 

 enjoyed by Chinese officials, teachers, students, 

 merchants, or travelers, for curiosity or pleasure, 

 but not laborers, coming to the United States 

 and residing therein. To entitle such persons to 

 admission to this country, however, an official 

 certificate will be required. The privilege of 

 transit for Chinese laborers across the United 

 States, in journeying to or from other countries, 

 is continued. Article IV provides that Chinese of 

 the laboring or any other class, either perma- 

 nently or temporarily in the United States, shall 

 have all the protection to their persons and prop- 

 erty that is given to citizens of the most favored 

 nations, except the right to become naturalized 

 citizens. Article V recognizes the right of China 

 to enact and enforce laws and regulations similar 

 to our act for the registration of Chinese in this 

 country, providing for the registration of all 

 American skilled and unskilled laborers resid- 

 ing in China, and binds this Government to re- 

 port to the Government of China the full name, 

 ge, occupation, and place of residence of all 

 citizens of the United States-, including mis- 

 sionaries, within and without the treaty ports of 

 China. Article VI sets the limit of the treaty at 

 ten years, and provides for extension during an- 

 other period of ten years, unless formal notice 

 of its termination be given by either Govern- 

 ment. 



Adjournment. The session closed Aug. 28, 

 1894. 



CONNECTICUT, a New England State, one 

 of the original thirteen ; ratified the national 

 Constitution Jan. 9, 1788; area, 4,990 square 

 miles. The population, according to each de- 

 cennial census, was 237,946 in 1790; 251,002 in 

 1800; 261,942 in 1810; 275,148 in 1820; 297,675 

 in 1830 : 309,978 in 1840 ; 370,792 in 1850 ; 460,- 

 147 in 1860; 537,454 in 1870; 622,700 in 1880; 

 and 746,258 in 1890. Capital, Hartford. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Luzon B. 

 Morris. Democrat ; Lieutenant Governor, Ernest 

 Cady ; Secretary of State, John J. Phelan ; Treas- 

 urer, Marvin H. Sanger; Comptroller, Nicholas 

 Staub \. Secretary of State Board of Education, 

 Charles D. Iline ; Insurance Commissioner, Bur- 

 ton Mansfield ; Railroad Commissioners, William 



0. Seymour, George M. Woodruff, and Alexan- 

 der C. Robertson ; Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court of Errors. Charles B. Andrews ; Associate 

 Justices, David Torrance, Elisha Carpenter, suc- 

 ceeded on Jan. 14 by William Hammersley, 

 Augustus H. Fenn, and Simeon E. Baldwin. 



Finances. The latest report of the Treasurer, 

 which covers the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1893, 

 presents the following figures : Balance on Oct. 



1, 1892, $924,417.44; total receipts from all 

 sources for the year, $2,290,952.70; total dis- 

 bursements, $2,361,967.96; balance on Oct. 1, 

 1893, $853,401.74. The receipts were derived 



