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apparatus or implemeuts were used in violation of tliis Act until the contrary is 

 proved to the satisfaction of the court. 



Sec. 5. That any violation of tliis Act or of the regulations thereunder inay be 

 prosecuted either in the district court of Alaska or in any district court of the United 

 States in California, Orej;on, or Washington. 



Sec. G. That this Act shall not interfere with the privileges accorded to Indians 

 dwelling on the coast of the United States under section six of the Act of April sixth, 

 eighteen hundred and ninety-four, but the limitations prescribed in said Act shall 

 remain in full force. 



Sec. 7. That this Act shall not affect in any way the killing or taking of fur seals 

 upon the Pribilof Islands, or the laws of the United States relating thereto. 



Sec. 8. That any ofllcer of the Naval or Revenue-Cutter Service of the United 

 States, and any other otticers duly designated by the Presideut, may search any 

 vessel of the United States in port or on the high seas suspected of having violated 

 or of liaving an intention to violate the provisions of this Act, and may seize such 

 vessel and the offending otticers and crew and bring them into the most accessible 

 port of the States and Territory mentioned in section five of this Act for trial. 



Sec. 9. Tliat the importation into the United States by any person whatsoever of 

 fur-seal skins taken in the waters mentioned in this Act, whether raw, dressed, dyed, 

 or manufactured, is hereby prohibited, and all such articles imported after this Act 

 shall take effect shall not be permitted to be exported, but shall be seized and 

 destroyed by the proper ofticers of the United States. 



Sec. 10. That the President shall have power to make all necessary regulations 

 to carry this Act into effect. 



Approved, December 29, 1897. 



regulations. 



1. No fur-seal skins, whether raw, dressed, dyed, or otherwise manufactured, shall 

 be admitted to entry in the United States unless there shall be attached to the invoice 

 a certificate, signed by the United States consul at tiie place of exportation, that said 

 .skins were not taken from seals killed within the waters mentioned in said act, 

 specifying in detail the locality of such taking, whether on land or at sea, and also the 

 person from whom said skins were purchased in their raw and dressed state, the date 

 of such purchase, and tlie lot number. Consuls shall require satisfactory evidence of 

 the truth of such facts by oath or otherwise before giving any such certificate. 



No fur-seal skins, whether raw, dressed, dyed, or otherwise manufaetured, shall 

 be admitted to entry as part of a passenger's personal effects unless accompanied 

 by an invoice certified by the consul as herein provided. 



All fur-seal skins, whether raw, dressed, dyed, or otherwise manufactured, the 

 invoices of which are not accompanied by the certificate above prescribed, shall be 

 seized by the collector of customs and destroyed as provided for in section 9 of the act 

 of December 29, 1897. 



2. Every article manufactured iu whole or in part from fur-seal skins, the invoice 

 of which is presented as aforesaid to the consul, shall have legibly stamped thereon 

 the name of the manufacturer and the place of manufacture, and shall be accompanied 

 by a statement in writing, under the oath of said manufacturer, that said skin or skins 



