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said islands sliall have the privilege of killing such young male seals only as may be 

 required ibr their food and clothing and the construction of their small boats for 

 their own use, which killing shall be limited and controlled by the Secretary of the 

 Treasury, as he nuxy prescribe: and he is hereby authorized to incur any and all 

 proper and necessary expenses incident to the establishment, and maintenance and 

 employment of one physician, one school teacher, one storekeeper, and one cook on 

 each island: also for the proper housing of the natives, the Government officers iu 

 charge, and propuerty, with rations for the same, and fuel, throughout the time 

 specified in the loregoing sectifin: Provided, also, That such food skins taken as 

 above cited shall be sold annually for the defrayment iu part, or in whole, of these 

 expenses, at public auction, by the Secretary of the Treasury. Said food skins to be 

 classified for such sale by the Treasury agent in charge, and accompanied by him 

 from the islands until sold, as prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 



Sec. 2. And be it fitrihrr enacted, etc. That no persons other than the natives and 

 the authorized agents of the Government shall be permitted to occupy said inlands, 

 or either of them, from and after the passage of this act; and any person or persons 

 who may attempt or attein])ts to violate this order of this section, or tliat of the first 

 section of this act, shall be jmnished on conviction thereof for each oft'ense by a line 

 of not less than $1,000 or more than $10,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding erne 

 year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court having 

 Jurisdiction and taking cognizance of the offenses; and all vessels, their tackle, 

 apparel, and furniture, whose crew shall be found engaged lu the violation of any of 

 the provisions of this act, shall be forfeited to the United States. 



Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, etc. I'hat the provisions of the seventh and eighth 

 sections of an act entitled "An act to extend the laws of the United States rehiting 

 to customs, commerce, and navigation over the territory ceded to the United States 

 by Russia, to establish a collection district therein, and for other purposes," approved 

 July 27, 1868, shall be deemed to apply to this act; and all prosecution for offenses 

 committed against the provisions of this act, and all other proceedings had because 

 of the violation of the provisions of this act, and which are authorized by the said 

 act above specified, shall be in accordance with the provisions thereof, and all acts 

 and parts of acts inconsistent with the j)rovisions of this act are hereby repealed. 



The existing- law reads as below: 



AN ACT to prevent the extei-mination of fur bearins: animals in Alaska. 



Be it enacted bi/ the Senate and House of Represcntativefi of the United States of America 

 iu Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful to kill any fur seal upon the islands 

 of St. Paul and St. George, or iu the waters adjacent thereto, except during the months 

 of June, July, September, and October in each year, and it shall be nulawful to kill 

 such seals at any time by the use of firearms, or the use of other means tending to 

 drive the seals away from said islands: Provided, 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 months, 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. A7id be itfurthir 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 unlawful to kill any seal iu 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 sliall violate either of the provisions of this or the iirst section of 

 this act shall be punished on conviction thereof, for each offense, by a fine of not 

 less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment 

 not exceeding six months, or by both such line and imprisonment, at the discretion 

 of the court having jurisdiction and taking cognizance of the offenses; and all ves- 

 sels, their tackle, apparel, and furniture, whose crew shall be found engaged in the 

 violation of any of the provisions of this act, shall be forfeited to the United States. 



Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the period of twenty years from and after 

 the passage of this act, the number of fur seals which may be killed for their skins 

 upon the island of St. Paul is hereby limited and restrictecl to seventy-five thousand 

 per annum; and the number of fur seals which may be killed for their skins upon 

 the island of St. George is hereby limited and restricted to twenty-five thousand 

 per annum: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may restrict and limit the 

 right of killing, if it shall become necessary for the preservation of such seals, with 

 such ])roportionate reduction of rents reserved to the Government as shall be right 

 and proper; and if any person shall knowingly violate either of the provisions of 

 this sectiou, be shall, u]>on due conviction thereof, be ])unislied in the same way as is 

 provided herein for a violation of the provisions of the first and second sections oi 

 this act. 



