142 FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



And the said lessees further covenant and agree that they or their agents shall not 

 keep, sell, furnish, give, or dis))ose of any distilled spirituous liipiors on either of 

 said islands to any of the natives thereof, such person not being a physician and 

 furnishing the same for use as medicine. 



And the said lessees furtljer covenant and agree that this lease is accepted, suhje(-t 

 to all needful rules and regulations which shall at any time or times hereafter be 

 made by the Secretary of the Treasury for the coUeition and jtayment of the rental 

 herein agreed to bo paid by said lessees for the comfort, maintenance, education, iind 

 protection of the natives of said islands, and lor carrying into eilect all the ])ru- 

 visions of the act aforesaid, and will abide by and conform to said rules and regu- 

 lations. 



And the said lessees, accepting tliis lease with a full kuowledgefof the provisions 

 ol the aforesaid act of Congress, further covenant and agree that they will fullill 

 all the jirovisions, requirements, and limitations of said act, whether herein sjKM-ili- 

 cally set out or not. 



In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have hereunto set their hands and seals 

 the day and year above written. 



William A. Richardson, [seal.] 

 Acting Secretari/ of the Treasury. 

 Alaska Coim.meucial Company, 

 By John F. Miller, rrcsideut. [seal.] 

 Executed in presence of — 



J. H. Savillk. 



This lease having teriniuated ou the Ist day of last May (1890), the 

 following new lease was executed in accordance with the law: 



This iudeuture, made in duplicate this 12th day of March, 1890, by and between 

 William Wiudom, Secretary of the Treasury of tlio United States, in jiursuanco of 

 chapter 3 of title 23, Revised Statutes, and the North American Commercial Com- 

 pany, a corporation duly established under the laws of the State of California, and 

 acting by I. Liebes, its ]iiesident. in accordance with a resolution of said corporation 

 adopted at a meeting of its board of directors held .January 4, 1890: 



Witnesseth, that the said Secretary of the Tieasury, in consideration of the agree- 

 ments hereinafter stated, hereby leases to the said North American Commercial C^om- 

 pany, for a term of twenty years from the 1st day of May, 1890, the exclusive right 

 to engage in the business of taking fur seals on the islands of St. George and St. 

 Paul, in the Territory of Alaska, and to send a vessel or vessels to said islands for 

 the shins of such seals. 



The said North American Commercial Company, in consideration of the rights 

 secured to it under this lease above stated, ou its part covenants and agrees to do 

 the things following, that is to say : 



To pay to the Treasurer of the United States each year during the said term of 

 twenty years, as annual rental, the sum of $60,000, and in addition thereto agrees to 

 pay the'revenne tax or duty of $2 laid upon each fur-seal skin taken and shi]»ped by 

 it from said islands of St. ( ieorge and St. Paul ; and also to ])ay to said Treasurer the 

 further sum of $7.62-1 apiece for each and every fur skin taken and shipped from said 

 islands; and also to ])ny the sum of DO cents per gallon for each gallon of oil sold by 

 it made from seals that may be taken on said islandsdnring the said period of twenty 

 years: and to secure the ])roin])t ]>ayment of the .$60,000 rental above referred to, the 

 said company agrees to deposit Avilh the Secretary of the Treasury bonds of the United 

 States to the amount of $.^0,000, face value, to be held as a guaranty for the annual 

 payment of said $60,000 rental, the interest 1 hereon when due to be collected and])aid 

 to the North American Commercial Company, provided the said company is not in 

 default of payment of any part of the said ,$60,000 rental. 



That it will furnish to the native inhabitants of said islands of St. George and St. 

 Paul annually such quantity or number of dried salmon and such ([uantity of salt, 

 and such number ol'salt barrels ibr preserving their necessary supply of meat as the 

 Secretary of the Treasuiy shall tiom fime to time determine. 



That it will also furnish to the said inhabitants SO tons of coal anuu.ally, and a suf- 

 ficient number of coniiortalile dwellings in which said native inhabitants may reside; 

 and will keep said dwellings in proper rejiair, and will also ]irovide anil keep m 

 repair such suitable sehoolhouses as may be necessary, and will establish and main- 

 tain during eight montiis of each year proper schools for the education of the chil- 

 dren on said islands, the s.ame to be taught by comjieteKt teachers who shall be ])aid 

 by the company a fair compensation, all to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the 

 Treasury ; and will also provide and maintain a suitable house for religious worship; 

 and will also provide a com])etent ]iliysiciaii or ])hysicians, and necessary and proper 

 medicines and medical sujtplies; and will also i)ro\'ide the necessaries of life for the 

 widows and orphans and aged and infirm inhabilauta of said islands who are uuablc 



