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Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, 1). C, May 21, 1890. 

 Sir: You are informed that the President has dcsiijuated the revenne-steamer 

 " Bear,'' under your command, to cruize in the waters of Behriug Sea for the protec- 

 tion of the seal lislieries and the interests of the Government on the Seal Islands and 

 the sea-otter hnnting-gronnda. You are accordingly clothed with full power and 

 are hereby directed to enforce the provisions of law contained in Section 1956 of the 

 Revised Statutes, as supplemented by section 3 of the Act of the 2nd March, 1889, 

 except as provided in Sections 1960 and 1962 of said Statutes, amended by Act of 

 Congress, approved the 24th March, 1874, and in Department Regulations of the 

 2l8t April, 1879. 



You will time your cruize in the Arctic so as to reach Ounalaska on your return 

 trip not later than the Ist September next. After taking on board at the latter- 

 named place a supply of coal trom the storehouse, you will proceed into Behring 

 Sea, the waters of which you will diligently cruize, and arrest all persons and seize 

 all vessels found to be or to have been engaged in any violation of the laws of the 

 United States tin rein. 



If from any cause you shall find it impracticable to take into port any such vessel 

 with her tackle, apparel, fniniture, and cargo, and deliver the same into the custody 

 of the proper ofiicer of the United States, yon will take possession of the log-book, 

 documents, and other papers pertaining thereto, also of all skins of fnr-bearing 

 animals found on board thereof, any portion of which have been unlawfully taken 

 in said waters, and will also seize the implements a d appliances belonging to and 

 used by such vessel, or the crew thereof, in killing fur-bearing animals contrary to 

 law, or in taking and preserving the skins of the same. 



You will remain in Behring Sea in the performance of the duty for which the ves- 

 sel has been designated by the President as late in the season as in your judgment 

 may be necessary, and upon the completion of this duty you will return to San 

 Francisco. 



Herewith are transmitted copies of the President's Proclamation of the 15th March, 

 1890, and the Law relating to the salmon fisheries, for distribution, as far as may be 

 practicable, to parties all'ected thereby. 



Herewith is also transmitted, for your information and for distribution, copies 

 of Department letter, dated the 12th March, 1881, to Mr. D. A. d'Ancona, of San 



Francisco. 

 79 You will advise Department by telegraph of the date of leaving Seattle, and 



of your return to San Francisco. 

 Respectfully yours, 



(Signed) W. Windom, Secretary. 



Captain M. A. Healy, 



Commanding Revenue- steamer "Bear," Seattle, Washington. 



(Same to Captain Coulson, of the revenue-steamer "Rush," and to Captain Hooper,, 

 of the revenue-steamer "Corwin.) 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, D. C, March 17, 1891. 



Sir: The Honourable the Attorney-General has requested that a revenue-vessel be 

 sent to Alaska for the purpose of arresting certain murderers and picking up the 

 necessary witnesses in that portion of the Territory west of Sitka, and conveying 

 them to that place in time for the May term of Court. 



You are accordingly directed to proceed with the revenue-steamer "Bear," under 

 your command, at the earliest date jiracticable, to Seattle, Washington, at which 

 place you will take on from the Black Diamond Coal and Mining Company such 

 quantity of coal as the vessel can conveniently carry. Thence you will proceed 

 direct to Ounalaska, and receive on board the Deputy United States Marshal at that 

 place. From Ounalaska you will visit the Seal Islands, for the purpose of delivering ' 

 the mails and receiving communications for the Department. After leaving the Seal 

 Islands, you will visit such places as the Deputy Marshal may desire, and as in your 

 judgment may be expedient, for the purpose of arresting criminals and collecting 

 witnesses, and will then proceed to Sitka and report to the United States Marshal at 

 that place, to whom you will deliver any prisoners and others that may be in your 

 custody. 



Upon the completion of this duty, should it not be absolutely necessary for yon to 

 return to San Francisco before making your regular cruize to the north, yoa will pro- 



