28 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
[Inclosure 1 in No. 6.] 
[PuBLti1c—No. 120.] 
An Act to prevent the Extermination of Fur-bearing Animals in Alaska. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of 
America in Congress assembled, that it shall be unlawful to kill any fur-seal upon 
the Islands of St, Paul and St. George, or in the waters adjacent thereto, except 
during the months of June, July, September, and October in each year, and it shall 
be unlawful to kill such seals at any time by the use of fire-arms, or use 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 manu- 
facture 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. 
Section 2. And be it further 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 shallalso be unlawful to kill any seal in the waters adjacent to the 
said islands, or on the beaches, cliffs, or rocks where they haul up from the sea to 
remain; and any person who shall violate either of the provisions of this or the first 
section of this Act shall be punished on conviction thereof for each offence by a 
fine of not less than 200 dollars, nor more than 1,000 dollars, or by imprisonment not 
exceeding six months, or by such fine and imprisonment both at the discretion of 
the Court having jurisdiction, by taking cognizance of the offence; and all vessels, 
their tackle, apparel, and furniture, whose crew shall be found engaged in the vio- 
lation 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 restricted to 75,000 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 25,000 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 proportionate 
reduction of the rents reserved to the Government as shall be right and proper, and 
if any person shall knowingly violate either of the provisions of this section, he 
shall, upon due conviction thereof, be punished in the same way as provided herein 
for a violation of the provisions of the first and second sections of this Act. 
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that immediately upon the passage of this Act 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall lease, for the rental mentioned in section 6 of 
this Act, to proper and responsible parties, to the best advantage of the United 
States, having due regard to the interests of the Government, the native inhabitants, 
the parties heretofore engaged in trade, and the protection of the seal fisheries, 
13 for a term of twenty years from the Ist day of May, 1870, the right to engage 
in the business of taking fuir-seals on the Islands of St. Paul and St. George, 
and to send a vessel or vessels to said islands for the skins of such seals, giving to 
the lessee or lessees of said islands a lease, duly executed, in duplicate, not transfer- 
able, and taking from the lessee or lessees of said islands a bond, with sufficient 
sureties, ina sum not less than 500,000 dollars, conditioned for the faithful observance 
of all the laws and requirements of Congress, and of the Regulations of the Secretary 
of the Treasury touching the subject-matter of taking fur-seals and disposing of the 
same, and for the payment of all taxes and dues aecruing to the United States con- 
nected therewith; and in making said lease the Secretary of the Treasury shall have 
due regard to the preservation of the seal-fur trade of said islands, and the comfort, 
maintenance, and education of the natives thereof. The said lessees shall furnish to 
the several masters of vessels employed by them certified copies of the lease held by 
them respectively, which shall be presented to the Government Revenue officer for 
the time being who may be in charge at the said islands as the authority of the 
party for landing and taking skins. 
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, that at the expiration of said term of twenty 
years, or on surrender or forfeiture of any lease, other Jeases may be made in manner 
aforesaid for other terms of twenty years; but no person other than American citi- 
zens shall be permitted by lease or otherwise to occupy said islands or either of them, 
for the purpose of taking the skins of fur-seals therefrom, nor shall any foreign ves- 
sel be engaged in taking such skins, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall vacate 
and declare any lease forfeited if the same be held or operated for the use, benetit, 
or advantage, directly or indirectly, of any person or persons other than American 
citizens. Every lease shall contain a covenant on the part of the lessee that he will 
not keep, sell, furnish, give, or dispose of any distilled spirits or spirituous liquors 
on either of the said islands to any of the natives thereof, such person not being a 
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