74 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
Killing of seal Sec. 1960. It shall be unlawful to kill any fur-seal upon the Islands 
a se te of Saint Paul and Saint George, or in the waters adjacent thereto, 
certain months, except during the months of June, July, September, and October in 
1 July, 1870, c. each year; and it shall be unlawful to kill such seals at any time by 
189, s. 1, v. 16, p. the use of fire-arms, or by other means tending to drive the seals 
180. away from those islands; but the natives of the islands shall have 
the privilege of killing such young seals as may be necessary for their 
own food and elothing 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; and the killing in such cases shall be limited 
and controlled by such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secre- 
tary of the ‘Treasury. 
Killing of cer- See, 1961. It shall be unlawful to kill any female seal, or any seal 
1a PT°"Jess than one year old, at any season of the year, except as above 
1 July, 1870, c. provided; and it shall also be unlawful to kill any seal in the waters 
189, s. 2, v. 16, p. adjacent to the Islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, or on the 
180. beaches, clifis, or rocks where they haul up from the sea to remain; 
and every person who violates the provisions of this or the preceding 
section shall be punished for each offence by a fine of not less than 
200 dollars, nor more than 1,000 dollars, or by imprisonment not more 
than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and all 
vessels, their tackle, apparel, and furniture, whose crews are found 
engaged in the violation of cither this or the preceding section, shall 
be forfeited to the United States. 
Limit tonum- Sec. 1962. For the period of twenty years from the 1st July, 1870, 
Be ot seals to be the number of fur-seals which may be killed for their skins upon the 
i July, 1870, c, 1Sland of Saint Paul is limited to 75,000 per annum; and the number 
189, s. 3, v. 86, p. of fur-seals which may be killed for their skins upon the Island of 
180. Saint George is limited to 25,000 per annum; but the Secretary of the 
Treasury may limit the right of killing, if it becomes necessary for 
the preservation of such seals, with such proportionate reduction of 
the rents reserved to the Government as may be proper; and every 
person who knowingly violates either of the provisions of this section 
shall be punished as provided in the preceding section. 
Right to take 57 Sec. 1963. When the lease heretofore made by the Secretary 
ele may be of the Treasury to ‘‘ The Alaska Commercial Company,” of the 
1 July, 1970, ¢, Tight to engage in taking fur-seals on the Islands of Saint Paul and 
189, ss. 4, 5,and6, Saint George, pursuant to the Act of the 1st July, chapter 189, or 
v.16, pp. 180,181. when any future similar lease expires, or is surrendered, forfeited, or 
terminated, the Secretary shall lease to proper and responsible par- 
ties, for the best advantage of the United States, having due regaid 
to the interests of the Government, the native inhabitants, their com- 
fort, maintenance, and education, as well as to the interests of the 
parties heretofore engaged in trade and the protection of the fisheries, 
the right of taking fur-seals on the islands herein named, and of send- 
ing a vessel or vessels to the islands for the skins of such seals, for the 
term of twenty years, at an annual rental of not less than 50,000 dol- 
lars, to be reserved in such lease and secured by a deposit of United 
States bonds to that amount; and every such lease shall be duly exe- 
cuted in duplicate, and shall not be transferable. 
Bond.) Sec. 1964. The Secretary of the Treasury shall take from the lessees 
a at eS: of such islands in all cases a bond, with securities, in a sum not less 
180, 8% Vv. iP: than 500,000 dollars, conditioned for the faithful observance of all 
the laws and requirements of Congress, and the Regulations of the 
Secretary of the Treasury, touching the taking of fur-seals and the 
disposing of the same, and for the payment of all taxes and dues 
accruing to the United States connected therewith. 
Whomaylease. Sec. 1965. No persons other than American citizens shall be per- 
1 July, 1870, e. mitted, by lease or otherwise, to occupy the Islands of Saint Paul and 
a 8. 9, v.16, P- Saint George, or either of them, for the purpose of taking the skins 
: of fur-seals therefrom, nor shall any foreign vessels be engaged in tak- 
ing 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, 
benefit, or advantage, directly or indirectly, of any persons other than 
American citizens. 
Covenants in Sec. 1966. Every lease shall contain a covenant on the part of the 
brace: =the lessee that he will not keep, sell, furnish, give, or dispose of any dis- 
189.3. a Re ae tilled spirits or spiritious liquors on either of those islands to any of 
eile ' the natives thereof, such person not being a physician and furnishing 
the same for use as medicine; and every Revenue officer, officially act- 
ing as such, on either of the islands, shall seize and destroy any dis- 
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