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In view of the existing impression and the probability of a much more determined 
and destructive raid being made against the seals next summer than was ever before 
attempted, it is very desirable that the policy and determination of the Government 
in the matter of their protection should be speedily and finally announced. 
APPENDIX (E). 
President Harrison’s Proclamation against unlawful Hunting on Alaska. 
By the President of the United States of America: 
A Proclamation. 
The following provisions of the laws of the United States are hereby published for 
the information of all concerned: 
Section 1956 Revised Statutes, chapter 3, title 2, enacts that: 
““No person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur-seal, or other fur-bearing 
animal, within the limits of Alaska Territory, or in the waters thereof; and every 
person guilty thereof shall for each offence be fined not less than 200 nor more than 
1,000 dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and all vessels, their 
tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, found engaged in violation of this section shall 
be forfeited; but the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to authorize the 
killing of any such mink, marten, sable, or other fur-bearing animal, except fur-seals, 
under such Regulations as he may prescribe; and it shall be the duty of the Secre- 
tary to prevent the killing of any fur-seal, and to provide for the execution of the 
provisions of this section until itis otherwise provided by law, nor shall he grant 
any special privileges under this section.” 
272 Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the Protection of the 
Salmon Fisheries of Alaska,” approved 2nd March, 1889, provides that: 
“Section 3. That section 1956 of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby 
declared to include and apply to all the dominions of the United States in the waters 
of Behring’s Sea; andit shall be the duty of the President, ata timely season in each 
year, to issue his Proclamation and cause the same to be published for one month at 
least in one newspaper (if any such there be) published at each United States port 
of entry on the Pacific coast, warning all persons against entering the waters for the 
purpose of violating the provisions of said section; and he shall also cause one or 
more vessels of the United States to diligently cruize the said waters 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 therein.” 
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, pursuant to 
the abovye-recited Statutes, hereby warn all persons against entering the waters of 
Behring’s Sea within the dominion of the United States for the purpose of violating 
the provisions of said section 1956 Revised Statutes; and I hereby proclaim that all 
persons found to be, or to have been, engaged in any violation of the laws of the 
United States in said waters will be arrested and punished as above provided, and 
that all vessels so employed, their tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargoes, will be 
seized and forfeited. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United 
States to be affixed. 
Done at the City of Washington, this 21st day of March, 1889, and of the Inde- 
pendence of the United States the 113th. 
By the President, 
(Signed) BENJAMIN HARRISON, 
(Signed) JAMES G. BLAINE, 
Secretary of State. 
APPENDIX (F). 
Extract from Report of Committee on Marine and Fisheries, p. 12. 
It having been claimed by the Canadian authorities in their brief relating to the 
seizure of Canadian vessels in Behring’s Sea by our Revenue cutters, that ex-Secre- 
tary Boutwell had decided that the United States had no jurisdiction over Behring’s 
Sea outside of the 3-mile limit, the attention of Mr. Boutwell was called to the matter 
