276 FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



violation of this section shall be forfeited; but the Secretary of tbe Treasury shall 

 have power to authorize the killing of any such mink, marten, sable, or other fur- 

 bearing animal, except fur-seals, under such regulation as he may prescribe ; and it 

 shall be the duty of the Secretary to prevent the killing of any fur-seal, and to provide 

 for the execution of the provisions of this section uutil it is otherwise provided by 

 law, nor shall he grant any special privileges under this section. 



Sec. 1957. Until otherwise provided by law, all violations of this chapter, and of 

 the several laws hereby extended to the* Territory of Alaska and the waters thereof, 

 comii^itted within the limits of the same, shall be prosecuted in any district court of 

 the United States in California or Oregon, or in the district courts of Washington ; 

 and the collector and deputy collectors appointed for Alaska Territory, and any per- 

 son authorized in writing by either of them, or by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 

 have power to arrest persons and seize vessels and merchandise liable to fines, pen- 

 alties, or forfeitures under this and the other laws extended over the Territory, and 

 to keep aud delis^er the same to the marshal of some one of such courts ; and such 

 courts shall have original jnrisdictiou, and may take cognizance of ail cases arising 

 under this act and the several laws hereby extended over the Territory, and shall 

 proceed therein in the same manner and with the like effect as if such cases had arisen 

 within the district or territory where the proceediugs are brought. 



Sec. 1958. In all cases of tine, penalty, or forfeiture, embraced in the act approved 

 March 3, 1797, ch. 13, or mentioned in any act in addition to or amendatorj^ of such 

 act, that have occurred or may occur in the collection district of Alaska, the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury is authorized, if in his opinion the fine, ^lenalty, or forfeiture 

 was incurred without wilful negligence or intentiou of fraud, to ascertain the facts 

 in such manner and under such regulations as he may deem proper without regard 

 to the provisions of the act above referred to, and upon the facts so to be ascertained, 

 he may exercise all the power of remission conferred upon him by that act, as fully 

 as he might have done had such facts been ascertained under and according to the 

 provisions of that act. (Sees. 5292, 5293.) 



Sec. 1959. The islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, in Alaska, are declared a 

 special reservation for Government purposes; and until otherwise provided by law it 

 shall be unlawful for any person to land or remain on either of those islands, except 

 by the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury ; and any person found on either 

 of those islands contrary to the provisions hereof shall be summarily removed; and 

 it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to carry this section into eftect. 



Sec. 1960. It shall be unlawful to kill any fur-seal upon the islands of Saint Paul 

 aud Saint George, or in the waters adjacent thereto, except during the months of 

 June, July, September, and October of each year; and it shall be unlawful to kill 

 such seals at any time by the use of fire-arms, or by other means tending to drive the 

 seals away from those islands ; but the natives of the islands shall have the privilege 

 of kiiling'such young seals as may be necessary for their own food and clothing dur- 

 ing 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 aud controlled by such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary 

 of the Treasury. 



Sec. 1961. It shall be unlawful to kill any female seals, or any seals less than one 

 year old, at any season of the year, except as above provided; and it shall also be 

 unlawful to kill any seal in the'waters adjacent to the islands of Saint Paul and Saint 

 George, or on the beaches, cliffs, 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 oflense by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than 

 one thousand dollars, or by' imprisonment not more than six mouths, or by both such 

 fine and imprisonment; and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, and furniture, whose 

 crews are found engaged in the violation of either this or the preceding section, 

 shall be forfeited to the United States. 



Sec. 1962. For the period of twenty years from the first of July, eighteen hundred 

 and seventy, the number of fur-seals* which may be killed for their skins upon the 

 island of Saint Paul is limited to seventy-five thousand per aunum; and the number 

 of fur-seals which may be killed for their skins upon the island of Saint George is 

 limited to twenty-five thousand 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. 



Sec. 1963. When the lease heretofore made by the Secretary of the Treasury to 

 "The Alaska Commercial Company," of the right to engage in taking firr-seals on the 

 islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, pursuant to the act of July 1, 1870, chapter 

 189, or when any future similar lease expires, or is surrendered, forfeited, or termi- 

 nated, the Secretary shall lease to proper and responsible parties, for the best advan- 

 tage of the United Stg.tes, having due regard to the interests of the Government, thq 



