I^UR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. '279 



Treasury Department, Septemler 10, 1870. 

 Tho following executive order relating to the importation of arms into the islands 

 of St. Paul and St. George, within the District of Alaska, is published for the in- 

 formation of officers of the customs : 



Executive Mansion, 

 Washington, 1). C, September 9, 1870. 

 So much of executive order of February 4, 1870, as prohibits the importation and 

 use of fire-arms and ammunitiou into and within the islands of St. Paul and St. 

 George, Alaska, is hereby modified so as to permit the Alaska Commercial Company to 

 take a limited quantity of fire-arms and ammunition to said islands, subject to the 

 directions of the revenue officers there and such regulations as the Secretary of the 

 Treasury may prescribe. 



U. S. Grant, 



President. 



The instructions issued by this Department in its circular of February 8, 1870, are 

 accordingly modified so as to adjust them to the above order. Revenue officers will, 

 however, see that the privilege grauted to th-e said company is not abused ; that no 

 fire-arms of any kind are ever used by said company in the killing of seals or other 

 fur-bearing animals on or near said islands or near the haunts of seals or sea-otters 

 in the District, nor for any purpose whatever, during the months of June, July, Au- 

 gust, September, and October of each year, nor after the arrival of seals iu the spring 

 or before their departure in the fall, excepting for necessary protection and defense 

 against marauders or public enemies who may unlawfully attempt to land upon the 

 islands. 



In all other respects the instructions of February 8, 1870, will remain in force. 



Wm. a. Richardson, 



Acting Secretary. 



EXECUTIVE orders. 



Treasury Department, 

 Washington, D. C, July 3, 1875. 

 To Collectors of Customs : 



The importation of breech-loading rifles, and fixed ammunition suitable therefor, into 

 the Territory of Alaska, and the shipment of such rifles or ammunition to any port or 

 place in the Territory of Alaska, are hereby forbidden, and collectors of customs are 

 instructed to refuse clearance of any vessel having on board any such arms or ammu- 

 nition destined for any port or place in said Territory. 



If, however, any vessel intends to touch or trade at any port in Alaska Territory, 

 or to pass within the waters thereof, but shall be ultimately destined for some port or 

 place not within the limits of said Territory, and shall have on board any such fire- 

 arms or anmiuuition, the master or chief officer thereof will be required to execute 

 and deliver to the collector of customs at the port of clearance a good and sufficient 

 bond, with two sureties, in double the value of such merchandise, conditioned rhat 

 such arms or ammunition, or any part thereof, shall not be landed or disposed of 

 within the Territory of Alaska. 



Such bond shall be taken for such time as the collector shall deem proper, and may 

 be satisfied upon proofs similar to those required to satisfy ordinary export bonds, 

 showing that such arms have been landed at some foreign i)ort ; or, iifsuch merchan- 

 dise is landed at any port of the United States not within the limits of the Territory 

 of Alaska, the bond may be satisfied upon production of a certificate to that effect 

 from the collector of the port where it is so landed. 



Ohas. F. Conant, 



Acting Secretary. 



Approved: U. S. Grant, 



President. 



NOTICE. 



Treasury Department, 



Washington, D. C, April 21, 1879. 



Section 1956 of the Revised Statutes of the United States provides that no person 



shall, without the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury, 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 that any person convicted of a violation of 



