SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF MOOSE AND SHEEP IN ALASKA. 



[Issued Mar. 31, 1914.] 



By virtue of the authority conferred on the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture by section 2 of the Alaska game law (35 Stat., 102), approved 

 May 11, 1908, which in part provides — 



"That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, whenever 

 he shall deem it necessary for the preservation of game animals or 

 birds, to make and publish rules and regulations prohibiting the sale 

 of any game in any locality modifying the close season hereinbefore 

 established, providing different close seasons for different parts of 

 Alaska, placing further restrictions and limitations on the killing of 

 such animals or birds in any given locality, or prohibiting killing 

 entirely for a period not exceeding two years in such locality" — 

 the following regulations additional to those of August 1, 1908, July 

 1, 1912, December 9, 1912, and July 23, 1913, are hereby promulgated 

 to take effect April 1 1914: 



Regulation 1. Killing moose in southeastern Alaska. — The killing 

 of moose in southeastern Alaska, east or south of the Lynn Canal, is 

 hereby prohibited until April 1, 1916. 



Regulation 2. Killing mountain sheep on the Kenai Peninsula. — 

 The killing of mountain sheep in the eastern part of the Kenai Penin- 

 sula, east of longitude 150° (the location of which is indicated approx- 

 imately by a north and south line passing through the Stalter Place 

 on the Kenai River), is hereby prohibited until April 1, 1916. 



D. F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture. 



amendment of regulations for the protection of deer, moose, 

 caribou, sheep, and mountain goats in alaska. 



[Issued July 19, 1915.] 



By virtue of the authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture by section 2 of the act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 102), entitled 

 "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act for the protection of game 

 in Alaska, and for other purposes,' approved June 7, 1902," regula- 

 tions 2 and 3 of the "Regulations for the protection of deer, moose, 

 caribou, sheep, and mountain goats in Alaska," made and published 

 July 14, 1914, are hereby amended, effective on and after August 1, 

 1915, so as to read as follows: 



"Regulation 2. Limits. — The number of deer killed by any one 

 person during the open season in southeastern Alaska is hereby 

 limited to three. 



"Regulation 3. Sale. — The sale of deer carcasses in southern 

 Alaska is hereby suspended until August 1, 1916." 



In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal 

 this 30th day of June, 1915. 



D. F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture. 



