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number of the skins of seals killed in tbat year, or, in case 

 the same have been disposed of, then said person or company 

 shall forfeit the value of the same. And it shall be the 

 duty of any revenue-ofQcer, officially acting as such on either of 

 said islands, to seize and destroy any distilled spirits or spiritu- 

 ous liquors found thereon : Provided, That such officer shall 

 make detailed report of his doings to the collector of the port. 



Sec. 6. And he it further enacted, That the annual rental to 

 be reserved by said lease shall be not less than $50,000 per 

 annum, to be secured by deposit of United States bonds to that 

 amount, and in addition hereto a revenue tax or duty of two 

 dollars is hereby laid upon each fur-seal skin taken and shipped 

 from said islands during the continuance of such lease, to bo 

 paid into the Treasury of the United States ; and the Secretary 

 of the Treasury is hereby empowered and authorized to make 

 all needful rules and regulations for the collection and payment 

 of the same, for the comfort, maintenance, education, and pro- 

 tection of the natives of said islands, and also for carrying into 

 full effect all the provisions of this act : Provided further, That 

 the Secretary of the Treasury may terminate any lease given to 

 any person, company, or corporation, on full and satisfactory 

 proof of the violation of any of the provisions of this act or the 

 rules and regulations established by him : Provided further. 

 That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to 

 deliver to the owners the fur-seal skins now stored on the 

 islands, on the payment of one dollar for each of said sking 

 taken and shipped away by said owners. 



Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That the provisions of the 

 seventh and eighth sections of an act entitled "An act to ex- 

 tend the laws of the United States relating to customs, com- 

 merce, and navigation over the territory ceded to the United 

 States by Russia, to establish a collection-district therein, and 

 for other purposes," approved July 27, 1868, shall be deemed 

 to apply to this act; and all prosecutions for offenses com- 

 mitted against the provisions of this act, and all other pro- 

 ceedings had because of the violations of the provisions of 

 this act, and which are authorized by said act above men- 

 tioned, shall be in accordance with the provisions thereof; and 

 all acts and ports of acts inconsistent with the i^rovisions of 

 this act are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 8. And he it further enacted, That the Congress may 

 at any time hereafter alter, amend, or repeal this act. 



Approved, July 1, 1870. 



