BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 47 
Sec. 9. The fish industry urging immediate action in these respects, 
this act shall take effect from and after its approval by the governor. 
Passed by the senate February 16, 1887 ; J. C. Carson, president of 
the senate. Passed by the house February 18, 1887 ; J. T. Gregg, 
speaker of the house. 
The names of the commissioners appointed under the above law are 
F. 0. Reed, of Astoria; R. 0. Campbell, of Rainier; and E. H. Thomp- 
son, of Rogue River. 
An appropriation of $10,000 was made for a salmon -hatching station 
on the Columbia or tributaries, and one of $2,000 for the one on Rogue 
River. 
There was also appointed by joint resolution a committee of two on 
the part of the senate and three on the part of the house, to examine 
the different modes of taking fish in the waters of the Columbia River, 
and report by bill or otherwise to the next legislature any law or re- 
strictions that in their opinion may be necessary for the protection of 
salmon and other food-fishes in the waters of said river. 
The committee decided to make a tour of the Columbia River during 
the month of Juue, 1887, when all the different modes of taking fish are 
in operation, in order to determine which, if any, need restriction. 
An act to grant certain seal rocks to the city and county 
of Sa.n Francisco, State of California, in trust for the people 
of the United States.* — Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , 
That all the right and title of the United States in and to the rocky 
islets known as the Seal Rocks, and all rights to seals resorting there, 
situated off Point Lobos, in the city and county of San Francisco, State 
of California, are hereby granted, subject to the provisions named, in 
trust to said city and county, upon the following conditions and for the 
following uses, to wit : Said city and county shall hold said Seal Rocks 
inalienable for all time, in trust for the people of the United States, and 
shall commit to the commissioners of Golden Gate Park the custody and 
care of said Seal Rocks, and shall keep said rocks free from encroachment 
by man, and shall preserve from molestation the seals and other animals 
now accustomed to resort there, to the end that said Seal Rocks will 
continue to be a public preserve and resort for seals: Provided , That 
the United States may at all times control and limit or diminish the 
number of the seals resorting to said rocks so as to protect the fisheries 
and fishing industries : And provided further , That whenever any of 
said rocks, or the space occupied by said rocks, shall be required by 
the United States for the erection or maintenance of any public work, 
or for any other purpose, then as to the rocks or space so required 
the provisions of this act shall terminate, and the United States shall 
be reinvested with the full title, control, and possession thereof. Said 
* This act (S. 2428) passed the Senate June 17, 1886, and passed the House of Rep- 
resentatives February 8, 1887. It was approved by the President February 23, 1887, 
and thus became a law. 
