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• 1V1ENTS PEPT, 
RY Itfeued September 1, 1923 
United States Department oi Agriculture. 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS, 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LAND FUR-BEARING 
ANIMALS IN ALASKA. 
The act of May 31, 1920, entitled "An act making appropriations 
for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1921 " (41 Stat., 694, at pp. 716-717), conferred upon the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture the powers and duties theretofore conferred upon 
the Secretary of Commerce, by law, proclamations, or Executive 
orders, with respect to any mink, marten, beaver, land otter, musk- 
rat, fox, wolverene, weasel, or other land fur-bearing animal in 
Alaska. 
Section 1956 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by section 173 
of the act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat., 1253), and by section 4 of the 
act of April 21, 1910 (36 Stat., 326-327), provides that— 
No person shall 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 every person guilty thereof shall, for each offense, be fined not less than 
two hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than 
six months, or both ; and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo 
found engaged in violation of this section shall be forfeited ; but the Secre- 
tary of Commerce and Labor shall have power to authorize the killing of any 
such mink, marten, sable, fur seal, or other fur-bearing animal under such 
regulations as he may prescribe; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of 
Commerce and Labor to prevent the killing of any fur seal except as author- 
ized by law and to provide for the execution of the provisions of this section 
until it is otherwise provided by law. 
Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agri- 
culture under the aforesaid acts of Congress, the following regula- 
tions effective September 1, 1923, are prescribed to govern the kill- 
ing of land fur-bearing animals in Alaska : 
REGULATION 1.— DISTRICTS. 
For the purpose of enforcing this act the Territory of Alaska is hereby 
divided into three districts as shown in the accompanying map and described 
as follows : 
District 1 includes the Aleutian Islands, Alaska Peninsula and neighboring 
islands, and Southeastern Alaska, mainland and islands, from Yakutat Bay to 
Dixon Entrance. 
District 2 includes the mainland and islands from Yakutat Bay, Gulf of 
Alaska, Iliamna Lake, and Bristol Bay, northward to the headwaters of the 
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