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the preservation of the seal-fur trade of said islands and the comfort, 
maintenance , and education of the natives thereof. The said lessees shall 
furnish to the several masters of vessels employed by them certified 
copies of the^lease held by them respectively, which shall be presented 
to the government revenue officer for the time being who may be in 
charge at the said islands, as the authority of the party for landing and 
taking skins. 
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That at the expiration of said term 
of twenty years, or on surrender or forfeiture of any lease, other leases 
may be made in manner as aforesaid for other terms of twenty years; 
but no persons other than American citizens shall be permitted, by 
lease or otherwise, to occupy said islands, or either of them, for the 
purpose of taking the skins of fur-seals therefrom, nor shall any foreign 
vessel be engaged in taking such skins; and the Secretary of the Treas¬ 
ury shall vacate and declare any lease forfeited if the same be held or 
operated for the use, benefit, or advantage, directly or indirectly, of any 
person or persons, other than American citizens. Every lease shall 
contain a covenant on the part of the lessee that he will not keep, sell, 
furnish, give, or dispose of any distilled spirits or spirituous liquors on 
either of said islands to any of the natives thereof, such person not 
being a physician and furnishing the same for use as medicine; and any 
perspn who shall kill any fur-seal on either of said islands or in the 
waters adjacent thereto, (excepting natives, as provided by this act,) 
without authority of the lessees thereof, and any person who shall 
molest, disturb, or interfere with said lessees, or either of them, or 
their agents or employees in the lawful prosecution of their business, 
under the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misde¬ 
meanor, and shall for each offence, on conviction thereof, be punished 
in the ^ame way and by like penalties as prescribed in the second section 
of this act; and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, appurtenances, and 
cargo, whose crews shall be found engaged in any violation of either 
of the provisions of this section, shall be forfeited to the United States; 
and if any person or company, under any lease herein authorized, shall 
knowingly kill, or permit to be killed, any number of seals exceeding 
the number for each island in this act prescribed, such person or 
company shall, in addition to the penalties and forfeitures aforesaid, 
also forfeit the whole number of the skins of the seals killed in that 
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 officer, officially acting as such on either of the said 
islands, to seize and destroy any distilled spirits or spirituous liquors 
found thereon: Provided, That such officer shall make detailed report 
of his doings to the collector of the port. 
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the annual rental to be reserved 
by said lease shall be not less than fifty thousand dollars 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 
