the fitness
of the men authorized to engage in fur-seal fishing. These men shall
have been proved fit to handle with sufficient skill the weapons by
means of which this fishing may be carried on.

"ART. 8. The regulations contained in the preceding articles shall not
apply to Indians dwelling on the coast of the territory of the United
States or of Great Britain and carrying on fur-seal fishing in canoes
or undecked boats not transported by or used in connection with other
vessels, and propelled wholly by paddles, oars, or sails and manned by
not more than five persons each in the way hitherto practiced by the
Indians, provided such Indians are not in the employment of other
persons, and provided that when so hunting in canoes or undecked boats
they shall not hunt fur seals outside of territorial waters under
contract for the delivery of the skins to any person.

"This exemption shall not be construed to affect the municipal law of
either country, nor shall it extend to the waters of Bering Sea or the
waters of the Aleutian passes.

"Nothing herein contained is intended to interfere with the employment
of Indians as hunters or otherwise in connection with fur-sealing
vessels as heretofore.

"ART. 9. The concurrent regulations hereby determined with a view to the
protection and preservation of the fur seals shall remain in force until
they have been in whole or in part abolished or modified by common
agreement between the Governments of the United States and of Great
Britain.

"The said concurrent regulations shall be submitted every five years
to a new examination, so as to enable both interested Governments to
consider whether in the light of past experience, there is occasion
for any modification thereof."

_Now, therefore, be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled_, That no citizen of the United States or person owing the
duty of obedience to the laws or the treaties of the United States, nor
any person belonging to or on board of a vessel of the United States,
shall kill, capture, or pursue at any time or in any manner whatever
outside of territorial waters any fur seal in the waters surrounding the
Pribilof Islands within a zone of 60 geographical miles (60 to a degree
of latitude) around said islands, exclusive of the territorial waters.

SEC. 2. That no citizen