F AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

The following provisions of the laws of the United States are published
hereby for the information of all concerned:

Section 1956, Revised Statutes, chapter 3, Title XXIII, enacts 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 $200 nor more than $1,000, 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 Secretary of the Treasury shall
have power to authorize the killing of any such mink, marten, sable, or
other fur-bearing animal, except fur seals, under such regulations as
he may prescribe; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to prevent
the killing of any fur seal and to provide for the execution of the
provisions of this section until it is otherwise provided by law, nor
shall he grant any special privileges under this section.

Section 3 of the act entitled "An act to provide for the protection of
the salmon fisheries of Alaska," approved March 2, 1889, provides--

Sec. 3. That section 1956 of the Revised Statutes of the United States
is hereby declared to include and apply to all the dominion of the
United States in the waters of Bering Sea; and it shall be the duty of
the President at a timely season in each year to issue his proclamation,
and cause the same to be published for one month in at least one
newspaper (if any such there be) published at each United States port of
entry on the Pacific coast, warning all persons against entering said
waters for the purpose of violating the provisions of said section;
and he shall also cause one or more vessels of the United States to
diligently cruise said waters and arrest all persons and seize all
vessels found to be or to have been engaged in any violation of the
laws of the United States therein.

The act entitled "An act to extend to the North Pacific Ocean the
provisions of the statutes for the protection of the fur seals and other
fur-bearing animals," approved February 21, 1893, provides--

That whenever the Government of the United States shall conclude an
effective international arrangement for the protection of fur seals
in the North P