A PROCLAMATION.

The following provisions of the laws of the United States are hereby
published 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 that--

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,