Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1890 — MUST KEEP OUT. [ARTICLE]

MUST KEEP OUT.

The President’s Proclamation Against Violations of the Law. Washington dispatch: The President will in a few days issue a proclamation warning all persons against entering the waters of Behring sea within the dominion of the United States for the purpose of violating the provisions of section 1,956 of the revised statutes. This section is as follows: “No person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur-seal or 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 S2OO nor more than SI,OOO, or imprisonment uot more than six months, or both, and all vessels, their tackle, apparatus, furniture, and cargo found engaged in violation of this section shall be forfeited. but the secretary of the tresury shall have power to authorize the killing of any such mink, marten, sable or other fur bearing animal, except furseals, under such regulations as he may prescribe, and it shall be the duty of the secretary to prevent the killing 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.”