Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1894 — PRESIDENT’S PROCLAMATION. [ARTICLE]

PRESIDENT’S PROCLAMATION.

i Gives Notice That the Behring Sea Act Is a Law and Must Be Observed. President Cleveland has issued the I following proclamation: Whereas, An act of Congress, entitled “An act to give effect to the award ren. dered by the tribunal of abltratlon at | Paris, under the treaty between the Unit. I ed States and Great Britain concluded at I Washington, Feb. 29. 1892. for the purpose I of submitting to arbitration certain quesi tlons concerning the preservation of the fur seals,” was approved April 6, 1804. [Here ihe act is quoted In fulL] I Now, therefore, be It known that I, Grover I Cleveland, President of the United States of America, have caused the said act ; speedily to be proclaimed to the end that its provisions may be known and observed; I and I hereby proclaim that any person guilty of violation of the provisions of staid act will be arrested and punished as therein provided; and all vessels so employed, their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo will be seized and forfeited. i In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the I United Hates to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this 10th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight , hundred and ninety-four, and the independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth. I t. .v Gbover Cmvrcand By the President: Walter Q. Grisham, Secretary of State