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PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 16, 17. 1259 “ dollars, 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 pro- “vided by law; nor shall he grant any special privileges under this “ seetion.” Section 3 of the act entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of V¤1.25,p.100¤. “ the salmon fisheries of Alaska,” approved March 2, 1889, provides: “Sec. 3. That section nineteen hundred and fifty-six of the Revi ed _I;¤w¤ frwlgglmz “ Statutes of the United States is hereby declared to include and apply wiiumh ff “to all the dominion of the United States in the waters of Behring Sea; gviggjs gg lg: “and it shall be the duty of the President, at a timely season in each iii iiomiiiimi ot uiiim “year, to issue his proclamation and cause the same to be published for “‘“°"· “ one mouth 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." Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United P¤;f’*:;m';,;;¤,g;l States, hereby warn all persons against entering the waters of Behring imiiaiiigw Sea within the dominion of the United States for the purpose of vio-"° “""· lating the provisions of said section 1956 of the Revised Statutes; and I hereby proclaim that all persons found to be, or to have been engaged in any violation of the laws of the United States in said waters, will be arrested, proceeded against, and punished as above provided. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the city of Washirigton this eighteenth day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety- [sEA1..] five, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth. Gnovan CLEVELAND By the President: W. Q. G1zEsmm Secretary of State. [No. 17.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES or Anrnmcn. Februnry 25.1895. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to postpone the lgretjmblgéo enforcement of the Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and v:1.ai)}i.aéo. ninety, entitled ‘An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea,’ ” was approved February 23, 1895, Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States veffglggggg Erwof America, do hereby give notice that said Act of August nineteenth, postpone:. M eighteen hundred and ninety, as amended by the Act of May twenty- ·*"”· P·*”°- eighth. eighteen hundred and ninety-four, will not go into force on March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, the date iixed in my