52 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 57. l894. April o, 18%. CHAP. 5'I.——An Act To give effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbi- """"‘”'°°W tration, at Paris, under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the purpose of submitting to arbitration certain questions concerning the preservation of the fur seals. rm-wuubunutn. Whereas the following articles of the award of the Tribunal o1` Arbi- P’°""°*°‘ tration constituted under the treaty concluded at Washington the twenty-ninth of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of the United P·ri· ¤il··· ¤ ·l Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland were delivered to the agents of °`v.$iir1,p.o4v. the respective governments on the fifteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-three: · ML *· Aurrcrn 1. l§*“jgl§;,dg:‘;· ‘“’ The governments of the United States and Great Britain shall forbid °°° °their citizens and subjects respectively to kill, capture, or pursue at any time, and in any manner whatever, the animals commonly called tiir seals, within a zone of sixty miles around the Pribilov Islands, inclusive of the territorial waters. The miles mentioned in the preceding paragraph are geographical miles, of sixty to a degree of latitude. A¤;2~ Anrrcmz 2. k§,l·>¤¢d°t;°¤é_*;*;,_‘;’,{ The two governments shall forbid their citizens and subjects respec~ rwiiitoeeih. tively to kill, capture or pursue, in any manner whatever, during the season extending, each year, trom the first of May to the thirty—iirst of July, both inclusive, the fur seals on the high sea, in the part of the Pacific Ocean, inclusive of the Bering Sea, which is situated to the north of the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude, and eastward of the one hundred and eightieth degree of longitude from Greenwich till it strikes the water boundary described in article one of the treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven between the United States and Russia, and following that line up to Berings Straits.
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hggjugsgg jgséjfgj During the period of time and in the waters in which the fur-seal fishing is allowed, only sailing vessels shall be permitted to carry on or take part in fur—seal fishing operations. They will however be at liberty to avail themselves of the use of such canoes or undecked boats, propelled by paddles, oars, or sails, as are in common use as fishing boats. ' Arr--L Axzcrrcma 4.
- ·*···¤···· ·*·=· Each sailing vessel authorized to fish for fur seals must be provided
with a special license issued for that purpose by its Government, and shall be required to carry a distinguishing flag to be prescribed by its Government. ue. s. Anrrcm: 5. _nw.,¤i ..: tpem The masters of the vessels engaged in fur-seal Hshing shall enter “""”· accurately in their official log book the date and place of each fur-seal fishing operation, and also the number and sex of the seals captured upon each day. These entries shall be communicated by each of the two governments to the other at the end of each fishing season. Aw 6- _ Anrrcrn 6. use of sm, tm., The use of nets, firearms and explosives shall be forbidden in the fur- ’°"’“*"""· seal fishing. This restriction shall not apply to shotguns when such hshing takes place outside of Behring Sea, during the season when it may be lawfully carried on.
