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notes signed at Washington on December 8, 1942, and on December 19, 1942, and any other treaty, convention or other agreement hereafter entered into by the United States for the protection of fur seals.

(g) "North Pacific Ocean" includes the Bering Sea.

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"Import" means land on or bring into, or attempt to land on or bring into, any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (Feb. 26, 1944, c. 65, § 1, 58 Stat. 100.)

HISTORICAL NOTE

Prior Provisions.-R.S. §§ 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961; Acts
Feb. 21, 1893, c. 150, 27 Stat. 472; Apr. 6, 1894, c. 57, 28 Stat.
52; Dec. 29, 1897, c. 3, 30 Stat. 226; Apr. 21, 1910, c. 183, 36
Stat. 326; Aug. 24, 1912, c. 373, 37 Stat. 499.

Admission of Alaska as State.-Alaska Statehood provi-
sions as not affecting the rights of the United States under
this chapter, see section 6 (e) of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1858,
72 Stat. 339, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions, U.S. Code.

PELAGIC SEALING, SEALING, OR SEA OTTER HUNTING IN CERTAIN WATERS OF NORTH PACIFIC PROHIBITED

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful, except as hereinafter provided, for any citizen or national of the United States, or person owing duty of obedience to the laws or treaties of the United States, or any vessel of the United States, or person belonging to or on such vessel, to engage in pelagic sealing or sea otter hunting in or on the waters of the North Pacific Ocean; or for any person or vessel to engage in sealing; or for any person or vessel to use any port or harbor or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States for any purpose connected in any way with the operation of pelagic sealing, sea otter hunting, or sealing; or for any person to transport, import, offer for sale, or have in possession at any port, place, or on any vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, raw, dressed, or dyed skins of sea otters taken contrary to the provisions of this section or, where taken pursuant to section 631c of this title, not officially marked and certified as having been so taken, or raw, dressed, or dyed skins of fur seals taken in or on the waters of the North Pacific Ocean or on lands subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, except seal skins which have been taken under the authority of this Act or under the authority of the respective parties to any fur-seal agreement and which have been officially marked and certified as having been so taken. (Feb. 26, 1944, c. 65, § 2, 58 Stat. 101.)

NATIVES PERMITTED TO CARRY ON PELAGIC SEALING OR SEA OTTER HUNTING

SEC. 3. Indians, Aleuts, or other aborigines dwelling on the American coasts of the waters of the North Pacific Ocean shall be permitted to carry on pelagic sealing or sea otter hunting without the use of firearms from canoes or undecked boats, propelled wholly by paddles, oars, or sails, and not transported by or used in connection with other vessels, and manned by not more than five persons each, in the way heretofore practiced by said Indians, Aleuts, or other aborigines, and shall be permitted to dispose of the skins of fur seals or sea otters so

taken as they see fit, but only after such skins have been officially marked and certified as provided in this Act. The exception made in this section shall not apply to Indians, Aleuts, or other aborigines in the employment of other persons or who shall engage in pelagic sealing or sea otter hunting under contract to deliver the skins to any person. (Feb. 26, 1944, č. 65, § 3, 58 Stat. 101.)

KILLING OF SEALS ON PRIBILOF ISLANDS; PELAGIC SEALING IN

EMERGENCIES

SEC. 4. In order to continue the proper utilization of the fur-seal herd of the North Pacific Ocean and to carry out the purposes of sections 631a-631q of this title, the Secretary is authorized to permit sealing on the Pribilof and other islands and on the shores of waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, by officers and employees of the Fish and Wildlife Service designated by him and by the natives of the Territory of Alaska, and to adopt suitable regulations governing the same whenever he shall determine that such sealing is necessary or desirable and not inconsistent with preservation of the fur seals of the North Pacific Ocean. The Secretary is also authorized to permit pelagic sealing in the event of emergency circumstances by officers, employees and agents of the United States and by the natives of the Territory of Alaska under such conditions and for such periods as may be agreed upon by consultation between the Government of the United States and the Government of Canada in accordance with the provisions of article II of the Provisional Fur Seal Agreement of 1942. (Feb. 26, 1944, c. 65, § 4, 58 Stat. 101.)

SALE OF SEAL OR SEA OTTER SKINS; DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS

SEC. 5. Subject to the provisions of sections 3 and 15 of this Act, all seal or sea-otter skins taken under the authority conferred by this Act, or forfeited to the United States, and all sealskins delivered to the United States pursuant to the terms of any fur-seal agreement shall be sold under the direction of the Secretary in such market, at such times, and in such manner as he may deem most advantageous; and the proceeds of such sales and of the sales of other products of the wildlife resources of the Pribilof Islands shall be deposited into the Treasury. There is authorized to be appropriated annually an amount, not exceeding the total proceeds of such sales covered into the Treasury during the preceding fiscal year, for the purposes of said sections and for the development of the fur seal and other wildlife resources of the Pribilof Islands and the proper utilization of their products. (Feb. 26, 1944, c. 65, § 5, 58 Stat. 101; Sept. 27, 1950, c. 1056, 64 Stat. 1071.)

HISTORICAL NOTE

1950 Amendment.-Act Sept. 27, 1950, amended section to provide comprehensive legislative authority for the appropriation of funds for the effective administration of the Pribilof Islands.

Annual payment to State of Alaska of 70 per centum of net proceeds from sales of sealskins and sea-otter skins, see section

6(e) of Pub. L. 85-508, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 48, U.S. Code.

PRIBILOF

ISLANDS A SPECIAL

RESERVATION; LANDING ON ISLANDS UNLAWFUL; PENALTIES

SEC. 6. The Pribilof Islands, including the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Walrus and Otter Islands, and Sea Lion Rock, in Alaska, are declared a special reservation for Government purposes. It shall be unlawful for any person other than natives of the said islands and officers and employees of the Fish and Wildlife Service to land or remain on any of those islands, except through stress of weather or like unavoidable cause or by the authority of the Secretary, and any person found on any of those islands contrary to the provisions of this section shall be summarily removed and shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprisonment. (Feb. 26, 1944, c. 65, § 6, 58 Stat. 102.)

EMPLOYMENT OF PRIBILOF ISLANDS NATIVES IN KILLING SEALS AND CURING SKINS

SEC. 7. Whenever seals are killed and sealskins taken on any of the Pribilof Islands, the native inhabitants of the islands shall be employed in such killing and in curing the skins taken, and shall receive for their labor fair compensation to be fixed from time to time by the Secretary, who shall have the authority to prescribe the manner in which such compensation shall be paid to the natives or expended or otherwise used on their behalf and for their benefit. (Feb. 26, 1944, c. 65, § 7, 58 Stat. 102.)

DEPOTS FOR AND TRANSPORTATION OF PROVISIONS; CARE OF NATIVES

SEC. 8. The Secretary shall have authority to establish and maintain depots for provisions and supplies on the Pribilof Islands and to provide for the transportation of such provisions and supplies from the mainland of the United States to the islands by the charter of private vessels or by the use of public vessels of the United States which may be under his control or which may be placed at his disposal by the President; and he likewise shall have authority to furnish food, shelter, fuel, clothing, and other necessities of life to the native inhabitants of the Pribilof Islands and to provide for their comfort, maintenance, education, and protection. (Feb. 26, 1944, c. 65, § 8, 58 Stat. 102.)

INVESTIGATIONS AS TO SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS

SEC. 9. Under the direction of the Secretary, the Fish and Wildlife Service is authorized to investigate the conditions of seal life upon the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands, and to continue the inquiries relative to the life history and migrations of the seals frequenting the waters of the North Pacific Ocean. (Feb. 26, 1944, c. 65, 89, 58 Stat. 102.)

CROSS REFERENCE

Fish and Wildlife Service, see Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 1119), as amended (16 U.S.C. sec. 742a et seq.)

ENFORCEMENT; POWERS OF ARREST, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE; FORFEITURE

SEC. 10. Any officer or employee of the Department of the Interior authorized by the Secretary, any naval or other officer designated by the President, any marshal or deputy marshal, any collector or deputy collector of customs, and any other person authorized by law to enforce the provisions of this Act shall have power, without warrant, to arrest any person committing a violation of said sections or any regulation made pursuant thereto in his presence or view, and to take such person immediately for examination or trial before an officer or court of competent jurisdiction; and shall have power, without warrant, to search any vessel within any of the territorial waters of the United States, or any vessel of the United States on the high seas, when he has reasonable cause to believe that such vessel is subject to seizure under this section. Any officer, employee, or other person authorized. to enforce the provisions of this Act shall have power to execute any warrant or process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of the provisions of said sections, and shall have power with a search warrant to search any person, vessel, or place at any time. The judges of the courts established under the laws of the United States, and the United States commissioners, may, within their respective jurisdictions, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases. All fur seals and sea otters, or the skins thereof, killed, captured, transported, imported, offered for sale, or possessed contrary to the provisions of said sections or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, and any vessel used or employed contrary to the provisions of said sections or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, or which it reasonably appears has been or is about to be used or employed in or in aid of the performance of any act forbidden by the provisions of said sections or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, appurtenances, and cargo, may, whenever and wherever lawfully found, be seized by any such officer, employee, or other person. (Feb. 26, 1944, c. 65, § 10, 58 Stat. 102.)

HISTORICAL NOTE

Transfer of functions.-All functions of all officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, effective May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 481 of title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, United States Code.

PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATION OF LAW

SEC. 11. Except where otherwise expressly provided in sections 631a-631q of this title, any person violating any provision of said sections or any regulation made pursuant thereto shall be punished for each such offense, upon conviction thereof, by a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $2,000, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment. All fur seals or sea otters, or the skins thereof, killed, captured, transported, imported, offered for sale, or possessed contrary to any provision of said sections or any regulation made pursuant thereto shall be forfeited. to the United States and shall be disposed of pursuant to section 631e of this title. Any vessel used or employed contrary to any provision of this Act or of any regulation made pursuant thereto shall, together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, appurtenance, and cargo, be forfeited to the United States and shall be disposed of as directed by the court having jurisdiction. (Feb. 26, 1944, c. 65, § 11, 58 Stat. 103.)

DUTIES OF COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS

SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of all collectors of customs to enforce the provisions of sections 631a-631q of this title with respect to the importation of the skins of fur seal and sea otter. (Feb. 26, 1944, c. 65, § 12, 58 Stat. 103.)

SEIZURE OF PERSONS OR VESSELS OUTSIDE OF JURISDICTION OF SIGNATORY POWERS

SEC. 13. Any person or vessel described in section 631b of this title in any of the waters of the North Pacific Ocean designated in any furseal agreement, including in any event the waters north of the thirtieth parallel of north latitude and east of the one hundred and eightieth meridian, violating or being about to violate the prohibitions of this Act against pelagic sealing may be seized and detained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers of any of the parties to such fur-seal agreement other than the United States, except within the territorial jurisdiction of one of the other said parties, on condition, however, that when such person or vessel is so seized and detained by officers of any party other than the United States, such person or vessel shall be delivered as soon as practicable at the nearest point to the place of seizure, with witnesses and proofs necessary to establish the offense so far as they are under the control of such party, to the proper official of the United States, whose courts alone shall have jurisdiction to try the offense and impose penalties for the same. The said officers of any party to any such fur-seal agreement other than the United States shall seize and detain persons and vessels, as in this section specified, only after such party, by appropriate. legislation or otherwise, shall have authorized naval or other officers of the United States duly commissioned and instructed by the President to that end to seize, detain, and deliver to the proper officers of such party vessels and persons under the jurisdiction of that government offending against any such fur-seal agreement, or any statute or regulation made by that government to enforce any such fur-seal

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