No person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur seal, or other fur-bearing animal within the limits of Alaska Territory or in the waters thereof;

every person guilty thereof shall for each offense be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both;

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;

Special Customs Rule No. I is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:In the customs district of New York: Detectives employed exclusively as such.

confidential clerk to assistant in charge of office and topography.

That part of Special Departmental Rule No. I relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey, as printed on page 66 of the Fifth Annual Report of the Commission, is hereby amended by striking out in line 3, after the word 'to,' the words…

Being satisfied from an examination of the papers submitted that the cession and relinquishment by said Chippewa Indians of their title and interest in the lands specified and described in the agreement with the different bands or tribes…

I am sure it will be the disposition of Congress to consider promptly and in a just and friendly spirit the claims presented by these Indians through our commissioners, which have been formulated in the draft of a bill prepared by the…

I recommend that the necessary appropriations to complete the surveys and allotments be made at once available, so that the work may be begun and completed at the earliest possible day.

The commissioners did not escape the embarrassment which unfortunately too often attends our negotiations with the Indians, namely, an indisposition to treat with the Government for further concessions while its obligations incurred under…

The matter is presented for the early consideration and action of Congress.

The matter is presented for the early consideration of Congress.

Perhaps the question of the payment by the United States of the annuities which were forfeited by the act of February 16, 1863, should not have been considered in connection with this negotiation for the cession of these lands.

This agreement involves a departure from the terms of the general allotment act in at least one important particular.

If the claim is just its allowance has already been too long delayed.

This is said to be the unanimous wish of the Indians.

The purchase shall not be complete until ratified by Congress, and the form and manner of executing such release shall also be prescribed by Congress.

There are, I think, serious objections to the basis adopted in the general law, especially in its application to married women.