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Ben Harrison: every person guilty thereof shall for each offense be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned not…

On the recordMarch 14, 1890
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;
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Proclamation 297—Prohibiting the Hunting of Fur-Bearing Animals in Alaska and Bering Sea

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