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Ben Harrison: “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…”

On the recordApril 3, 1891
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 and punished as above provided, and that all vessels so employed, their tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargoes, will be seized and forfeited.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Proclamation 304—Prohibiton of Hunting Fur-Bearing Animals in Alaska and Bering Sea

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