| Show seal I 1 allxie 1 hew proposition arnn the of lh dec 21 secretary windom thia afternoon prepared abe ollow me advertisement inviting pro pools fr the exclusive right to catch apala in alaska the secretary of abe treasury will receive scaled until 12 noon on hie flay of january 1890 for the exclusive liht to take sala upon the n lands of st paul and bt george alaska for I 1 lie term of twenty years from the first day 0 may layo agreeably to alie provisions of the statutes of abe united states in addition to the specific reanie ments 0 the statutes the successful bidder will be to provide a mutable building for a public school on each island and to pay the expense ol 01 maintaining the schools therein during a period ot not w than months in each year as mav be required by the secretary of the treasury ajao to pay to the inhabitants of taid islands the bahor performed by bliem anch juat and proper compensation as acay be pro aided vided by the secretary of the 1 freaa ury ahe number f seals to be taken for their eking upon the island i during the year emling may ast 1st 1891 bill be limited to sixty thousand aal for alie inace biag year the number will be determined bv the secretary of the treasury in accordance with alie provisions of abe law the ight is reserved to eject any aal all proposals nut to be in accordance with the best interests of the united states and the inhabitants of eaid island As guaranty of good faith each proposal must be accompanied by a check drawn on ahe united states national bank payable to abe of abe secretary of the treasury in the sum of one bondred thousand thou saud collais dol lais the creek of the successful bidder will be retained and forfeited to the united states h execute a lease and bond required by law this differs from the present lease with llie alaska commercial company in reducing the cath during the first year from to CO seals |
