STATE LAND LAWS 185 



PROSECUTION DAMAGES. SECS. 263-265 



fit of the provisions of this section. (Laws '99, p. 48, sec. 2 ; 

 sec. 6825 Rem.-Bal.; 135 sec. 1681 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 549, sec. 51. 



Privilege of purchaser of capitol building lands: sees. 267 and 428, 

 post. 



Timber not to be cut on lands leased for pasture: sec. 139, ante. 



Unlawful to remove timber before payment of taxes: sec. 331 et 

 seq,., post. 



Lessee for mining purposes may cut timber: sees. 190-192, ante. 



SEC. 263. PENALTY. 



Any person or persons violating the provisions of the two 

 preceding sections shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 

 conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty- 

 five dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprison- 

 ment in the county jail of the county in which such conviction 

 was had, for a time not less than one month and not more than 

 one year, or by both fine and imprisonment. (Laws '99, p. 48, 

 sec. 3; sec. 6826 Rem.-Bal.; 135 sec. 1683 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 549, sec. 51. 



SEC. 264. BOARD'S ACTION IN TRESPASS CASES. 



Said Board of Land Commissioners is hereby directed and 

 empowered to investigate all trespasses on and damage to state 

 lands, and prosecute the same under the law. (Laws '97, p. 

 261, sec. 64; sec. 6614 Rem.-Bal.; 477 sec. 203 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 569, sec. 99. 



Duty of state forest service to prevent, detect and prosecute trespass 

 on state lands: Laws '11, p. 627, sec. 5. 



SEC. 265. TREBLE DAMAGES FOR TIMBER. 



Any person, firm, corporation or association cutting or remov- 

 ing, or causing to be cut or removed, any timber growing or 

 being upon any state, school or granted lands, or manufacturing 

 the same into logs, bolts, shingles, lumber or other articles for 

 domestic use or commerce, shall be liable to the State of Wash- 

 ington in treble the value of the timber or other articles so 

 cut or removed, to be recovered in a civil action ; and moreover, 

 shall forfeit all interest in and to the article into which said tim- 



