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Punitive damages. When trespass can be shown to 

 be malicious or due to such negligence as implies malice 

 or a reckless indifference to the rights of the Govern- 

 ment, especially when a person trespasses after notice, 

 punitive damages may be recovered, although the act 

 constitutes an offense punishable under the criminal 

 statutes. 



CRIMINAL ACTION. 



The violation of any regulation made by the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture to regulate the occupancy and use 

 ""oTthe National Forests and preserve the forests thereon 

 "from destruction is a crime punishable by a tine of $500, 

 or imprisonment for one year, or bothT (Appendix, 

 p. 252.) These regulations are distributed throughout 

 this book in the order of their subject-matter. Notices 

 of certain statutes specifically penalizing certain acts 

 in National Forests are distributed throughout this book 

 in the same manner. 



Arrest. All Forest officers have power to arrest with- 

 qut warrariT"aiyy pprsnn whomfthev discover in the Tret 

 of violating the National Forest laws and regulations, 

 QT ^to_secure^_w^arrant from a United States commis- 

 sioner, ( or L if one is not convenient, from a justice of the 

 peace, and use it as the visible sign of the right to arrest, 

 and also to arrest for any such violation on a warrant 

 obtained by any competentpersorh (Appendix, p.1255.) 



All Forest officers are directed to be vigilant in discovering 

 violations of National Forest laws and regulations and diligent 

 in arresting offenders, either on a warrant secured from a United 

 States commissioner of the district or a justice of the peace, or 



