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said act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and 

 which may be continued ; and he may make such rules and regu- 

 lations and establish such service as will in- 

 tions. re ^ ula ' sure the objects of such reservations, namely, 



to regulate their occupancy and use and to pre- 

 serve the forests thereon from destruction ; and any violation of 

 the provisions of this act or such rules and regulations shall be 

 punished as is provided for in the act of June 

 Penalty. fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, 



R? S^'sec. 5388, amending section fifty-three hundred and 

 p. i'oii'. ' eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the 



United States. (See p. 252.) 



For the purpose of preserving the living and growing timber 

 and promoting the younger growth on forest 

 Timber. reservations, the Secretary of the Interior, nn- 



of dead! S etc. der sucn rules and regulations as he shall pre- 



scribe, may cause to be designated and ap- 

 praised so much of the dead, matured, or large growth of trees 

 found upon such forest reservations as may be compatible with 

 the utilization of the forests thereon, and may sell the same for 

 not less than the appraised value in such quantities to each pur- 

 chaser as he shall prescribe, to be used in the State or Territory 

 in which such timber reservation may be situated, respectively; 

 but not for export therefrom (but see p. 221). 



[Before such sale shall take place notice thereof shall be 

 given * * * for not less than thirty days, 

 by publication iii one or more newspapers of 

 general circulation, as he may deem neces- 

 sary, in the State or Territory where such reservation exists: 

 Provided, however, That in cases of unusual 

 emergency the Secretary of the Interior may, 

 Emergency, etc., i n the exercise of his discretion, permit the 

 SvJrtUe-eit 1 * purchase of timber and cord wood in advance 

 of advertisement of sales at rates of value 

 approved by him and subject to payment of the full amount of 

 the highest bid resulting from the usual advertisement of sale: 

 Provided further, That he may, in his discretion, sell without 

 advertisement, in quantities to suit applicants, at a fair ap- 

 praisement, timber and cord wood not exceeding in value one 

 hundred dollars stum page : And provided /Mr- 

 Private sale where // lfT> That in cases in which advertisement is 

 et c . >ry ' had and no satisfactory bid is received, or in 



cases in which the bidder fails to complete the 

 purchase, the timber may be sold, without further advertise- 

 ment, at private sale, in the discretion of the Secretary of the 



