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commission or other forest management of the forest lands belong- 

 ing to the State, it shall be in the discretion of the Commissioner 

 of Forests, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to 

 co-operate with such forest commission and to allow the same to 

 act as agents for the United States, under his direction, for the pur- 

 poses of this act. 



PROVISIONS AGAINST UNLAWFUL CUTTING. 

 [To be amended by reference to State laws.] 



SEC. 17. That it shall be unlawful to cut, remove, or destroy, or 

 cause or procure to be cut, removed, or destroyed, or aid, counsel, 

 or assist in cutting, removing, or destroying any timber on lands of 

 the United States, except as provided for and permitted by this act> 

 or to wantonly burn, injure, tap, or girdle such timber, or to export, 

 transport, purchase, or dispose of the same, or any lumber, char- 

 coal, pitch, turpentine, or other product manufactured therefrom ; 

 and every person violating the provisions of this section shall be 

 guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of not less 

 than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars 

 for every such offense, and imprisonment for not more than one 

 year ; and every person engaged in such depredation upon timber 

 or timber lands of the United States, whether as principal, agent, 

 employee, carrier, mill owner, manufacturer, vendor or vendee, 

 shall moreover be liable in an action of trespass for the full value of 

 the timber or timber product at the place of delivery ; but nothing 

 contained in this section shall prevent any agriculturist or miner 

 from taking from his claim the timber necessary for domestic pur- 

 poses or the support of his improvements. And whenever there 

 exists a right, previously established by law to cut timber on the 

 public lands, every person or corporation exercising such right 

 must comply with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Com- 

 missioner of Forests and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 

 And all persons acquiring rights to cut timber or any rights of use 

 and occupancy of the forests under the provisions of this act, 

 whether at public sale, by license, or in any other way, are to have 

 and to hold such rights on condition of compliance with the rules 

 and regulations of this act and of the Commissioner of Forests. 

 And a failure to comply with all the rules and regulations so pre- 

 scribed and approved in regard to the manner of using and occupy- 

 ing the public forest lands shall constitute a misdemeanor punish- 

 able as provided in this section. 



OCCUPANCY OF FOREST LANDS. 



SEC. 18. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora- 

 tion knowingly to erect, establish or maintain upon public lands of 



