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diction of the same, shall be fined in a 

 sum not more than one thousand dollars, 

 or be imprisoned for a term of not more 

 than two years, or both. 



Any person who shall build a camp 

 fire, or other fire, in or near any forest, 

 timber or other inflammable material 

 upon the public domain, shall, before 

 breaking camp or leaving said fire, 

 totally extinguish the same. Any person 

 failing to do so shall be deemed guilty of 

 a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction 

 thereof in any district court of the 

 United States having jurisdiction of the 

 same, shall be fined in a sum not more 

 than one thousand dollars, or be im- 

 prisoned for a term of not more than one 

 year, or both. 



In all cases arising under this act the 

 fines collected shall be paid into the 

 public-school fund of the county in 

 which the lands where the offense was 

 committed are situated. 



The Secretary of the Interior may 

 permit, under regulations to be pre- 

 scribed by him, the use of timber and 

 stone found upon such reservations, free 

 of charge, by bona fide settlers, miners,' 

 residents and prospectors for minerals, 

 for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining, 

 prospecting and other domestic pur- 

 poses, as may be needed by such per- 

 sons for such purposes, such timber to 

 be used within the State or Territory, 

 respectively, where such reservations 

 may be located. 



This provision is limited to persons 

 resident in forest reservations or within 

 a reasonable distance thereof in the 

 State or Territory where the forest 

 reservation is located who have not a 

 sufficient supply of timber or stone on 

 their own claims or lands for the pur- 

 poses enumerated, or for necessary use 

 in developing the mineral or other 

 natural resources of the lands owned or 

 occupied by them : Provided, That 

 where the stumpage value exceeds one 

 hundred dollars, applications must be 



made to and permission given by the 

 Department. 



The law provides that where a tract 

 within a forest reservation is covered by 

 an unperfected bona fide claim, or by a 

 patent, the settler or owner may, if he 

 so desires, relinquish the tract to the 

 United States and select in lieu thereof 

 a tract of vacant public land outside of 

 the reservation, open to settlement, not 

 exceeding in area the tract relinquished. 

 No charge is to be made for placing the 

 new entry of record. 



The pasturing of live stock on the 

 public lands in forest reservations will 

 not be interfered with, so long as 

 it appears that injury is not being 

 done to the forest growth, and the 

 rights of others are not thereby jeopar- 

 dized. The pasturing of sheep is, how- 

 ever, prohibited in all forest reserva- 

 tions, except those in the States of 

 Oregon and Washington, for the reason 

 that sheep raising has been found in- 

 jurious to the forest cover, and there- 

 fore of serious consequence in regions 

 where the rainfall is limited. 



The law provides that " any mineral 

 lands in any forest reservation which 

 have been or which may be shown to be 

 such, and subject to entry under the 

 existing mining laws of the United States 

 and the rules and regulations applying 

 thereto, shall continue to be subject to 

 such location and entry," notwithstand- 

 ing the reservation. This makes mineral 

 lands in the forest reserves subject to 

 location and entry under the general 

 mining laws in the usual manner. 



Owners of valid mining locations, 

 made and held in good faith under the 

 mining laws of the United States and 

 the regulations thereunder, are author- 

 ized and permitted to fell and remove 

 from such mining claims any timber 

 growing thereon, for actual mining pur- 

 poses in connection with the particular 

 claim from which the timber is felled or 

 removed. 



