FOREST SERVICE. 103 



REV. ST. SEC. 2460. 



Protection and preservation of timber in Florida. 



Sec. 24()0. The President i.s authorized to employ so much of the 

 land and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary 

 effectually to prevent the felling, cutting down, or other destruction 

 of the timber of the United States in Florida, and to prevent the 

 transportation or carrying away any such timl)or as may be already 

 felled or cut down; and to take such other and further^neasures as 

 may be deemed advisable for the preservation of the timber of the 

 United States in Florida. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 2461. 



Cutting or destruction of live-oak or red-cedar timber; penalty. 



Sec. 2461. If any person shall cut, or cause or procure to be cut, or 

 aid, assist, or be employed in cutting, or shall wantonly destroy, or 

 cause or procure to be Avantonly destroyed, or aid, assist, or be em- 

 ployed in wantonly destroying any live-oak or red-cedar trees, or 

 other timber standing, growing, or being on any lands of the United 

 States, wdiich, in pursuance of any law^ passed, or hereafter to be 

 passed, have been reserved or purchased for the use of the United 

 States, for supplying or furnishing therefrom timber for the Navy 

 of the United States; or if any person shall remove, or cause or pro- 

 cure to be removed, or aid, or assist, or be employed in rentoving from 

 any such lands which have been reserved or purchased, any live-oak 

 or red-cedar trees, or other timber, unless duly authorized so to do, by 

 order, in writing, of a competent officer, and for the use of the Navy 

 of the United States; or if any person shall cut, or cause or procure to 

 be cut, or aid, or assist, or be employed in cutting any live-oak or red- 

 cedar trees, or other timber on, or shall remove, or cause or procure 

 to be removed, or aid, or assist, or be employed in removing any 

 live-oak or red-cedar trees or other timber, from any other lands of 

 the United States, acquired, or hereafter to be acquired, with intent 

 to export, dispose of, use, or employ the same in any manner what- 

 soever, other than for the use of the Navy of the United States; every 

 such person shall pay a fine not less than triple the value of the 

 trees or tmiber so cut, destroyed, or removed, and shall be imprisoned 

 not exceeding twelve months. 



REV. ST. SEC. 2462. 



Vessel employed in carrying away live-oak or red-cedar timber; forfeiture. 



Sec. 2462. If the master, owner, or consignee of any vessel shall 

 knowingly take on board any timber cut on lands which have been 

 reserved or purchased as in the preceding section prescribed, without 

 proper authority, and for the use of the Navy of the United States; 

 or shall take on board any live-oak or red-cedar timber cut on any 

 other lands of the United States, with intent to transport the same to 

 anv port or place within the United States, or to export the same to 

 anv foreign country', the vessel on board of which the same shall be 

 taken, transported,' or seized, shall, with her tackle, apparel, and 

 furniture, be wholly forfeited to the United States, and the captain 

 or master of such vessel wherein the same was exported to any for- 

 eign country against the provisions of this section shall forfeit and 

 pay to the United States a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. 



