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Removal of unlawful Inclosures. 



Sec. 5. That the Pr&sident is horeb}^ authorized to take such meas- 

 ures as shall be necessary to remove and destroy any unlawful in- 

 closure of any of said lands, and to employ civil or military force as 

 may be necessary for that purpose. 



Act February 25, 1SS5, c. 149, s. 5, 23 Stat. 322. 



Authority of Secretary of Interior necessary to bring suits for certain unlawful 

 inclosures. 



Sec. 6. That where the alleged unlawful inclosure includes less than 

 one hundred and sixty acres of land, no suit shall be brought under 

 the provisions of this act without authority from the Secretary of the 

 Interior. 



Act February 25, 1885, c. 149, s. 6, 23 Stat. 322. 

 Pending suits not affected by act. 



Sec. T. That nothing herein shall affect any pending suits to work 

 their discontinuance, but as to them hereafter they shall be prose- 

 cuted and determined under the provisions of this act. 



Act February 25, 1885, c. 149, s. 7, 23 Stat. 322. 



ACT JUNE 8, 1906, c. 3060. Au act for the preservation of American antiqui- 

 ties. (34 Stat. 225.) 



Appropriation, excavation, injury, or destruction of objects of antiquity on 

 lands of United States without permission; punishment. 



That any person who shall appropriate, excavate, injure, or destroy 

 any historic or prehistoric ruin or monument, or any object of an- 

 tiquity, situated on lands owned or controlled by the Government of 

 the United States, without the permission of the Secretary of the 

 Department of the Government having jurisdiction over the lands on 

 which said antiquities are situated, shall, upon conviction, be fined in 

 a sum of not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a 

 period of not more than ninety days, or shall suffer both fine and 

 imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. 



Act June 8, lOOG. c. 3060, s, 1, 34 Stat. 225. 



Historic landmarks, etc., may be declared national monuments; reservation of 

 parcels of land; relinquishment of private claims. 



Sec. 2. That the President of the United States is hereby author- 

 ized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic land- 

 marks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of his- 

 toric or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or 

 controlled by the Government of the United States to be national 

 monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land the 

 limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area 

 compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to 

 be protected : Provided, That when such objects are situated upon a 

 tract covered by a bona fide unperfected claim or held in private 

 ownership, the tract, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the 

 proper care and management of the object, may be relinquished to 

 the Government, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby au- 

 thorized to accept the relinquishment of such tracts in behalf of the 

 Government of the United States. 



Act June 8, 1906, c. 3060, s. 2, 34 Stat. 225. 



