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such entries after the withdrawal of hinds for national forest pur- 

 poses, may he reinstated or allowed to remain intact, but in the case 

 of entries heretofore canceled anplications for reinstatement must Ije 

 filed in the proper local land otlice prior to July first, nineteen hun- 

 dred and twelve. 



Act March 3, 1911, c. 225, s. 1, 36 Stat. 10S4. 



Contestants prior to withdrawal of lands for national forest purposes may 

 exercise preference right to enter. 



Sec. 2. That in all cases where contests were initiated under the 

 provisions of the Act of May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and 

 eighty, prior to the withdrawal of the land for national forest pur- 

 poses, the qualified successful contestants may exercise their prefer- 

 ence right to enter the land within six months after the passage of 

 this Act. 



Act March 3, 1911, c. 225, s. 2, 36 Stat. 10S4. 



ACT JUNE 3, 1878, c. 150. An act authorizing citizens of Colorado, Nevadii and 

 the Territories to fell and remove timber on the public domain for mining 

 and domestic purposes. (20 Stat. 88.) 



Timber on mineral lands may be cut for certain purposes. 



That all citizens of the United States and other persons, bona fide 

 residents of the State of Colorado, or Nevada, or either of the Terri- 

 tories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho, or 

 Montana, and all other mineral districts of the United States, shall 

 be, and are hereby, authorized and permitted to fell and remove, for 

 building, agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, any timber 

 or other trees growing or being on the public lands, said lands being 

 mineral, and not subject to entry under existing laws of the United 

 States, except for mineral entry, in either of said States, Territories, 

 or districts of which such citizens or persons may be at the time 

 bona-fide residents, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior may prescribe for the protection of the timber 

 and of the undergrowth growing upon such lands, and for other pur- 

 poses: Provided^ the provisions of this act shall not extend to rail- 

 road corporations. 



Act June 3, 1878, c. 150, s. 1, 20 Stat. 88. 



Registers and receivers to notify Commissioner of General Land Office of un- 

 lawful cutting of timber. 



Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the register and the receiver of 

 any local land-office in whose district any mineral land may be situ- 

 ated to ascertain from time to time whether any timber is being cut 

 or used upon any such lands, except for the purposes authorized by 

 this act, within their respective land districts; and, if so, they shall 

 immediately notify the Commissioner of the General Land Office of 

 that fact ; and all necessary expenses incurred in making such proper 

 examinations .shall be paid and allowed such register and receiver 

 in making up their next quarterly accounts. 



Act June 3, 1878, c. 150, s. 2, 20 Stat. 88. 

 Penalty for violations of act. 



Sec. 3. Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of 

 this act, or any rules and regulations in pursuance thereof made by 



