UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



AMENDMENT NO. 9 TO THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL, 1911 

 TRESPASS. (REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICUL- 

 TURE APPERTAINING TO TRESPASS UPON THE NATIONAL 

 FORESTS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO FOREST OFFICERS THERE- 

 UNDER.) 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. 



Regulation T-4, page 6 of the National Forest Manual. 1911 

 Trespass, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture on August 5, 1911, 

 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph : 



(E) The going or being upon lands of the United States withir 

 a National Forest with intent to destroy, molest, disturb, or injure 

 property belonging to the United States, or used by the United 

 States in the administration of the National Forests. 



Done at Washington. D. C.. this 6th day of August, 1912. 

 Witness my hand and the seal of the Department of Agriculture. 



JAMES WILSON. 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



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tion, bring civil suit to recover damages for loss by fire. 



In certain cases criminal prosecution under the State laws may be 

 advisable. Such prosecutions must, of course, be 

 a " conducted in the State courts and by State authori- 

 ties, with such assistance as may be rendered by the 

 district assistant to the Solicitor. Proof in criminal cases must be 

 very specific. Great care should be taken to collect evidence by 



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