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more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, 

 or both: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to 

 apply to unreserved public lands. 



False persona- SEC. 32. Whoever, with intent to defraud either the United States 

 tion, etc. or any person, shall falsely assume or pretend to be an officer or employee 



acting under the authority of the United States or any department, or 

 any officer of the Government thereof, and shall take upon himself to 

 act as such, or shall in such pretended character demand or obtain from 

 any person or from the United States, or any department, or any officer 

 of the Government thereof, any money, paper, document, or other valu- 

 able thing, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or impris- 

 oned not more than three years, or both. 



Robbery of SEC. 46. Whoever shall rob another of any kind or description of 

 property BS P ers nal property belonging to the United States, or shall feloniously 

 take and carry away the same, shall be fined not more than five thou- 

 sand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. 



Embezzlement, SEC. 47. Whoever shall embezzle, steal, or purloin any money, prop- 

 theft, etc. erty, record, voucher, or valuable thing whatever, of the moneys, goods, 

 chattels, records, or property of the United States, shall be fined not 

 more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five 

 years, or both. 



Receiving sto- SEC. 48. Whoever shall receive, conceal, or aid in concealing, or 

 len property. shall have or retain in his possession with intent to convert to his own 

 use or gain, any money, property, record, voucher, or valuable thing 

 whatever, of the moneys, goods, chattels, records, or property of the 

 United States, which has theretofore been embezzled, stolen, or pur- 

 loined by any other person, knowing the same to have been so embez- 

 zled, stolen, or purloined, shall be fined not more than five thousand 

 dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and such per- 

 son may be tried either before or after the conviction of the principal 

 offender. 



Destroying SEC. 57, Whoever shall willfully destroy, deface, change, or remove 

 r PtP r " to another place any section corner, quarter-section corner, or meander 



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post, on any Government line of survey, or shall willfully cut down 

 any witness tree or any tree blazed to mark the line of a Government 

 survey, or shall willfully deface, change, or remove any monument or 

 bench mark of any Government survey, shall be fined not more than 

 two hundred and fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, 

 or both. 



Malicious de- SEC. 60. Whoever shall willfully or maliciously injure or destroy any 

 United States f tne wor ks, property, or material of any telegraph, telephone, or cable 

 property, etc. line, or system, operated or controlled by the United States, whether 

 constructed or in process of construction, or shall willfully or maliciously 

 interfere in any way with the working or use of any such line, or sys- 

 tem, or shall willfully or maliciously obstruct, hinder, or delay the 

 transmission of any communication over any such line, or system, shall 

 be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more 

 than three years, or both. 



Perjury. SEC. 125. Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tri- 



bunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United 

 States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, de- 

 clare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declara- 

 tion, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, shall willfully 

 and contrary to such oath state or subscribe any material matter which 

 he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be fined 

 not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five 

 years. 



PROCEDURE. 



Act of February 6, 1905 (33 Stat., 700), for the protection of the public forest leserves and 

 national parks of the United States. 



Arrests by for- All persons employed in the forest reserve and national park service 

 of the United States' shall have authority to make arrests for the viola- 

 tion of the laws and regulations relating to the forest reserves and 

 national parks, and any person so arrested shall be taken before the 

 nearest United States commissioner, within whose jurisdiction the 

 reservation or national park is located, for trial; and upon sworn infor- 



