74 THE USE BOOK. 



In order that all claimants for reward may have an opportunity to present 

 their claims within the prescribed limit, the department will not take action for 

 three months from date of conviction of an offender. The above is applicable 

 to offenses committed since July 1, 1910. 



COOPERATION IN ENFORCING STATE FIRE LAWS. 



REGULATION G. A.-6. All Forest officers will cooperate with State officials, so 

 far as practicable, to enforce State laws for the prevention and extinguishment 

 of forest fires. When authorized to do so by the proper State officers, they will, 

 without additional pay, act as fire wardens with full power to enforce the local 

 laws. (Issued August 12, 1912.) 



FIRE-PROTECTION COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 



REGULATION G. A.-7. The Forest Service shall, whenever possible, and is 

 hereby authorized to, enter into such agreements with private owners of timber, 

 with railroads, and with other industrial concerns operating in or near the 

 National Forests as will result in mutual benefit in the prevention and suppres- 

 sion of forest fires: Provided, That the service required of each party by such 

 agreements shall be in proportion to the benefits conferred. (Issued August 

 12, 1912.) 



TIMBER TRESPASS. 



REGULATION T-2. The following acts are prohibited on lands of the United 

 States within National Forests: 



(a) The cutting, killing, destroying, girdling, chipping, chopping, boxing, 

 injuring, or otherwise damaging, or the removal of any timber or young tree 

 growth, except as authorized by law or regulation of the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture. 



(b) The damaging or cutting, under any contract of sale or permit, of any 

 living tree before it is marked or otherwise designated for cutting by a Forest 

 officer. 



(c) The removal from the place designated for scaling, measuring, or count- 

 ing of any timber cut under contract of sale or permit until scaled, measured, or 

 counted and stamped by a Forest officer. 



(d) The stamping, except by a Forest officer, of any timber belonging to the 

 United States, either with the regulation marking tools or with any instrument 

 having a similar design: Provided, That timber lawfully cut from public land, 

 which is subsequently included within a National Forest, may be removed within 

 a reasonable time after the inclusion of such land in a Forest: Provided further, 

 That the term " timber " as used in this regulation shall be deemed and taken 

 to mean trees of a character or sort that may be used in any kind of manu- 

 facture or the construction of any article or for fuel. (Issued August 5, 1911, 

 to take effect September 1, 1911.) 



TIMBER DEPREDATIONS ON NATIONAL FORESTS. 



Section 50 of the act of March 4, 1909 (35 Stat, 1088), as amended by section 

 6 of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 857), makes it a criminal offense, pun- 

 ishable by a fine of not more than $500, or imprisonment for not more than one 

 year, or by both fine and imprisonment, to unlawfully cut, or aid in unlawful 

 cutting, or to wantonly injure or destroy, or procure to be wantonly injured 

 or destroyed, any tree, growing, standing, or being upon any land of the United 

 States which has been reserved or purchased for any public use. 



BOXING TIMBER FOR TURPENTINE, ETC. 



By section 51 of the penal code (act of March 4, 1909, 35 Stat., 1088), the 

 cutting, chipping, chopping, or boxing of any tree upon National Forest and 

 other Government land, or upon any land covered by or embraced in any un- 

 perfected settlement, application, filing, entry, selection, or location, made un- 

 der any law of the United States, for the purpose of obtaining from such tree 

 any pitch, turpentine, or other substance, or knowingly encouraging, causing, 

 procuring, or aiding in such cutting, chipping, chopping, or boxing, or buying, 

 trading for, or in any manner acquiring the product so obtained with kuowl- 



