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directly to develop the claim from which the timber is 

 taken. 



The burden of proof is upon the claimant to show 

 that use of timber on another claim tends directly to 

 develop the claim from which the timber was cut, and 

 in no case can such use on a noncontiguous claim be 

 justified. 



(4) Destroying, defacing, changing, or moving any 

 corner, meander post, monument, or bench mark, or 

 cutting down any blazed line or witness tree on any 

 Government survey. (Appendix, p. 182.) 



(5) Chipping, chopping, or boxing trees for turpen- 

 tine purposes on forest reserve lands, or aiding or en- 

 couraging such cutting, chipping, chopping, or boxing; 

 or buying turpentine or other substances obtained by 

 such cutting, with knowledge that it was so unlawfully 

 obtained. (Appendix, p. 182.) 



All forest officers have power to arrest without war- 

 rant any person whom they discover in the act of vio- 

 lating the forest reserve laws and regulations, or to 

 secure a warrant from a United States commissioner, 

 or, if one is not convenient, from a justice of the peace, 

 and use it as the visible sign of the right to arrest, and 

 also to arrest for any such violation on a warrant ob- 

 tained by any competent person. 



All forest officers are directed to be vigilant in discovering vio- 

 lations of forest reserve laws and regulations and diligent in arrest- 

 ing offenders, either on a warrant secured from a United States 

 commissioner of the district or a justice of the peace, or without 

 such warrant when the offender is taken in the act of violating 

 any provision of Kegulation 72 or any criminal law relating to 

 forest reserves. Unless, however, the trespass threatens damage 

 to the forest reserve or interference with its management, or the 



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