180 THE USE BOOK APPENDIX. 



TIMBER ON MINERAL LANDS. 



ACT OF JUNE 3, 1878 (20 STAT., 88).. 



SEC. 1. All citizens of the United States and other persons, bona 

 fide residents of the State of Colorado, or Nevada, or either of 



the Territories 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 re- 

 move, for building, agricultural, mining, or other domestic pur- 

 poses, 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 Secretary of the Interior may 



prescribe for the protection of the timber and 



Secretary of the In- o f the undergrowth growing upon such lands, 



to N?f to^erfSS* to and for otl ? er purposes: Prori<le<l, The provi- 



railroads. sions of this act shall not extend to railroad 



corporations. 



SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the register and the receiver of 

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



situated to ascertain from time to time whether 

 ce?s Uty " an y 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 

 immmediately notify the Commissioner of the General Land Office 



of that fact; and all necessary expenses incurred 

 respass. j n ma kj n g sucn proper examinations shall be 



paid and allowed such register and receiver in making up their 

 next quarterly accounts. 



SEC. 3. Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions 

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



by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be 



Penalty. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon 



conviction, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred 



dollars, and to which may be added imprisonment for any term 



not exceeding six months. 



TRESPASS UNDER TIMBER A>D STOXE ACT. 



ACT OF JUNE 3, 1878 (20 STAT., 90). 

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SEC. 4. After the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to cut, 

 or cause or procure to be cut, or wantonly destroy, any timber 

 growing on any lands of the United States [in 

 Criminal trespass any public-land States], or remove, or cause 

 June? 1 W78 ""isi." to be removed, any timber from said public 

 s. 4, v.' 20, p'. 9*0. ' lands with intent to export or dispose of the 



