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That any person who shall build a fire in or near any forest, timber, or 

 other inflammable material upon the public domain shall, before leaving 

 said fire, totally extinguish the same. Any person failing to do so shall 

 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any 

 district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the same shall be 

 fined in a sum not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for a 

 term of not more than one year, or both. 



That in all cases arising under this act the fines collected shall be paid 

 into the public-school fund of the county in which the lands where the 

 offense was committed are situated. 



This law is perfectly clear in forbidding two things: 



{a) To set fire to the woods. 



(5) To leaA}e a fi/re, such as a camp fire, etc. , without extin- 

 guishing the same. 



To inform and warn the public, " fire- warning notices" are 

 freely distributed. To tear down such a notice is a willful 

 and malicious trespass, punishable by a fine of $500. 



PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE FOEEST EESERVE 



LAWS. 



To violate the laws and the rules and regulations established 

 for the protection of reserves is forbidden, and the law says 

 that such a violation shall be punished according to the act of 

 June 4, 1888, which ]5rovides that — 



Every person who unlawfully cuts or aids, or is employed in unlawfully 

 cutting, or wantonly destroys, or procures to be wantonly destroyed, any 

 timber standing upon laud of the United States * * * reserved for 

 military or other purposes * * * shall pay a fine of not more than five 

 hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both, 

 in the discretion of the court. 



This law applies to any willful or malicious trespass, whether 

 in timber, by grazing, destruction of property, or otherwise. 



OEDINAET TIMBEE TEESPASS. 



Of this trespass there are a number of distinct forms. 



A person trespasses in a forest reserve by — 



{a) Cutting and removing timber without permit. 



(5) Cutting and disposing of more timber than is necessary 

 to develop his mining claim. 



Thus the claimant of a placer claim may cut timber on his 

 claim to develop it, to erect buildings, construct flumes, etc. 

 But when no more such structures are needed, or he ceases to 



