108 LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE NATIONAL FOEESTS. 



Destruction of Government survey corners or marks. 



Sec. 57. Whoever shall willfully destroy, deface, change, or remove 

 to another place any section corner, quarter-section corner, or mean- 

 der 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 Gov- 

 ernment 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. 



Breaking inclosures, stock trespass. 



Sec. 56. Whoever shall knowingly and unlawfully break, open or 

 destroy any gate, fence, hedge, or wall inclosing any lands of the 

 United States which, in pursuance of any law, have been reserved or 

 purchased by the United States for any public use ; or whoever shall 

 drive any cattle, horses, hogs, or other live stock upon any such lands 

 for the purpose of destroying the grass or trees on said lands, or 

 where they may destroy the said grass or trees; or whoever shall 

 knowingly permit his cattle, horses, hogs, or other live stock, to enter 

 through any such inclosure upon any such lands of the United States, 

 where such cattle, horses, hogs, or other live stock may or can destroy 

 the grass or trees or other property of the United States on the said 

 lands, shall be fined not 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 personification of United States officer. 



Sec. 32. Whoever, with intent to defraud either the United States 

 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 valuable thing, shall be fined not more than 

 one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or 

 both. 



Robbery of United States property. 



Sec. 46. Whoever shall rob another of any land or description of 

 personal 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, theft, etc. 



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

 erty, record, voucher, or valuable thing Avhatever, 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 stolen property. 



Sec. 48. Whoever shall receive, conceal, or aid in concealing, or 

 shall have or retain in his possession with intent to convert to his 

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



