Railway companies. Rules. com- rights of any railway company to cut timber on the public domain: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may make suitable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act, and he may designate the sections or tracts of land where timber may be cut, and it shall not be lawful to cut or remove any timber except as may be prescribed by such rules and regulations; but this Act shall not operate to repeal the Act of June third, eighteen Timber on min hundred and seventy-eight, providing for cutting of timber on mineral lands. eral lands. Approved, March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1093). An Act To extend the provisions of section eight of the Act entitled "An Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," approved March third, eigtheen hundred and ninety-one, concerning prosecutions for cutting timber on public lands to Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section eight of the Act entitled "An Act to on public lands. repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as amended by an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, chapter five hundred and fiftynine, page ten hundred and ninety-three, volume twentysix, United States Statutes at Large, be, and the same tended to New is hereby, amended as follows: After the word "Wyoming in said amended Act insert the words "New Provisions ex Mexico and Arizona. Timber ap Mexico and Arizona." Approved, February 13, 1893 (27 Stat. 444). Extract from the sundry civil appropriation Act, approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11-35). For the purpose of preserving the living and growing timber and promoting the younger growth on forest reservations, the Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, may cause to be designated and appraised so much of the dead, matured, praisal and sale or large growth of trees found upon such forest reservations as may be compatible with the utilization of the forests thereon, and may sell the same for not less than the appraised value in such quantities to each purchaser as he shall prescribe, to be used in the State or Territory in which such timber reservation may be situated, respectively, but not for export therefrom. of dead, etc. etc. Use of timber, The Secretary of the Interior may permit, under reguetc., by settlers, lations to be prescribed by him, the use of timber and stone found upon such reservations, free of charge, by bona fide settlers, miners, residents, and prospectors for minerals, for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining, prospecting, and other domestic purposes, as may be needed by such persons for such purposes; such timber to be used within the State or Territory, respectively, where such reservations may be located. Extract from the sundry civil appropriation Act, approved July 1, 1898 (30 Stat. 597-618). "izens of Idaho Wyoming. That section eight of an Act entitled "An Act to re- Permits to citpeal the timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," and Wyoming to approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, cut timber in be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits, under the provisions of the eighth section of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to citizens of Idaho and Wyoming to cut timber in the State of Wyoming, west of the Continental Divide, on the Snake River and its tributaries to the boundary line of Idaho for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove the timber so cut to the State of Idaho. An Act To extend the provisions of section eight of the Act entitled "An Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, concerning prosecutions for cutting timber on public lands, to California, Oregon, and Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That section eight of the Act entitled "An Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as amended by an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, chapter five hundred and fiftynine, page ten hundred and ninety-three, volume twentysix, United States Statutes at Large, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: After the word "Nevada " in said amended Act insert the words "California, Ore- gon, and Washgon, and Washington." Approved, March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1436). An Act To amend chapter five hundred and fifty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Extended to California, Ore ington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of chapter five hundred and fifty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninetyone, limiting the use of timber taken from public lands to residents of the State in which such timber is found, for use within said State, shall not apply to the south Limitation of slope of Pryor Mountains, in the State of Montana, lying citizens of State south of the Crow Reservation, west of the Big Horn for use within River, and east of Sage Creek; but within the above- tend to south described boundaries the provisions of said chapter shall Mountains. apply equally to the residents of the States of Wyoming and Montana, and to the use of timber taken from the above-described tract in either of the above-named States. Approved, March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1439). timber taking to State not to ex slope Pryor Timber depre lands. Extract from the Penal Code, approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1088-1098). SEC. 49. Whoever shall cut, or cause or procure to be dations on public cut, or shall wantonly destroy, or cause to be wantonly destroyed, any timber growing on the public lands of the United States; or whoever shall remove, or cause to be removed, any timber from said public lands, with intent to export or to dispose of the same; or whoever, being the owner, master, or consignee of any vessel, or the owner, director, or agent of any railroad, shall knowingly Punishment transport any timber so cut or removed from said lands, for. Rights of entrymen. Timber depre vations or Indian lands. or lumber manufactured therefrom, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Nothing in this section shall prevent any miner or agriculturist from clearing his land in the ordinary working of his mining claim, or in the preparation of his farm for tillage, or from taking the timber necessary to support his improvements, or the taking of timber for the use of the United States. And nothing in this section shall interfere with or take away any right or privilege under any existing law of the United States to cut or remove timber from any public lands. SEC. 50. Whoever shall unlawfully cut, or aid in undations on reser- lawfully cutting, or shall 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, in pursuance of law, has been reserved or purchased by the United States for any public use, or upon any Indian reservation, or lands belonging to or occupied by any tribe of Indians under the authority of the United States, or any Indian allotment while the title to the same shall be held in trust by the Government, or while the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee Punishment without the consent of the United States, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (As amended June 25, 1910.) for. Boxing trees for turpentine. for. SEC. 51. Whoever shall cut, chip, chop, or box any tree upon any lands belonging to the United States, or upon any lands covered by or embraced in any unperfected settlement, application, filing, entry, selection, or location, made under any law of the United States, for the purpose of obtaining from such tree any pitch, turpentine, or other substance, or shall knowingly encourage, cause, procure, or aid in the cutting, chipping, chopping, or boxing of any such tree, or shall buy, trade for, or in any manner acquire any pitch, turpentine, or other substance, or any article or commodity made from any Punishment such pitch, turpentine, or other substance, when he has knowledge that the same has been so unlawfully obtained from such trees, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. timber on public SEC. 52. Whoever shall willfully set on fire, or cause to Setting fire to be set on fire, any timber, underbrush, or grass upon the lands. public domain, or shall leave or suffer fire to burn unattended near any timber or other inflammable material, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. Punishment for. Failing to ex tinguish fires, SEC. 53. Whoever shall build a fire in or near any forest, timber, or other inflammable material upon the public domain, or upon any Indian reservation, or lands belonging to or occupied by any tribe of Indians under the authority of the United States, or upon any Indian allotment while the title to the same shall be held in trust by the Government, or while the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee without the consent of the United States, shall, before leaving said fire, totally extinguish the same; and whoever shall fail to do so shall Punishment for. be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (As amended June 25, 1910.) to be SEC. 54. In all cases arising under the two preceding paid into school sections the fines collected shall be paid into the public funds." school fund of the county in which the lands where the offense was committed are situated. Extract from the agricultural appropriation Act, approved August 10, 1912 (37 Stat. 269–287). ber for domestic That the Secretary of Agriculture, under such rules Sales of tim and regulations as he shall establish, is hereby authorized use. and directed to sell at actual cost, to homestead settlers and farmers, for their domestic use, the mature, dead, and down timber in national forests, but it is not the intent of this provision to restrict the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the free use of timber as provided in the Act of June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Free timber to settlers. killed by forest An Act To authorize the sale of burnt timber on the public domain. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby author- Sale of timber ized, under such rules as he may prescribe, to sell and fires. dispose of to the highest bidder at public auction, or through sealed bids, the timber on any lands of the United States, outside the boundaries of national forests, including those embraced in unperfected claims under any of the public land laws, also upon the ceded Indian lands, that may have been killed or seriously and permanently damaged by forest fires prior to the passage of this Act, the proceeds of all such sales to be covered into the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That the Damaged timdamaged timber upon any lands embraced in an existing claims. claim shall be disposed of only upon the application or with the written consent of such claimant, and the money ber on existing Deposit of pro ceeds. fund. ly approved. canceled. received from the sale of damaged timber on any such lands shall be kept in a special fund to await the final determination of such claim. SEC. 2. That upon the certification of the Secretary of Disposal of the Interior that any such claim has been finally approved and patented the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to such claimant, If rejected or his heirs, or legal representatives, the money received from the sale of the damaged timber upon his land, after deducting therefrom the expenses of the sale; and upon the certification of the Secretary of the Interior that any such claim has been finally rejected and canceled the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to transfer the money derived from the sale of the damaged timber upon the lands embraced in such claim to the general fund in the Treasury derived from the sale of public lands, unless by legislation the lands from which the timber had been removed had been theretofore appropriated to the benefit of an Indian tribe or otherwise, in which event the net proceeds derived from the sale of the timber shall be transferred to the fund of such tribe or otherwise credited or distributed as by law provided. Timber cut be exported from State. Approved, March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 1015). Extract from the Act making appropriations for the Department of And the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discrefrom forests may tion, permit timber and other forest products cut or removed from the national forests to be exported from the State, Territory, or the District of Alaska, in which said forests are respectively situated. moval. An Act To grant to citizens of Modoc County, California, the right to cut timber in the State of Nevada for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove such timber to Modoc County, California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem Timber re bled, That section eight of an Act entitled "An Act to repeal the timber-culture laws, and for other purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninetyone, chapter five hundred and sixty-one, as amended by an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, chapter five hundred and fifty-nine, page one thousand and ninety-three, volume twenty-six, United States Statutes at Large, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following: Citizens of Calif., may cut "That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the InModoc County, terior to grant permits under the provisions of the eighth timber in Nevada section of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and for domestic uses. ninety-one, to citizens of Modoc County, California, to cut timber in the State of Nevada for agricultural, min |