TIMBER CULTURE The Act of June 14, 1878 (20 Stat. 113), entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to encourage the growth of timber on the western prairies," is usually designated "Timber culture laws." That Act was repealed by the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095). 711 TIMBER LANDS 66 Cross references: See subtitles "Railroads and Rights of Way," p. 47, and "Timber," p. 61, under "Alaska"; Forest Reserves," p. 125; subtitles "Protection of Indians and Indian Lands," p. 228, and "Sale of Timber on Indian Lands," p. 264, under "Indian Lands"; subtitles "Grants to Oregon and California Railroad," p. 431, and "Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant," p. 484, under Railroad Grants"; School Land Grants," under "State Grants," pp. 657, 663; "Timber and Stone Lands," p. 707. 66 66 PROTECTION AGAINST TRESPASS, FIRE, DISEASE, AND Cross reference: See "Protection of Indians and Indian Lands," under Indian Lands," p. 228. struction of live penalty. 2.1, Vol. 4, Mar. 2, 1831, ch. SEC. 2461, R. S.1 If any person shall cut, or cause or cutting or de procure to be cut, or aid, assist, or be employed in cutting, oak or red-cedar, or shall wantonly destroy, or cause or procure to be wantonly destroyed, or aid, assist, or be employed in wantonly destroying any live-oak or red-cedar trees, or other tim- p. 472. ber standing, growing, or being on any lands of the United States, which, in pursuance of any law passed, or hereafter to be passed, have been reserved or purchased for the use of the United States, for supplying or furnishing therefrom timber for the Navy of the United States; or if any person shall remove, or cause or procure to be removed, or aid, or assist, or be employed in removing from any such lands which have been reserved or purchased, any live-oak or red-cedar trees, or other timber, unless duly authorized so to do, by order, in writing, of a competent officer, and for the use of the Navy of the United States; or if any person shall cut, or cause or procure to be cut, or aid, or assist, or be employed in cutting any live-oak or red-cedar trees, or other timber on, or shall remove, or cause or procure to be removed, or aid, or assist, or be employed in removing any live-oak or redcedar trees or other timber, from any other lands of the United States, acquired, or hereafter to be acquired, with intent to export, dispose of, use, or employ the same in any manner whatsoever, other than for the use of the Navy of the United States; every such person shall pay a fine not less than triple the value of the trees or timber so cut, destroyed, or removed, and shall be imprisoned not exceeding twelve months. (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 595.) Extract from an Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department, approved April 30, 1878 (20 Stat. 46) SEC. 2. * ** * And provided further, That if any when may be timber cut on the public lands shall be exported from the seized. For relief from prosecution in certain cases, see sec. 5 of the act of June 3, 1878 (20 Stat. 89), p. 714. Territories of the United States, it shall be liable to seizure by United States authority wherever found. (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 602.) An Act For the sale of timberlands in the States of California, Cutting timber unlawfully. Penalty. Certain prosecu 2 SEC. 4. That 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 said States and Territory, or remove, or cause to be removed, any timber from said public lands, with intent to export or dispose of the same; and no owner, master, or consignee of any vessel, or owner, director, or agent of any railroad shall knowingly transport the same, or any lumber manufactured therefrom; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined for every such offense a sum not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent any miner or agriculturist from clearing his land in the ordinary working of his mining claim, or preparing 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 the penalties herein provided shall not take effect until ninety days after the passage of this act. (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 603.) SEC. 5. That any person prosecuted in said States and tions, relief from. Territory for violating section two thousand four hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States who is not prosecuted for cutting timber for export from the United States may be relieved from further prosecution and liability therefor upon payment. into the court wherein said action is pending, of the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre for all lands on which he shall have cut or caused to be cut timber, or removed or caused to be removed the same: Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be construed as granting to the person hereby relieved the title to said lands for said payment; but he shall have the right to purchase the same upon the same terms and conditions as other persons, as provided hereinbefore in this Act: And further provided, That all moneys colRepealed in part. lected under this Act shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. And section four thousand seven hundred and fifty-one of the Revised Statutes is hereby See sec. 49, Penal Code, act of Mar. 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1088, 1098), and explanatory note, p. 715. |