The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-06-03

ron rtiE rliOiHTlON on ms OWNERS Of SAW 1908
IN tiiis tililiitUUy.


ron rilE riiOiHTlON on 1itE OWNERS ~ SAW iOGs
IN tiiis TERRITORY,
arc. 1. Any person who shall wilhl, md with.
Out authority, take M, shw logs that may @ 0n any
river, On lr land nd oiniig ~ near n liver. which
mn, have iioaied doNA said river, az 0Hio sHid Mhh
nnd shall ttNDvt ~ attempt ~ ttt0te The thlh loas
or who shall ri ~ spli, said tgs, ot otherwise do
sl,oy or Mju,e them, shall le held guilt, Of n ms,lp.
beH0f, AMI UtD'n t8HytetiW ut adt 0ftie slid 0tfels
cps. shall 10 punished by imprisonment IN The e0iHs
" all 1T the proper f0tnhy, 90 mie than one year.
less than three 0nis, hnh shall pay fine VI l0t
more than 0iie hudfed dollars. ~ lees tin Ton dol-
lars.
hte,2 Any Justice If Tho Peace shall have
eonemiem jmisliHjon IN his avn county, win the
district court " ans Offences w ,iie pfeeeh,Ng seca
ZION specified, when thu value NJ Tho logs taken ~
euoyed, satt ba alleged not ~ exceed The sum NJ
one hundred dollars, and IN such case The punishment
shall bH ny fine. MT less than twenty, mar more than
eighty dollarsj and v any person, ~, eonv,e',oO Of
such offence, sl' refuse 0r neglect, Tor me spare III
three days, ~ pay such fine, u shall be hWtnl bT
the Justice l@lo'e whom the eonvc'ion was had. 10
commit such pc, ~ the jail VI tho proper county,
Gr period not less than one, nor none than three
mOths,
SEC. 3, II shall he lawful for any officer IN whose
hand writ shall have been placed Tor the appte-
henson of any person Or persons charged with taking
or removing any saw logs, 10 arrest such person or
persons on any part OF river or lake, or any island
in u river lake, contiguous to his proper county,
and To secure the logs 50 taken or removed that
the owner thereof may be pat IN possession of the
same.
SEC. 4. Any person who shall purchase, receive,
secrete saw logs taken removed, who shall
cut. otherwise injure logs so taken or removed,
shall he punished IN the same manner, and to the
extent is provided in this act for taking
moving or destroying saw logs, rs herein provided
Prorided: That no person shall be punished for
receiving buying logs aforesaid, il he received
or bought them under and by virtue of any scale list
signed 10y a legal surveyor Of logs lumber in this
Territory. and shall he in possession Of said scale
list.
SEC. B. any Surveyor General or deputy shall
scale give scale list Of any ogs any person or
persons in this Terftory, which logs were taken or
removed as aforesaid. the said Surveyor General
Deputy offending, shall forfeit aud pay for every
such offence the Of twenty five doIars, 10 be
covered in action Of debt by any person rucing for
the saTe in any court Of competent jurisdiction.
SEC.6 This net shall take effect and be in force
from and after is ja*agc.
". G. y. TAYLOR,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
s. B. OLMSTED,
President Of the Council.
Approved March 81, 1851
w. A. GORMAN.
sEoRErARY's OFFICE,
ST. Paul. April 4,h, 1854.
hereby certify the foregoing to he correct copy
Of the original act on file in this office
J. TRAVIS ROSSER,
Secretary Of Minnesota Territory.