, 1878-08-17


the pains and penalties OF perjury, and
Shall forfeit the money he may pay for
said lands, and all right and title tn
the same; and any grant or conveyancs
which he may have made, except in the
hands Of bona tide purchasers, shall be
null and void.
Sec 3. That upon the filing. of said
statement, as provided in the second sec.
tion Of this Act, the Register of the Land
Office shall post notice of such appli-
cation, embracing a description of the
land by legal subdivisions, in his office
for period OF sixty days, and shall fur.
nish the Applicant n copy of the same
Tor publication, at the expense Of such
applicant, in newspaper published near.
est the location of the premises, for like
period OF time; and after the expiration
OF sald sixty days, if no adverse claim
shall have been filed, the person desiring
w Pu'SuhSe S'hil iuIuISil 10 Jne htglstpr
nf the Land Office satisfactory evidenc.
first, that said notice oi application
prepared by the register as aforesaid was
duly published in newspaper, as herein
required; secondly that the land Is of the
character contemplated in this uct, un-
occupied and without improvements.
other than those excepted either mining
Or agricultural, aud that it apparently
contains no valuable deposites of gold
silver, cinnabar, copper, or coal, and up
on payment to the proper officer of the
purchase se-money OF said land, together
with the fees OF the register and receiver,
rs provided for in case of mining claims
in the twelfth section of the Act approy-
cd may 10th, eighteen hundred and sew
enty two, the applicant may be permit
ted to enter suid tract, and on the trans
mission to the General Land Once Of the
papers aud testimony in the case, pat
eut shall issue thereon: Procided, That
any person having valid claim to any
portion OF the land may object in writ
ing, to the issuance OF patent tn lands
so held by hun, stating the nature of his
claim thereto; and evidence shall be tax
en-, and the merits OF said objection shall
be determined by the officers of the Land
Office, subject to appeal, MS in other land
cases. Effect shall be given to the fore.
going provision Of this Act by regpla-
tions to he prescribed by the commits
sioners OF the General Land Office
Sec 4. That after the passage of this
Act, ii shall be unlawful to cut, or wan
tonly destroy, any timber growing ON
any lands Of the United States, in said
States aud 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 ot 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 misdc-
meanar, and, on convection, shall be fin.
ed tor every such offence a sum not less
than 800, nor more than $1,000: Propid.
cd, that nothing herein contained shalt
prevent any miner or agriculturist from
clearing his land in the ordinary working
OF his mining claim, or preparing his farm q
for tillage, or from taking the timber
necessary to support his Improvements,
or the taking Of timber tor the use of the
United States; and the penalties herein
provided shall not take effect unit nine,
ty days after the passage of this
Act.
Sec. s. That any person prosecuted
in said States and Territory for violating
section two thousand four hundred and
six'y.onc 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
npnn 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 cut or cause to
be cut timber, or removed or caused to
be removed the same; P,Orided, That
nothing contained in this sectisn shall
be construed as granting IN ,be norson