, 1886-08-07
Timber Regulations.


department to day promulgated rules ant
regulations governing the removal o.
timber from government lands. They
are prescribed by virtue Of the act o.
June 3, 1878, entitled: An act author
izing the citizens of Colorado, Nevada
and the territories to fell and remove tim
Der on the public domain for mining and
domestic purposes" The act applies
only to the states of Colorado, Nevada,
and Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Dakota,
Idaho and Montana, and other mineral
districts Of the United States not specif
cally provided for, The land from which
timber is telled or removed under the
provisions Of the act must be known as
OF a strictly mineral character, not sub.
Iect to entry under the existing laws of
the United States, except for mineral IN.
try: No person not a citizen o. bona fide
resident of state, territory or other min
eral district provided for in said act, is
permitted to fell or remove timber from
mineral lands therein, and no person,
firm or corporation telling or removing
timber under this act shall sell or dispose
OF the same for lumber manufactures
therefrom to any other than citizens and
bona fide residents of hat state or terri.
tory where such timber is cut; nor for
any other purpose than for legitimate use
of said purchaser for purposes mentioned
in said act.
Every owner. or manager of a saw mill,
or other person telling or removing tim
Der under the provisions of this act, shall
keep a record Of all timber so cut or re
moved. stating the time when cut, names
nj narfIac antrim c,p,a mr. in aharro nj
the work. and describing the land whence
cut By legal sub divisions, if surveyed,
and as near as practicable if not surveyed.
with a statement of the evidence upon
which it is claimed that the land is
mineral in character. and also stating the
kind and quality of the lumber manu-.
featured therefrom, together with the
names of the parties to whom any such
timber or lands is sold. date of sale and
the purpose for which sold. and shall not
sell or dispose of such timber, or lumber
made from such timber, without taking
from the purchaser a written agreement
that the same shall not be used except
for building, agricultural, mining or other
domestic purposes within the state or
territory, and every such purchaser shall
further be required to file with said
owner or manager a certificate, under
date, that he purchased such timber or
exclusively for his own use and
for the purposes aforesaid.
Timber ielled or removed shall be strictly
to building agricultural, mining
and other domestic purposes, within the
or territory where it grew; all cutting
)f such timber for use outside of the state
Or territory and all removals thereof out
side OF the state or territory where it is
tut, are forbidden. No person will BE-
permitted to fell or remove ans growing
trees of any kind whatsoever, less than
inches in diameter. Any persons
or removing timber from the pub
lie mineral lands Of the United States,
must utilize all of such tree that can be
probably used, and must cut and remove
the tops and brush, or dispose Of the same
in such manner as to prevent the spread
of forest fires.
The act under which these rules and
regulations were prescribed provides as
Section 3: Any person or persons. who
shall violate the provisions of this act. or
any rules and regulations in pursuance
made by the secretary of the in
shall be deemed guilty of INSIDE
neanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined
n any sum not exceeding $500, and to
his may be added imprisonment for any
term not exceeding six months. These
rules and regulations shall take effect Sept.
|. 1886, and all existing rules and regula-
tons heretofore prescribed under said act
inconsistent herewith are revoked.