The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-02
PRICE TEN CENTS.

to procure permission to cut or remove
timber from public lands for purposes of
sale or traffic, or to manufacture the same
into lumber or other timber product as
an article of merchandise, or for any 9TH
er use whatsoever other than as defined
in sections 2, and Of these rules and
regulations, must first submit an appli-
cation therefore in writing to the Secre-
tary of the interior, designating the lands
by sections, townships and ranges if sur
veyed, and if unsurveyed, describing the
land by natural boundaries, and the es-
timated number Of acres therein. They
must also define the character Of the land
and the kind of trees or timber growing
thereon, giving an estimate as to the
quantity of each kind, stating which par
ticular kind or kinds they desire to cut
or remove, and the specific purpose or
purposes for which the timber or product
thereof is required. The application must
be sworn to and witnessed by not less
than four reliable and responsible citi-
zens of the State, District or Territory in
which the land is situated, and who re-
side in the locality of the particular land
described
7. The petitioner or petitioners should
also submit with the application such
evidence as can be procured to conelu-
sively show that the preservation of the
trees or timber on the land described is
not required for the public good, but that
its use as lumber or other product and
for the purposes named in the applica-
ton is public necessity. Upon receipt
of the application, with accompanying pa
pers, it will be duly considered, and if
deemed for the public interest, the de-
sired permission will be granted, subject
to such restrictions and limitations as
may be deemed necessary; but ifit shall
appear that the cutting of timber in the
locality described in the application will
be detrimental to the public interests or
refringe upon the rights or privileges of
the settlers in that locality, the appi-
cation will be rejected.
8. In order that farmers who desire
to have the forests preserved in the in
terest of water supply for irrigation, and
all others having adverse interests, may
have due notice of such applications, the
parties making an application, as herein
provided, shall cause notice of such ap-
plication, describing the land and timber
which it is desired to use, to be published
at least once a week for three consecu-
tive weeks in newspaper OF general cir
in the State District or Terri
tory, and also in a newspaper in the
or, where there is more than one
in each of the counties wherein
the lands are situated, and printed
copy of the published notices must be
submitted with the application, together
with the affidavit of the publisher or
foreman OF each newspaper attached
thereto, showing that the same was sue
cessively inserted the requisite number
Of times, and the dates thereof.
9. The cutting or removing OF any
timber from public lands described in an
by or for the applicant, be-
fore authority has been officially granted
by the Secretary of the Interior, will rem
der the party SO offending liable to pros
ecution for trespass, and subject his ap-
olication to rejection.
10. Saw mill owners, lumber dealers,
md others who in any manner ''cause or
timber to be cut or removed
rom any public lands in violation of law
,r these rules and regulations, whether
iirectly by men in their employ, or in
iirectly through contract or by purchase,
ire equally guilty of trespass with the in
iividuals who actually cut or remove
juch timber, and are alike liable to Grim
nal prosecution. The procurer or man
lfacturer OF timber so cut, as well as the
purchaser of such timber or its products,
s also liable in civil suit for the value.
IL. Special agents will diligently in
yestigate and report all such cases to this
,ffice for proper action.
T. H. CARTER, Commissioner.
JOHN w. NOBLE, Secretary.
Approved May 5, 1891.
The following is taken from the Boui-