The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-19

manner whatsoever, except as al
lowed by the provisions of this act
and the rules and regulations pre-
scribed Hereunder by the secretary
OF the interior, cuts, removes, re-
ce1ves or otherwise appropriates, in
jures, wastes, or causes the destruc-
ton by fire, or in any other manner
whatsoever, of timber growing or be-
ing on any of the public lands other
than those embraced within public
forest or other reservations, or who
boxes, chips, cuts or bores such tim
Der for turpentine purposes, or who
removes, receives, or otherwise ap-
propriates the resin, gum, turpentine
or other product, therefrom, SHALL
upon conviction for every such of
Tense be fined in a sum not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than
five thousand dollars, or shall be i'm
prisoned, in the discretion of the
court: and the provisions of section
1922 of the revised statutes of the
United States shall be applicable to
proceedings under this act. That, in
addition to the criminal provisions
herein provided, the United States
shall be entitled to recover in civil
suit the value of all property so I'M
lawfully cut, boxed, Clipped, re-
moved, received, or otherwise appro-
priated, injured, wasted or destroyed,
and shall also be entitled to recover
in such cases exemplary damages.
Sec. 10. That sections 2,461, 2,462,
2,463, 2,205 and 4,751 of the revised
| statutes of the United States; the
| first proviso of the second section of
the act of April 80, 1878, chapter $50,
| GO United States statutes, page 46l ;
the act of June 8, 1878, chapter $50,
GO United States statutes, page SS) /;
the act of June 8, 1878, chapter 151,
GO United States Statutes, page S9) ;
section 2 of the act of August 4,
1892, chapter 375, CIT United States
statutes, page 348), amending last
cited act; section s of the act of
March 3, 1891, chapter SCI, GIG
United States statutes, page 1,095),
and the amendment thereto by the
act of the same date, chapter $50
! (26 United States statutes, page
1889, SO far as the same relate to
the use or cutting of timber on, or
its removal from the public do
main; the act of February IS, 1898
CT United States statutes, page 444)
further amending the last cited act;
that portion of the appropriation act
of July 1, 1898, chapter 546, CSC
61S) which authorizes the secretary
of the interior to grant permits to cut
timber on the Snake river and its
tributaries; section II, of the act OF
May IA, 1898, chapter 299, go United
States statutes, page 409); and al
other acts or parts of acts authoriz
ing sales, appropriation, or free use
of timber cord wood or other timbe,
products on the surveyed or unsur
veyed mineral or non-mineral, unap
propriated and unreserved public
lands of the United States, and al
other acts or parts of acts in conflic
with this act, are hereby repealed
provided, that nothing in this ac
shall be construed as applying to O.
in any way affecting existing laws re
lating to the forest or other reserva
tiOns of the United States, or exist
ing law making provision for the USE
of timber from the public lands TO
original construction purposes in con
nection with right of way privileges
further than to direct the secretar,
of the interior to make needful rule
and regulations governing the exer
else of said privilege, and to require
as prerequisite to the taking of tim
Der from the public lands for sucl
purpose, that a permit therefor shall
be obtained from him designating tn
lands from which and the time a
which the timber may be taken.
Will Demand Justice