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

sought to be purchased does not ex-
coed the stumpage value of one hun
dred dollars, the secretary of the in
terror may in his discretion, dispense
with advertisement and appraise-
ment
Sec. a. That in selling timber cord
wood or other timber produces under
the foregoing provisions the sale
shall be made conditional upon the
removal of the timber or other ma
terial within a period of five years
from the date of the purchase; and
all timber, cord wood or timber
products not so removed shall be re
tanned and disposed of as the prop
erty of the United States; provided,
that the limit of five years herein
named may be extended by the sec
rotary of the interior, at his discre-
ton, upon good and sufficient rea-
sons for such action being shown.
Sec. 5. That miners, prospectors,
agriculturists and bona fide settlers
who have not sufficient supply of
timber, cord wood or timber products
on their own claims or farms for
use thereon for such domestic pur-
poses as fire wood, fencing or build
ing material, or for necessary use in
developing the mineral and other
natural resources of the land law
fully claimed or owned by them, may
procure timber, cord wood or timber
products free of charge from unap-
propriated, unreserved, public lands
for the purposes enumerated in this
section (but not for sale or disposal,
nor for use on other lands, or by
other persons, nor for export from
the state or territory or district
wherein procured, to an extent not
exceeding, in stumpage valuation,
fifty dollars in any one year.
Sec. 6. That no timber, cord wood
or other timber product procured I'M
der the provisions of this act may
be exported out of the state, territory
or district wherein the timber, cord
wood or other timber product was
grown; provided, however, that where,
in cases of exceptional difficulties,
caused by the remoteness of timber
or the physical features of the coun-
try, the nearest public timber in any
state or territory is inaccessible to
those residing near the border of an
other state or territory, the secretary
of the interior may in his discretion,
permit timber to be procured within
a reasonable distance, subjecI to the
same terms and limitations as 9TH
eIwise herein provided from the most
accessible lands in the adjoining =.
accessible lands in the adjoining
state or territory, to be transported
to and used only in the state wherein
the applicant or applicants reside, as
though the same was grown in the
latter state or territory, subject to
the same terms, provisions and lin
itations as provided in this act and
the rules and regulations prescribed
by the secretary of the interior. But
no timber or cord wood shall be cut
or removed under this proviso to the
! dctriment of the residents of the
state or territory where said timber
was grown.
Sec. Z. That the secretary of the
interior is authorized to make al
proper rules and regulations for car
rying into effect the provisions OF
this act, for preventing abuses there
of. for protecting the timber from
fire and depreciation, and for promot
ing the younger growth of timber;
and he may designate the tract OIL
tt acts of land where the timber or its
product may be obtained hereunder
and it shall not be lawful to cut OF
remove any timber, cord wood or
timber product except as prescribed
in this act, and said rules and regu
lations.
Sec. 8. That the sales of timber
cord wood and other timber products
heretofore made as authorized by the
circular of the general land Office
which was approved by the secretar.
of the interior March II, 1898, ca
; Land Decisions, page 399). be ant
the same are hereby affirmed.
Sec. 8. That every person who
either directly or indirectly, in an,