The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-31
LOGGING LAWS NULLIFIED
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the three hundred and thirteen (31s) per-
mits issued by the state auditor. for the
eight years between Jan. \, 1886, any
Jan. /, 1903, were not recorded with the
surveyor general until after the first log
ging season was over. Soafar as the rec
ord was concerned, the logs cut under the
permits the first year were not only cut
under illegal ermits-because not record
ed tsee section 24)-but, with the thawing
Of the ice, went down the stream; the
failure of the state auditor to have the
permits recorded left the surveyor general
without legal knowledge that the timber
was to be cut; therefore, no assurance
could be had that he would be on the
ground to measure, for the interest of the
state, the logs cut from the land COW
cred by the permit. Exhibit .sB' also
shows eight permits that were never re-
corded.
Log Marks Omitted.
Exhibit CO. gives list Of one hun
dred and forty-three d4so permits which
year. list of one hundred and seventy
| five Q75) permits which do not contain
such mark for the second year, and list
of one hundred and twenty mine 129) per-
mits which do not contain such mark for
either year, all OF which are part Of the
issued during the period mentioned
| Section rs Of the above mentioned chap
ter provides that the permits shall con-
tain:
The bark mark which shall be placed upon the
| timber taken from such land A separate and
cut under each permit; and in case the permit
shs cover f nerod a Of more than one season It
and the same bark mark shall not be used for
And it shall contain the provision that in case
of the failure of the purchaser to placv both
said bark mark and stamp mark upon each and
of said permit. the state shall have the right
to seize and take possession Of any timber which
| same may be found.
! Some fourteen times in this chapter is
this mark referred to and the criminal
penalty, for defrauding or attempting to
defraud the state by removing, manufac-
turing, transferring or in any other way
! disposing of the logs cut from state land
without proper and legal payment to the
part of the permit the state depending
upon the bark mark contained in the per-
nit for its proof in the collection, or pun
| 1shment of fraud In it's timber business
To show the great force Of this state
ment and vital necessity for the prompt
recording of the permit, and that it con
| tain the required bark mark so that
the surveyor general may be on the
watch, I quote section 80 of the law in
full, as follows:
u No oei timber cut from such land shall be sold
due the state according to the report of the sur
| yeyor general shall have been paid in fill
Any person who shall SELL transfer or manu-
facture any timber cut from such lands before
the amount due the state therefor according r.
such report. shall have been paid in full O,
who shall cut timber upon any such iane
any such timber, as provided by the permit issue
therefor or shall place any other mark or mark
than the ones described thereby shall be guilt,
OF d1sdemeanOr and upon conviction thereo
shall be punished by fine of not exceeding on
thousand Q,000) dollars or Imprisonment in tn
!, county jail for term not exceeding one wear
or by both. Wv 'e"A
/ Law Is Explicit.
Section q provides for the scaling b,
the surveyor general and reporting to tn
; 7 state auditor; and requires that he shall
state whether all timber cut has bee,
scaled and reported, and whether tn
bark mark and STAMP mark de
scribed In the permit have been place,
ION each and every log cut on said land
, and that such report shall:
Show s the name Of the party cutting the nam
the name Of the party hauling the same. II
, kind and character of the timber cut: the MN
bark marks oss and Or st p1eees s snt t.
thereon, ana the total number of feet: the d,
scrlpt1on OF the land upon which the timber :,
ferred to therein was cut and no other mn
shau state the true and correct thereo