Chapter 150.
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CHAP. 150.— AN ACT authorizing the citizens of Colorado, Nevada and the Territories to fell and remove timber on the public domain for mining and domestic purposes.June 3, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Timber and mineral kinds may be taken for certain purposes. That ail citizens of the United States and other persons, bona fide residents of the State of Colorado, or Nevada, or either of the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho, or Montana, and all other mineral districts of the United States, shall be, and are hereby, authorized and permitted to fell and remove, for building, agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, any timber or other trees growing or being on the public lands, said lands being mineral, and not subject to entry under existing laws of the United States, except for mineral entry, in either of said States, Territories, or districts of which such citizens or persons may be at the time bonafide residents, subject to such rules and regulations us the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe for the protection of the timber and of the undergrowth growing upon such lands, and for other *Proviso.*purposes: *Provided*, the provisions of this act shall not extend to railroad corporations.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the register and the receiver ofTaking etc., for unauthorized purposes any local land-office in whose district any mineral land may be situated to ascertain from time to time whether any timber is being cut or used upon any such lands, except for the purposes authorized by this act, within their respective land districts; and, if so, they shall immediately notify the Commissioner of the General Land Office of that fact; and all necessary expenses incurred in making such proper examinations shall be paid and allowed such register and receiver in making up their next quarterly accounts. 89 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. n. Ch. 150, 151. 1878. Sec. 3. Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of Penalty.this act, or any rules and regulations in pursuance thereof made by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and to which may be added imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months. Approved, June 3, 1878.