existing law of the United States to cut or remove timber from any public lands. [35 Stat. L. 1098.]

See the Act of June 3, 1878, ch. 151, sec. 4, 7 Fed. Stat. Annot. 304. The Act of Aug. 4, 1892, extended the provisions of the Act of June 3, 1878, to all the "public-land states." Aside from a slight change in the phraseology

for the purposes of revision, and with the exception of the last sentence, the only change in the section is that making imprisonment a part of the punishment.

SEC. 50. [Timber, etc., depredations on Indian and other reservations.] Whoever shall unlawfully cut, or aid in unlawfully cutting, or shall wantonly injure or destroy, or procure to be wantonly injured or destroyed, any tree, growing, standing, or being upon any land of the United States which, in pursuance of law, has been reserved or purchased by the United States for any public use, or upon any Indian reservation, or lands belonging to or occupied by any tribe of Indians under the authority of the United States, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1098.]

See R. S. sec. 5388, 7 Fed. Stat. Annot. 296; and the Act of March 3, 1875, ch. 151, sec. 1, 6 Fed Stat. Annot. 631. R. S. sec. 5388 punishes the unlawful cutting of timber upon military and Indian reservations; the Act of March 3, 1875, punishes the unlawful cutting

of timber, etc., upon other reservations. For this reason the two provisions have been combined. The words "or any shade or ornamental tree, or any other kind of tree," are emitted as redundant.

SEC. 51. [Boxing, etc., lumber on public land for turpentine, etc.] Whoever shall cut, chip, chop, or box any tree upon any lands belonging to the United States, or upon any lands covered by or embraced in any unperfected settlement, application, filing, entry, selection, or location, made under any law of the United States, for the purpose of obtaining from such tree any pitch, turpentine, or other substance, or shall knowingly encourage, cause, procure, or aid in the cutting, chipping, chopping, or boxing of any such tree, or shall buy, trade for, or in any manner acquire any pitch, turpentine, or other substance, or any article or commodity made from any such pitch, turpentine, or other substance, when he has knowledge that the same has been so unlawfully obtained from such trees, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1098.]

See the Act of June 4, 1906, ch. 2571, sec. 1, Fed. Stat. Annot. 1907, Supp. 282.

SEC. 52. [Setting fire to timber on public lands.] Whoever shall willfully set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber, underbrush, or grass upon the public domain, or shall leave or suffer fire to burn unattended near any timber or other inflammable material, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1098.]

See the Act of Feb. 24, 1897, ch. 313, sec. 1, 7 Fed. Stat. Annot. 308. The words "or maliciously " in the first line are omitted, the

intent being fully covered by the word "willfully." Other redundant matter omitted added nothing to the section.

SEC. 53. [Failing to extinguish fires.] Whoever shall build a fire in or near any forest, timber, or other inflammable material upon the public domain shall, before leaving said fire, totally extinguish the same; and whoever shall fail to do so shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1098.]

See the Act of Feb. 24, 1897, ch. 313, sec. 2, 7 Fed. Stat. Annot. 308.

SEC. 54. [Fines to be paid into school fund.] In all cases arising under the two preceding sections the fines collected shall be paid into the public school fund of the county in which the lands where the offense was committed are situated. [35 Stat. L. 1099.]

See the Act of Feb. 24, 1897, ch. 313, sec. 3, 7 Fed. Stat. Annot. 309.

SEC. 55. [Trespassing on Bull Run National Forest, Oregon.] Whoever, except forest rangers and other persons employed by the United States to protect the forest, federal, and state officers in the discharge of their duties, and the employees of the water board of the city of Portland, State of Oregon, shall knowingly trespass upon any part of the reserve known as Bull Run National Forest, in the Cascade Mountains, in the State of Oregon, or shall enter thereon for the purpose of grazing stock, or shall engage in grazing stock thereon, or shall permit stock of any kind to graze thereon, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1099.]

See the Act of April 28, 1904, ch. 1774, sec. 1, 10 Fed. Stat. Annot. 406. While the language of the Act revised in this section has been transposed and redundant matter omitted, the only change made in the section consists in providing that the punishment be fine

or imprisonment, or both. The last sentence of the Act directing the secretary of the interior to enforce its provisions isions is unnecessary, as such authority is conferred in general acts applying to all reservations.

SEC. 56. [Breaking fence or gate inclosing reserved lands, or driving or permitting live stock to enter upon.] Whoever shall knowingly and unlawfully break, open, or destroy any gate, fence, hedge, or wall inclosing any lands of the United States which, in pursuance of any law, have been reserved or purchased by the United States for any public use; or whoever shall drive any cattle, horses, hogs, or other live stock upon any such lands for the purpose of destroying the grass or trees on said lands, or where they may destroy the said grass or trees; or whoever shall knowingly permit his cattle, horses, hogs, or other live stock, to enter through any such inclosure upon any such lands of the United States, where such cattle, horses, hogs, or other live stock may or can destroy the grass or trees or other property of the United States on the said lands, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to unreserved public lands. [35 Stat. L. 1099.]

See the Act of March 3, 1875, ch. 151, secs. 2 and 3, 6 Fed. Stat. Annot. 631, 632. The two sections of the Act revised in this section are partly duplications of each other, and for that reason have been combined. The section

has been broadened so as to include "other live stock." The proviso to the section has been simplified, the term "unreserved" being substituted for the omitted language.

SEC. 57. [Injuring or removing posts or monuments.] Whoever shall willfully destroy, deface, change, or remove to another place any section corner, quarter-section corner, or meander post, on any Government line of survey, or shall willfully cut down any witness tree or any tree blazed to mark the line of a Government survey, or shall willfully deface, change, or remove any monument or bench mark of any Government survey, shall be fined not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1099.]

See the Act of June 10, 1896, ch. 398, sec. 1, 3 Fed. Stat. Annot. 430, 6 Fed. Stat. Annot. 380. The changes made in this section consist in the addition of the word "willfully" before "destroy," and in increasing the im

prisonment from one hundred days to six months, or to both fine and imprisonment; and also in the omission of the proviso au thorizing payment of $25 to an informer.

SEC. 58. [Interrupting surveys.] Whoever in any manner, by threats or force, shall interrupt, hinder, or prevent the surveying of the public lands, or of any private land claim which has been or may be confirmed by the United States, by the persons authorized to survey the same, in conformity with the instructions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than three years. [35 Stat. L. 1099.]

See R. S. sec. 2412, 6 Fed. Stat. Annot. 379.

SEC. 59. [Agreements to prevent bids at sale of lands.] Whoever, before or at the time of the public sale of any of the lands of the United States, shall bargain, contract, or agree, or attempt to bargain, contract, or agree with any other person, that the last-named person shall not bid upon or purchase the land so offered for sale, or any parcel thereof; or whoever by intimidation, combination, or unfair management shall hinder or prevent, or attempt to hinder or prevent, any person from bidding upon or purchasing any tract of land so offered for sale, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1099.]

See R. S. sec. 2373, 6 Fed. Stat. Annot. 340.

SEC. 60. [Injuries to United States telegraph, etc., lines.] Whoever shall willfully or maliciously injure or destroy any of the works, property, or material of any telegraph, telephone, or cable line, or system, operated or controlled by the United States, whether constructed or in process of construction, or shall willfully or maliciously interfere in any way with the working or use of any such line, or system, or shall willfully or maliciously obstruct, hinder, or delay the transmission of any communication over any such line, or system, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1099.]

See the Act of June 23, 1874, ch. 461, sec. 1, 7 Fed. Stat. Annot. 214. The change made in this section consists in enlarging its terms so as to include telephone and cable lines and

systems. The transposition of the language used, and the omission of redundant language, neither add to nor take away from the section anything material,

SEC. 61. [Counterfeiting weather forecast.] Whoever shall knowingly issue or publish any counterfeit weather forecast or warning of weather conditions falsely representing such forecast or warning to have been issued or published by the Weather Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the Government service, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1100.]

See the Acts of Aug. 8, 1894, ch. 238, sec. 1; March 2, 1895, ch. 169, sec. 1; April 25, 1896, ch. 140, sec. 1; 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 318.

The references to the several Acts in this case indicate nothing more than the repeated re-enactment of the provision.

SEC. 62. [Interfering with employees of bureau of animal industry.] Whoever shall forcibly assault, resist, oppose, prevent, impede, or interfere with any officer or employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture in the execution of his duties, or on account of the execution of `his duties, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and whoever shall use any deadly or dangerous weapon in resisting any officer or employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture in the execution of his duties, with intent to commit a bodily injury upon him or to deter or prevent him from discharging his duties, or on account of the performance of his duties, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1100.]

See the Act of March 3, 1905, ch. 1496, sec. 5, 10 Fed. Stat. Annot. 36. The only real change made in this section consists in the addition of the words "or both" at the end. The omission of the words "who discharges

any deadly weapon at" takes nothing from the section, as the act of discharging a weapon is embraced and covered by the words "shall use any deadly weapon," etc.

SEC. 63. [Forgery of certificate of entry.] Whoever shall forge, counterfeit, or falsely alter any certificate of entry made or required to be made in pursuance of law by any officer of the customs, or shall use any such forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered certificate, knowing the same to be forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than three years. [35 Stat. L. 1100.]

See R. S. sec. 5417, 2 Fed Stat. Annot. 300.

SEC. 64. [Concealment or destruction of invoices, etc.] Whoever shall willfully conceal or destroy any invoice, book, or paper relating to any merchandise liable to duty, which has been or may be imported into the United States from any foreign port or country, after an inspection thereof has been demanded by the collector of any collection district, or shall at any time conceal or destroy any such invoice, book, or paper for the purpose of suppressing any evidence of fraud therein contained, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1100.]

See R. S. sec. 5443, 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 773.

SEC. 65. [Resisting revenue officer; rescuing or destroying seized property, etc.] Whoever shall forcibly assault, resist, oppose, prevent, impede, or interfere with any officer of the customs or of the internal revenue, or his deputy, or any person assisting him in the execution of his duties, or any person authorized to make searches and seizures, in the execution of his duty, or shall rescue, attempt to rescue, or cause to be rescued, any property which has been seized by any person so authorized; or whoever before, at, or after such seizure, in order to prevent the seizure or securing of any goods, wares, or merchandise by any person so authorized, shall stave, break, throw overboard, destroy, or remove the same, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and whoever shall use any deadly or dangerous weapon in resisting any person authorized to make searches or seizures, in the execution of his duty, with intent to commit a bodily injury upon him or to deter or prevent him from discharging his duty, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. [35 Stat. L. 1100.]

See R. S. sec. 5447, 5 Fed. Stat. Annot. 392. The only change made in this section consists in the addition of the words "or of the internal revenue."

SEC. 66. [Falsely assuming to be a revenue officer.] Whoever shall falsely represent himself to be a revenue officer, and, in such assumed character, demand or receive any money or other article of value from any person for any duty or tax due to the United States, or for any violation or pretended violation of any revenue law of the United States, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than two years. [35 Stat. L. 1100.]

See R. S. sec. 5448, 3 Fed. Stat. Annot. 92; 5 Fed. Stat. Annot. 393. The punishment for a violation of R. S. sec. 5448 is a fine of $500.

The change consists in the addition of the words "not more than."

SEC. 67. [Offering presents to revenue officer.] Whoever, being engaged in the importation into the United States of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or being interested as principal, clerk, or agent in the entry of any goods, wares, or merchandise, shall at any time make, or offer to make, to any officer of the revenue, any gratuity or present of money or other thing of value, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1100.]

See R. S. sec. 5452, 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 714. The only change in this section consists in the addition of the words "or both" at the end of the section.

SEC. 68. [Admitting merchandise to entry for less than legal duty.] Whoever, being an officer of the revenue, shall, by any means whatever, knowingly admit or aid in admitting to entry, any goods, wares, or merchandise, upon payment of less than the amount of duty legally due thereon, shall be removed from office and fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1101.]

See R. S. sec. 5444, 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 773. The only change in this section consists in the addition of the words "or both" at the end of the section.

SEC. 69. [Securing entry of merchandise by false samples, etc.] Whoever, by any means whatever, shall knowingly effect, or aid in effecting, any entry of goods, wares, or merchandise, at less than the true weight or measure thereof, or upon a false classification thereof as to quality or value, or by the payment of less than the amount of duty legally due thereon, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. [35 Stat. L. 1101.]

See R. S. sec. 5445, 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 773.

SEC. 70. [False certification by consular officer.] Whoever, being a consul, or vice-consul, or other person employed in the consular service of the United States, shall knowingly certify falsely to any invoice, or other paper, to which his certificate is by law authorized or required, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than three years. [35 Stat. L. 1101.]

See R. S. sec. 5442, 2 Fed. Stat. Annot, 806. The offices of "commercial agent and vicecommercial agent" have been abolished by

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law. The words or other person employed in the consular service" have been inserted in place of those omitted.

SEC. 71. [Taking seized property from custody of revenue officer.] Whoever shall dispossess or rescue, or attempt to dispossess or rescue, any property taken or detained by any officer or other person under the authority of any revenue law of the United States, or shall aid or assist therein, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than one year. [35 Stat. L. 1101.]

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See R. S. sec. 5446, 5 Fed. Stat. Annot. 392. Imprisonment for one year" has been substituted for "twelve months."

SEC. 72. [Forging or altering ship's papers or custom-house documents.] Whoever shall falsely make, forge, counterfeit, or alter any instrument in imitation of, or purporting to be, an abstract or official copy or certificate of the recording, registry, or enrollment of any vessel, in the office of any collector of the customs, or a license to any vessel for carrying on the coasting trade or fisheries of the United States, or a certificate of ownership, pass, passport, sea letter, or clearance, granted for any vessel, under the authority of the United States, or a permit, debenture, or other official document granted by any collector or other officer of the customs by virtue of his office; or whoever shall utter, publish, or pass, or attempt to utter, publish, or pass, as true, any such