CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX OF ACTS OF CONGRESS.

Mar. 3, 1875 (18 Stat., 482):

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Railroad rights of way

79
Mar. 3, 1877 (19 Stat., 377):
Desert-land laws.

72
(For amendment see pp. 74 and 75.)
June 3, 1878 (20 Stat., 89):
Timber and stone act.

68
Timber in mineral districts may he cut under regulations of Secretary of
the Interior ....

104
May 14, 1880 (21 Stat., 140):
Settlement rights, time for filing.

46
Feb. 25, 1885 (23 Stat., 321):
Unlawful fencing..

106
June 4, 1888 (25 Stat., 166):
Penalty for timber trespass...

103
June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 661):
Sale of timber....

11,96
Aug. 30, 1890 (26 Stat., 371, p. 391):
Right of way reserved for ditches and canals constructed by authority of
Government.

81
Mar. 3, 1891 (26 Stat., 1093):
Suits to cancel patent; timber trespass.

94
Mar. 3, 1891 (26 Stat., 1095):
Creation of National Forests.

9
Amending desert-land law.

72
Irrigation rights of way.

81
Timber from public timber lands..

105
Defenses....

105
Agricultural, mining, etc., uses..

105
Auġ. 4, 1892 (27 Stat., 548):
Entry of lands chiefly valuable for building stone under the placer-mining
laws..

59
May 14, 1896 (29 Stat., 120):
Electric power---permissive rights of way...

83
Feb. 11, 1897 (29 Stat., 526):

Entry and patenting of lands containing petroleum and other mineral oils
under the placer-mining laws.....

59
June 4, 1897 (30 Stat., 11):

President empowered to revoke, modify, or suspend Executive orders or
proclamations..

9
Administration...

10
Timber-sales provisions, as amended by act June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 661).. 96
Free use, timber and stone..

Feb. 1, 1905 (33 Stat., 628):

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Transfer act....

9
Forest officers to be selected from States where forests are situated.

24
Rights of way for municipal and mining purposes, etc..

84
Pulp wood and wood pulp may be exported from 'Alaska.

98
Feb. 6, 1905 (33 Stat., 700):
Arrests by forest officers.

110
Feb, 8, 1905 (33 Stat., 706):
Reclamation Service may use material from National Forests. ....

98
June 8, 1906 (34 Stat., 225):
Preservation of American antiquities...

23
National monuments..

23
Destruction of historic and prehistoric monuments and ruins prohibited.. 109
Penalty..

109
June 11, 1906 (34 Stat., 233):
Forest homesteads.

34
June 29, 1906 (34 Stat., 607):
Grand Canyon game refuge.

17
June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 669):
Timber sales in California.

11,97
Feb. 8, 1907 (34 Stat., 883):
Agricultural lands, Black Hills Forest Reserve.

35
Mar. 4, 1907 (34 Stat., 1256):

Designation of forest reserves.
No new forests to be created in certain States.

9
Photographs may be sold-Disposition of condemned property.

29
Forest revenues covered into Treasury.

120
Refunds..

120
Mar. 28, 1908 (35 Stat., 52):
Amending desert-land laws..

74
May 23, 1908 (35 Stat., 251):
Leave of absence and sick leave in field service....

24
Cooperation with other departments..

24
25 per cent of receipts to States and Territories..

118
Advances to field parties for fighting fires...

119
May 30, 1908 (35 Stat., 554):
Amendment, section 1, forest homestead act...

· 36
May 30, 1908 (35 Stat., 556):
Compensation for injuries sustained in hazardous work.

25
Mar. 4, 1909, Criminal Code (35 Stat., 1088, 1098):
Sec. 32. False personation, etc...

108
Sec. 46. Robbery of United States property.

108
Sec. 47. Embezzlement, theft, etc...

108
Sec. 48. Receiving stolen property.

108
Sec. 49. Timber trespasses...

103
Cutting and removal of timber from public lands.

103
Rights of claimants under land laws.

103
Sec. 50. Cutting timber from reserved land.

103
Sec. 51. Boxing for turpentine.

103
Sec. 52 and 53. Setting fires..

105
Sec. 54. Fines go to school fund.

105
Sec. 55. Trespass on Bull Run Forest.

109
Sec. 56. Breaking inclosures..

108
Permitting stock to trespass.

108
Sec. 57. Destroying Government survey corners, etc...

108
Sec. 60. Malicious destruction of United States telephone or telegraph
lines....

107
Sec. 84. Hunting, etc., on bird refuges..
Sec. 125. Perjury..

109
June 29, 1909 (36 Stat., 11, p. 78):
Tariff act—Plants, trees, etc., imported free...

99
May 26, 1910 (36 Stat., 416):
Annual estimates, etc.

118
June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 847):
Authorizing President to make withdrawals....

22
Indian allotments in National Forests.....

91

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97

Feb. 3, 1911 (36 Stat., 896):

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Second homestead entries.

46
Mar. 1, 1911 (36 Stat., 961):
Weeks' law....

17
Mar. 3, 1911 (36 Stat., 1084):
Canceled or relinquished entries reinstated, etc....

46
Contests, preference rights.
Mar. 4, 1911 (36 Stat., 1235):
Buildings, limit of cost.

27
Transmission lines..

84
Traveling expenses.

119
Transportation of effects.

119
Refund amendment..

120
Mar. 11, 1912 (37 Stat., 74):
Compensation to employees injured in hazardous work..

25
June 6, 1912 (37 Stat., 123);
Three-year-homestead' law.

44
(For amendment see p. 46.)
July 3, 1912 (37 Stat., 188): amendment section 4, forest homestead act...... 36
Aug. 10, 1912 (37 Stat., 269):
Appropriation for purchase of lands continued..

20
Surveys by Forest Service....

36
Listed lands remain in forest until patented.

36
Agricultural appropriation act-Segregation of agricultural lands.

36
Timber sales to settlers and farmers at cost...
Traveling expenses..

120
Per diem fixed by Secretary.

120
Street car fares...

120
Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 455):
Amending three-year-homestead law...

46
Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 539):
Removal of employees from classified service.

27
Aug. 26, 1912 (37 Stat., 595):
Transfers from lump sum appropriations....

121
Mar. 4, 1913 (37 Stat., 828):
Rights of way over lands acquired under the Weeks law.

21
Fire protection of lands acquired under the Weeks law.

21
Amendment of section 13 of Weeks law....

21
Leave of absence to employees in Alaska...

24
Additional 10 per cent of National Forest receipts for construction of roads.

28
Construction of telephone lines for protective purposes.

27
Reimbursement for property lost, damaged, or destroyed.

28
Classification and segregation of agricultural lands within National Forests.. 36
Exchange of school lands with the State of Montana..

78
Young trees furnished free, Nebraska National Forest.

98
Transfer of employees from lump-sum roll.

121
Contributions toward cooperative work..

119
Reimbursement for property lost, damaged, or destroyed.

120
Sept. 30, 1913 (38 Stat., 113):
Opening to entry restored lands

95
June 30, 1914 (38 Stat., 415):
Amendment of section 13 of Weeks law...

21
Construction of ranger stations within fields of bona fide homestead settlers. 28
Classification and segregation of agricultural lands within National Forests.. 37
Disposition of moneys received toward cooperative work.

28, 119
Purchase of tree seed..

121
Sept. 5, 1914 (38 Stat., 712):
Second homestead and desert entries ...

46
Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1095):
Limitation of cost of buildings..

27
Sale or exchange of animals or animal products.

28
Classification and segregation of agricultural lands within National Forests.. 37
Exchange of school lands with the State of Washington.

78
Occupancy permits for summer homes, hotels, stores, etc.

93
Export of timber from States or Territories..

97
Free use of earth, stone, and timber by Navy....

98