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 450 Trrnm xxx1x.--THE PUBLIC LANDS.-—Ch. 11. _26J¤¤e.1856,<·- applicableto all cases of suspended entries and locations, which have eighteen hundred and fifty-six, as well as to all cases of a similar kind which may hereafter occur, embracing as well locations under bounty- land warrants as ordinary entries or sales, including homestead entries and pre-emption locations or cases: where the law has been substantially complied with, and the error or informahty arose from ignorance, accident, or mistake which is satisfactorily explained; and w ere the rights of no other claimant or pre-emptor are prejudiced, or where there is no adverse claim. Live-oak and Sec. 2458. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, under the direcged-¢¤d¤r l¤¤d¤· tion of the President, to cause such vacant and unappropriated lands of 1 Mar., 1817, c. the United States as produce the live-oak and re -cedar timbers to be A 2211* LV-3. P· 347- explored, and selection to be made of such tracts_ or portions thereof, ,3é5$IQY· 18g,?, °‘ where the principal growth is of `either of such timbers, as in his ]udg- 94,s.3,v.-1, .242. the same. Sclectionth live- Sec. 2459. The President is authorized to appoint surveyors of public eek 9-**** ’*‘d·°°d” lands, who shall perform the duties prescribe in the preceding section, ESS?' ___ and report to him the tracts by them selected, with the boundaries ascer- 1 Mar., 1817, v. tained and accurately designated by actual survey or water-courses; and 21 €· l·"· 3· P· 3**1 the tracts of land thus selected with the approbation of the President shall be reserved, unless otherwise directed by law, from any future sale of the public lands, and be appropriated to the sole purpose of supplying timber for the Navy of the United States; hut nothing in this section contained shall be construed to prejudice the prior rights of any person claiming lands, which may be reserved in the manner herein rovided. Protection of Sec. 2460. The President is authorized to employ so much of) the land li\‘€·¤¤l< wd fed- and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary effectually to ""d*“` t‘“‘l"“L__ A prevent the felling, cuttin down, or other destruction of the timber of 23 Feb., 1822, c. the United States in Florida, and to revent the transportation or car- 9» V- 3- P- 651- ryin away any such timber as may he already felled or cut down; and to taie such other and further measures as may be deemed advisable for the preservation of the timber of the United States in Florida. Cutting or de- Sec. 2-161. If any person shall cut, or cause or procure to be cnt, or ¤*¤1¢¤°¤ of l“‘°· aid, assist, or be employed in cutting., or shall wantonly destroy, or cause Lzhaga ""l"°d"* or procure to be wantonly destroyed, or aid, assist, or be employed in ..  · wantonly destroying any live-oak or red-cedar trees, or other timber 662F¥“:Q·r,l$3l,»_;· standing, growing, or being on any lands of the United States, which, in ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’p‘' pursuance of any aw passed, or hereafter to be passed, have been reserved or purchased for the use of the United States, for supplying or furnishing therefrom timber for the Navy of the United States; or if any person shall remove, or cause or procure to be removed, or aid, or assist, or be employed in removing from any such lands which have been reserved or purchased. any live—oak or red-cedar trees, or other timber, unless duly authorized so to do, by order, in writing, of a competent officer, and for the use of the Navy of the United States; or if any person shall cut, or cause or procure to be cut, or aid, or assist, or be employed in cutting any live-oak or red—cedar trees, or other timber on, or shall remove, or cause or procure to be removed, or aid, or assist, or be employed in removing any l1ve-oak or red-cedar trees or other timber, from any other lands of the United States, acquired, or hereafter to be acquired, with intent to export, dispose of, use, or em loy the same in any manner whatsoever, other than for the use of the Navy of the United States; everv such person shall pay a fine not less than triple the value of the trees or timber so cut, destroyed, or removed, and shall be imprisoned not exceeding twelve months. [s••5 nm.] Xesselsemployed _ Sr-1c. 2-162. If the master, owner, or consignee of any vessel shall know- {;:_;*;;’,g':¥“,**;}§; ingly take on board any timber cut on lands which have been reserved (_,,dm,’,0,,,e,,mc0,_ or lpurchased as in the preceding section prescribed, without proper Tilméé} c. authority, and for the use of the Navvof the United States; or shall 6,,, _··2,`_1·_,’  ,,,2: take pn board any live-oak or red—cedar timber cut on any ot.her lands of the L mted States, with intent to transport the same to any port or pls0G
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