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-EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- Sec. 1853. Trees cut or injured -STATUTE- Whoever unlawfully cuts, or wantonly injures or destroys 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, or any Indian allotment while the title to the same shall be held in trust by the Government, or while the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee without the consent of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 787; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 104 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 50, 35 Stat. 1098; June 25, 1910, ch. 431, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 857). Reference to persons aiding or procuring was deleted as unnecessary since such persons are made principals by section 2 of this title. Maximum fine was increased from $500 to $1,000 to conform to other comparable sections of this chapter. (See sections 1851 and 1852 of this title.) Minor changes were also made in phraseology. AMENDMENTS 1996 - Pub. L. 104-294 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $1,000". -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 16 section 552d. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1854 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- Sec. 1854. Trees boxed for pitch or turpentine -STATUTE- Whoever cuts, chips, chops, or boxes 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 Whoever buys, trades for, or in any manner acquires any pitch, turpentine, or other substance, or any article or commodity made from any such pitch, turpentine, or other substance, with knowledge that the same has been so unlawfully obtained - Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 788; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 105 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 51, 35 Stat. 1098). Reference to persons aiding, encouraging, or causing was deleted as unnecessary since such persons are made principals by section 2 of this title. Maximum fine was increased from $500 to $1,000 to conform to other comparable sections of this chapter. (See sections 1851 and 1852 of this title.) Minor changes also were made in phraseology. AMENDMENTS 1996 - Pub. L. 104-294 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $1,000" in last par. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1855 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- Sec. 1855. Timber set afire -STATUTE- Whoever, willfully and without authority, sets on fire any timber, underbrush, or grass or other inflammable material upon the public domain or upon any lands owned or leased by or under the partial, concurrent, or exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, or under contract for purchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceedings have been instituted, or upon any Indian reservation or lands belonging to or occupied by any tribe or group of Indians under authority of the United States, or upon any Indian allotment while the title to the same shall be held in trust by the Government, or while the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee without the consent of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. This section shall not apply in the case of a fire set by an allottee in the reasonable exercise of his proprietary rights in the allotment. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 788; Pub. L. 100-690, title VI, Sec. 6254(j), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4368.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 106 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 52, 35 Stat. 1098; Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 472, Sec. 1, 55 Stat. 763). Surplus verbiage and unnecessary enumerations were omitted. Words "without authority" were inserted near beginning of section so as to remove any doubt as to scope or meaning of section. Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of "principal" in section 2 of this title. Minor verbal changes were made. AMENDMENTS 1988 - Pub. L. 100-690 substituted "under this title" for "not more than $5,000" in first par. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1856 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- Sec. 1856. Fires left unattended and unextinguished -STATUTE- Whoever, having kindled or caused to be kindled, a fire in or near any forest, timber, or other inflammable material upon any lands owned, controlled or leased by, or under the partial, concurrent, or exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, including lands under contract for purchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceedings have been instituted, and including any Indian reservation or lands belonging to or occupied by any tribe or group of Indians under the authority of the United States, or any Indian allotment while the title to the same is held in trust by the United States, or while the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee without the consent of the United States, leaves said fire without totally extinguishing the same, or permits or suffers said fire to burn or spread beyond his control, or leaves or suffers said fire to burn unattended, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 788; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 107 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 53, 35 Stat. 1908; June 25, 1910, ch. 431, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 857; Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 472, Sec. 2, 55 Stat. 764). Words "without hard labor" which followed "six months" and preceded "or both" were omitted as unnecessary. (See reviser's note under section 1 of this title.) Enumeration of applicable condemnation statutes was deleted and section extended and made applicable to all lands in process of condemnation by the government. This does no violence to the intent of Congress and clarifies the section considerably. Other changes in phraseology were made. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $500". -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1857 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- Sec. 1857. Fences destroyed; livestock entering -STATUTE- Whoever knowingly and unlawfully breaks, opens, or destroys any gate, fence, hedge, or wall inclosing any lands of the United States reserved or purchased for any public use; or Whoever drives any cattle, horses, hogs, or other livestock upon any such lands for the purposes of destroying the grass or trees on said lands, or where they may destroy the said grass or trees; or Whoever knowingly permits his cattle, horses, hogs, or other livestock to enter through any such inclosure upon any such lands of the United States, where such cattle, horses, hogs, or other livestock may or can destroy the grass or trees or other property of the United States on the said lands - Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. This section shall not apply to unreserved public lands. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 788; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 111 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 56, 35 Stat. 1099). Minor changes were made in phraseology. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $500" in fourth par. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1858 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- Sec. 1858. Survey marks destroyed or removed -STATUTE- Whoever willfully destroys, defaces, changes, or removes to another place any section corner, quarter-section corner, or meander post, on any Government line of survey, or willfully cuts down any witness tree or any tree blazed to mark the line of a Government survey, or willfully defaces, changes, or removes any monument or bench mark of any Government survey, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 789; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 111 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 57, 35 Stat. 1099). Minor changes were made in phraseology. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $250". -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1859 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- Sec. 1859. Surveys interrupted -STATUTE- Whoever, by threats or force, interrupts, hinders, or prevents 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 Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 789; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 42, 63 Stat. 95; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(J), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1948 ACT Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 112 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 58, 35 Stat. 1099). Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. Minor changes were made in phraseology. 1949 ACT This section [section 42] substitutes, in section 1859 of title 18, U.S.C., "Director of the Bureau of Land Management" for "Commissioner of the General Land Office," in view of the abolishment of the General Land Office, and the office of Commissioner thereof, by 1946 Reorganization Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, effective July 16, 1946 (11 F.R. 7876). Such plan consolidated the functions of the General Land Office and of the Grazing Service to form a new agency, the Bureau of Land Management, in the Department of the Interior and headed by a Director. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $3,000". 1949 - Act May 24, 1949, substituted "Director of the Bureau of Land Management" for "Commissioner of the General Land Office". -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1860 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- Sec. 1860. Bids at land sales -STATUTE- Whoever bargains, contracts, or agrees, or attempts to bargain, contract, or agree with another that such other shall not bid upon or purchase any parcel of lands of the United States offered at public sale; or Whoever, by intimidation, combination, or unfair management, hinders, prevents, or attempts 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 $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 789.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 113 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 59, 35 Stat. 1099). Imprisonment provision was reduced from "two years" to "one year," thus placing the offense in the category of misdemeanors which may be prosecuted on information. The lesser punishment seems adequate. Minor changes were made in phraseology and arrangement. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1861 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- Sec. 1861. Deception of prospective purchasers -STATUTE- Whoever, for a reward paid or promised to him in that behalf, undertakes to locate for an intending purchaser, settler, or entryman any public lands of the United States subject to disposition under the public-land laws, and who willfully and falsely represents to such intending purchaser, settler, or entryman that any tract of land shown to him is public land of the United States subject to sale, settlement, or entry, or that it is of a particular surveyed description, with intent to deceive the person to whom such representation is made, or who, in reckless disregard of the truth, falsely represents to any such person that any tract of land shown to him is public land of the United States subject to sale, settlement, or entry, or that it is of a particular surveyed description, thereby deceiving the person to whom such representation is made, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 789; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(F), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 114 (Feb. 23, 1917, ch. 115, 39 Stat. 936). Words "deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and" which preceded "punished" were omitted as unnecessary in view of definitive section 1 of this title. Minor changes were made in phraseology. -REFTEXT- REFERENCES IN TEXT The public-land laws, referred to in text, are classified generally to Title 43, Public Lands. -MISC2- AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $300". -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1862 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- [Sec. 1862. Repealed. Pub. L. 95-200, Sec. 3(c), Nov. 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 1428] -MISC1- Section, act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 789, imposed a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than six months as the penalty for knowingly trespassing upon the reserve known as the Bull Run National Forest in the Cascade Mountains. See note set out under section 482b of Title 16, Conservation, for the remainder of Pub. L. 95-200, including savings provisions therein, which in addition to repealing this section created the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Mount Hood National Forest. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1863 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- Sec. 1863. Trespass on national forest lands -STATUTE- Whoever, without lawful authority or permission, goes upon any national-forest land while it is closed to the public pursuant to lawful regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. -SOURCE- (Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 43, 63 Stat. 95; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES This section [section 43] incorporates in revised title 18, U.S.C., as section 1863 thereof, and with changes in phraseology, the provisions of act of February 10, 1948 (ch. 51, 62 Stat. 19), which was not incorporated in title 18 when the revision was enacted. The phrase "without hard labor" is omitted from the punishment clause as unnecessary, in conformity with the uniform style of such title. (See reviser's note to sec. 1 of such revised title, appearing in H. Rept. No. 304, April 24, 1947, to accompany H.R. 3190, 80th Cong. (pp. A2, A4 of such report).) The concluding proviso that "nothing herein shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under other law to otherwise provide for regulating the occupancy and use of national-forest lands and lands administered by the Forest Service", is omitted as surplusage. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $500". -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1864 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS -HEAD- Sec. 1864. Hazardous

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