| Show E endro TIMBER TIMER LA laws lawil wil AND regula VIONS HON hox J L A soi sol commissioner of tho the L land hm published publish eda edh a C circular ercul ar of instructions I 1 eions to jahp aud and c ivers throughout the tho country containing matters of intent botho to tha tho people of ut utah ah it is app approved royed and coun counter tei tel signed by the secretary tary tars of the interior and the regulations therein r I 1 are in the nature of law I billig being made in accordance with the tife provisions 6 of f 46 an act 6 of f wu gresa approved june juno which reads ns follows an act ghe the he citizens of colorado aud tho acarl zeyrl j orlon teli feli and remove timber exl exi on t luo tuo e public domain lor for lud ud domestic purpose puk pur pose posa ze pe it enact enacted eld rid by he senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled that all citizens of the united ad amatea and other persons oona bond fide residents of the state of colorado or nevada or either elther of the territories of new now mexico arizona utah wyoming dakota idabo idaho or montana and ati all other min mineral erfil erbel districts of the united shall be and are hereby authorized and permitted erm to fell aud remove for building agricultural mining raining or othen other domestic purposes seg sev any timber or other trees i crowin growing ft or being on the public lan ian lands daavid das daa baid bald said sid did ian lan lands ds being mineral and not subject to entry under c existing laws of di the united states Bt a ates tes except for mineral jantry of said territories or districts of which buch such citizens or persons may bo be at the time bofia bonafide side fide residents subject to buch such rules and regulations as the secretary of the interior maj may ma prescribe for the protection of the timber and of the undergrowth growing upon such lands lauds and for other purposes iero pro eded the provisions of this thia act bhail ahall not extend to railroad corno corpo rations bec sec beca that it shall ahall bo be the duty of the register and receiver of df any local land office in whose district any mineral jand land may way be situated to ascertain from time to time whether any timber Is being cut or ased used sed sod upon any such lands except fon far the purposes authorize authorized d by this bot bob t ahl their thein respective laud districts and d if it so they shall lim am notify the commissioner of f the general land office of that meet feet and all hec hee necessary d expenses incurred in making such proper ex shall be paid and allowed such oX register ister lster and aud Ire lre celver receiver in making up their next quarterly accounts hec BEC 3 any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this act oi or any ru rules ies les and regulations in pursuance thereof made by the secretary of tho Interi interior br shall bo be guilty of a nii misdemeanor and upon conviction phail be fineu in any sum noi nol exe exceeding heding five hundred dallara dol do iiara llara ahu aull to chieu may be added imprisonment for any term not exceeding n six months tire the regulations houed issued by the com commissioner mioner ml oner so far as they affect the people in the territories orits ate here 1 si sic c 24 1 revised statutes is baill in ili foree in itt all of the theat afus afes and aud terri Terrt territories tories cuned in the bill aud and its provi lons lods may be bra enforced unforced as persons ing upun upon any uther other than lands which aiu aru lyl ill fact mineral or hivo hive h ivo ive aven withdrawn as such and dinall in all ail cases where sets s are ed upon the timber upon public lands lauds which are not mineral the trey trespassers passer will be prosecuted under unde r said section 2 bo unlawful for any person to cut or remove or cause to be autor cut or removed frum from any of tho mineral lands of the united states any timber or undergrowth of any kind hind whatsoever less than eight inches in diameter and any person so offending snail shall be liable to be fined in compliance with the provisions of the third section of said act in any bum sum not exceeding tive five hu hundred n dollars antl anti andai 6 which may be added imprisonment for any auy term not exceeding six alx lx month months 3 1 I shall be the duty of the ke be gister and alid tte ite rece Keco receiver colver iver lver of eash and every local loday hind laud office in whose district any mineral land may be situated to ascertain by personal observation atlon or by sending persons to examine the bame same from time to tinie time whether any timber ia is being cut dat or used use dupon upon aby such puch lands except forthe for the purpose of dor ir for agricultural mi nI hing or other domestic purposes or whether bily hily timber is cut cui in violation of these thle rules ond and regu jegu lations within their respect respective ivo land districts and if they d ascertain that there thoro is any such violation they shail abely report the same lo 10 this thia office giving i in detail the facts acts designating an fn g the location of the land and it surveyed giving riving description by legal subdivisions subdivision s giving the names and residences of persona who have violated the provisions of the act above referred to or the rules and regulations prescribed and also the names and residences of witnesses by whom the facts acts of such violation calk can be bo proven the act of Cong congress rees Tees which we have inserted above and aud the instructions of the i commissioner in 2 a anu act 3 relate only to mineral lands and the permission granted to fell timber thereon for building agricultural mining ur or other domestic par purposes poses doea does not extend to railroad corporation section 2461 of the xa B revised statutes referred to in the let paragraph of the commissioners instructions potions and which relates to non mineral lands lauds leada jeada as follows if any person shall cut or cause or procure to bo be cu autor cut cui tor or aid assist or 0 DO e employed m j loyed in cutting or shall wantonly ly destroy des trdy or cause or procure to be wantonly destroyed or aid assist or bo employed in wantonly destroying any live oak or red cedar trees or other timber standing growing or being any lands of the united states which in pursuance of any law passed or hereafter to be passed have been reserved or purchased for the use of the united states for bup Bap supplying plying or furnishing famishing timber for the navy of the united states or if any person shall remove or cause or procure to be removed or aidi aldi aid ald or assist stor etor or be employed in removing from any nay any say such iada ads which bave have been rese rose reserved rv ed or purchased any liveoak live oak or red cedar trees or other limber unless duly authorized BO so to do by orden order la writing welt writ jog log ofa ota of a competent officer and for the use of the navy of atthe the united states or if any person shall cut or cadee or procure to be cut or aid or assist or be employed in cut cutting ting tint any liveoak 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 acy liveoak live oak or red cedar trees or other timber from any other lands orthe of the united states stated acquired or hereafter to be acquired with intent to export dispose of use or employ the same in any manner whatsoever other than for the use of the navy of the united states every bueti such person shall pay a fine not less than triple the value of the trees tree or timber so cut destroyed or removed and shall be imprisoned not exceeding twelve months section of the revised statutes provides that all the penalties and forfeitures under the above section shall shail be sued for fori tori recovered ac under the directions of the secretary of the navy one half is to be paid to the informers and the other ia is to go to the navy pension fund but the secretary of or the navy is authorized to mitigate in whole or in part any fine or penalty eo so incurred it may be thought that the section conferring this power upon the secretary of the navy ia is repealed by an act of Con Congre congress gress gresA sd for the saie said of timber land laud approved jun june a 3 1878 but reference tolt to it will show that the law oni only V refers to the states of california oregon and nevada and washington territory section is therefore still in ill force as regards utah andall andali and all ali the other territories except washington the evident intention of section 2461 2481 was to preserve thel the timber on united unite d states land lands that could be used for the requirements of the navy the t timber imber growing upon nur mountain bights is not of thib thia character it is however absolutely necessary for the use and convenience ot of the settlers in the valley valleys val vai leys leya s and any obstruction in the W way ay of 91 their obtaining it for fuel fel fer fencing icIng leing or building purposes ia Is a barrier in the path of bf the pioneer and a stupid obstacle to the thu development of R the roky mountain region raglon it is irae that the act wo we publish he herewith gives bona ona tide fide settlers lib liberty eity elty to cut timber from the mineral lands but there are thrifty bettle bottle ments menta in all the territories adjacent J abent to timber spots not degl designated ignat edns edas as mineral lauds lauda but which are extremely difficult of access and totally useless for agricultural purposes poses this timber ia is of no value to the navy but id essential to the comfort convenience arid intact the civilized existence of odthe mhd settlers and to whom the lands pur dur chased from the government for farens and aud hom homesteads esteadA would beof be of little belle betie benefit fit without access to the timber in the rugged and oli on the enow snow crooned peaks we publish the laws lawe and regula eions id reference ii ie ference ferenee to these matter s for the information of the people of t the h tories tortes that they muy may obtain a full h the subject and d that wherein the law is obstructive ive lve and proscriptive irlby th ey may be ba led tb to take proper measures fo its modification tio 16 or repeal CHRISTIAN CONSIST ENOY an eastern exchange we learn that schuyle r colfax spoke his piece on polygamy at the recent fair in syracuse new york ho he told the assembly that all that was wag necessary was wag for orthe the sovereigns of the land to speak the word earnestly firmly decisively and asked d 11 will you do it I 1 of course a great portion of the audience le te spondee with a yote vote polygamy ought now to consider itself disposed of but somehow ib it does not appear to be much affected by either seuy sedy scuyler ier ler col coi colfax fax repetition of misrepresentations misrepresentation or the ino luo momentary enthus larm of audiences worked bp by dram dramatic abic declamation the unpopularity of a doctrine is no proof of it its error and the outcry of the populace against a custom or a community does not the righteousness of any cause neither is it a signor sign or shadow of danger tha that which may arouse the anger of a multitude today to day may be received by them as praiseworthy y and of good report tomorrow to morrow and crowds of 6 sc c offers are not turned f la a tb bealo zealous as converts but we are amused at the re marks markrof of some members of the press in places where the colfax platitudes find public utterance hore is a specimen paragraph althe the time when polygamy in th this is country will be entirely rooted out and exterminated is not far distant bardh and nd th the sooner this disgusting an and disgraceful lagrace ful rul c custom u tom of the tho mor in utah Is abolished the better for the fair fame of the united states A terrible rumpus ia Is raised over the marital relations of portion 0 of f a body of people mustering in the aggregate not more than one hundred and fifty thousand and situated in thes they val vai vales es of the rocky mountains thousand of miles away from the self righteous souls who affect to be so dreadfully disturbed about the matter yet right light under their piously elevated noses are positive which are eating away hway the very statue and of society persons whose lives are devoted to profligacy numbering more t han than the whole population of ahmay Ut utah may be found in a single state and indeed within tbell mits of a EL eloile eastern city yet the snuffling Peck sniffs who are horrified because some men med in utah actually marry more wives than pile one f pass pabs along t scent scenting abiff af pf the feStering corruption which is all around them and jostling against them they mighty is sleek aleek humbug glib tongued are the tho Christ christian lan ian phail sees seea of the nineteenth century of whom Mo biller colfax Is a smiling chief we do not mention the polygamy which they rail at in connection with the social horrors which they wink at because there is anything in common between the former and the latter but merely to the cant and pretense of the would be destroyers of mor mormon mon religious fait falt faith falth harld Karld and practice but it is sometimes objected social evils of V vast ast extent and deadly effect prevail it Is true in the great cities of the union but they exist exis t in de flance defiance of public opinion while polygamy DOly gaMy is countenanced and practiced practised r as proper i and divine the former formed exists in s ecret secret who in duge indulge in it know that it is wrong whong while the mormons cormons Mor mons openly pro craim their right to I 1 live id plural idral marriage just so if we did not believe and declare our social relations eions to bo be proper and in accordance with our religious belief there wo would uld not be so bo much objection if WB would follow theas hion of the world and indulge in secret heerot uil forbidden lugas ou our doing doings lie tie be wink winked edat ati afi arid and we would pass muster master with the outwardly respectable who mingle with the best society I 1 if f iq not tha the essential act that horrifies tl the anti antl polygamist writer and und leei leet lecturer but the open justification of it inthe hea heart rt and creed of the dived A mormon lormon tius thus the sebret secret debauchee may go on unpunished be into ino the social cial clai eirdie circlet be honored by the tho respectable pec table pf af both sex bex sexes es be elevated into the highest 0 offices in the thu country while the toe man who lse lie believes 11 evies he d doos does gis ais is right i and i is governed by the per percella percepts ceplA a and nule iule le les 4 of his church anci and so society clety is q be condemned abused prosecuted md nd imprisoned hypocrisy is thus exalted as 0 virtue sincerity ine Inc erIty ser see a as a crime this tais jq 3 all in jil accordance with the tho antl anti in po ag yg amo act c of congress M y wives ely gly e I 1 is s made a in punishable onnen 6 0 in jn utah I 1 cohabiting with women without marrin marriage goJa ia left free and where do we read in the long lists of Ot crimes which appear in the daily paper married gentlemen being prosecuted c tor for keeping yet opp the practice f ee Is well known to he be cor common ambil all aver ajer ayer oyer the united states erpf in utah and the tho vury very men and women who engage inor wink at these illicit rations rat jons are those who raise the greatest outcry against the cormons mormons Mor mons for marrying nit alt a the women wi with qi whom they live and acknowledging caring for and educating all nil the 0 ot t whom they ato are the fathers A and 11 d this custom of marrying not cohabiting with mi re tha than a duo due is the disgraceful thing that modern |
