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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 607. Cutting and removal of timber on certain public lands for certain purposes
In the States of Alaska, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, North Dakota,
and South Dakota, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona, and the gold
and silver regions of Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, and
Utah in any criminal prosecution or civil action by the United
States for a trespass on such public timber lands or to recover
timber or lumber cut thereon it shall be a defense if the defendant
shall show that the said timber was so cut or removed from the
timber lands for use in such State by a resident thereof for
agricultural, mining, manufacturing, or domestic purposes under
rules and regulations made and prescribed by the Secretary of the
Interior and has not been transported out of the same, but nothing
herein contained shall operate to enlarge the rights of any railway
company to cut timber on the public domain. The Secretary of the
Interior may make suitable rules and regulations to carry out the
provisions of this section, and he may designate the sections or
tracts of land where timber may be cut, and it shall not be lawful
to cut or remove any timber except as may be prescribed by such
rules and regulations, but this section shall not operate to repeal
sections 604 to 606 of this title.
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