§ 1855. — Timber set afire.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1855]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 91--PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 1855. Timber set afire
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.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 788; Pub. L. 100-690, title VI,
Sec. 6254(j), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4368.)
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.
