Trees boxed for pitch or turpentine
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
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 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
History: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 788 (PDF, 39 MB); Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)
Simplified explanation
It is a federal crime to cut, chip, or box trees on U.S. lands (or lands under a pending federal land claim) to get pitch, turpentine, or similar substances. It is also a crime to buy or acquire such substances, or products made from them, knowing they were taken this way.