16 U.S.C. § 373 — Injuries to property

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Damaging buildings, plants, minerals, or other property within the Hot Springs area described in section 372 is a misdemeanor. A conviction carries a fine of up to $100 plus the costs of the case.

Anyone who, within the tract described in section 372 of this title, causes damage, injury, or destruction to a building, fence, hedge, gate, guidepost, tree, wood, underwood, timber, garden, crops, vegetables, plants, land, spring, mineral deposit, natural curiosity, or anything else growing or located there, is guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction, that person must pay a fine of up to $100 and cover all costs of the legal proceedings.

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Any person who shall, within the tract mentioned in section 372 of this title, commit any damage, injury, or spoliation to or upon any building, fence, hedge, gate, guidepost, tree, wood, underwood, timber, garden, crops, vegetables, plants, land, springs, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or other matter or thing growing or being thereon, or situated therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $100 and be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings.

Source credit: (Apr. 20, 1904, ch. 1400, § 3, 33 Stat. 187.)

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1904Enacted · Act of Apr. 20, 1904, ch. 1400 · 33 Stat. 187

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