16 USC § 373 - Injuries to property

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s373"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 373 - Injuries to property"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "373"
section_name: "Injuries to property"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XL"
subchapter_name: "HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Apr. 20, 1904, ch. 1400, § 3, 33 Stat. 187.)"
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# § 373. Injuries to property

section 372 of this title

Any person who shall, within the tract mentioned in , 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.

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