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AN ACT 



TO ENCOURAGE THE PLANTING VXD CULTIVATION OF SHADE AND 

 FRUIT TREES UPON THE PUBLIC ROADS AND HIGHWAYS OF 

 THIS STATE. 



[Approved March 30th, 1868.] 



The People of the State of California, represented in Sen 7 Assembly, do 



enact as follows: 



Section 1. The Board of Supervisors of any count}' of this State 

 may, by an order of such Board, to he passed at a regular meeting - of 

 such Board and to be entered in the minutes thereof, authorize the plant- 

 ing and cultivation of shade and fruit trees, by persons owning lands in 

 such county, upon the public roads and highways adjacent to such lands. 



Sec. 2. The Board of Supervisors may, by order entered upon their 

 minutes, designate the roads or highways upon which such trees may be 

 planted, so describing such road, by reference to places and boundaries, 

 that the same may be readily ascertained. They shall also, in such 

 order, direct the species of trees to be so planted, their age when planted, 

 their distance from each other, and their position with reference to the 

 traveled road, and also all such other rules and regulations as they shall 

 deem proper to secure the proper planting, growth, and protection of 

 such trees, and also to prevent their obstructing the travel upon such 

 road. 



Sec. 3. Whenever any person shall plant, upon any public road, in 

 front of land owned by him, shade or fruit trees, in accordance with the 

 provisions of this Act, and also of such rules as the Board of Super- 

 visors may prescribe hereunder, such person so planting such trees shall 

 file with the Board of Supervisors of such count}- a written statement, 

 setting forth therein the road or places upon which such trees are 

 planted, the number and species of trees thus planted, and the time of 

 planting. 



Sec. 4. Four years from and after the date of planting such trees 

 and giving the notice as provided in section third, the person planting 

 such trees, or his legal representative, may present to the Board of 

 Supervisors of such county his statement in writing, verified by the 

 oath of such applicant, setting forth therein the number and species of 

 trees originally planted, when and by whom planted or caused to be 

 planted, and the number then living and in a thrifty condition; and for 

 any willful misstatement contained in such report the party making the 

 same may be prosecuted for the crime of perjury. 



Sec. 5. Upon filing such verified statement, the Board of Super- 

 visors of such county shall allow to the party making the same the sum 

 of one dollar for each and every tree so planted and growing thriftily, 

 the same to be audited and paid out of the General Fund of such 

 county as other claims are allowed, audited, and paid. 



Sec. 6. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to apply to 

 any trees planted before the passage of this Act, or unless planted and 

 cultivated as required by the orders of the Boards of Supervisors. 



Sec. 7. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage. 



You will see by the above that you are authorized by the Legislature 

 to encourage the planting of trees on either side of every public road in 



