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Rule 4. All competitors for the prizes shall tile in the office 

 of the State Forest Commissioner, their intention to compete, 

 together with a correct and definite survey and plan of the lot, 

 ten or more years before each award, and when such notice has 

 been filed, said lot shall be eligible although the ownership may 

 have changed. 



Rule 5. Myself and my heirs shall have the saine right as 

 others to compete for the prizes. 



Rule 6. In awarding prizes, other circumstances being equal, 

 the following conditions shall be considered in the order named : 



(a) Right number of trees per acre, (b) Even distribution 

 over whole lot. (c) Health and thriftiness of trees, (d) 

 Adaptation of the varieties of trees to the soil in which they 

 stand, (e) Uniformity of size of trees, (f) Size of trees, 

 (g) Size of the lot. 



Benjamin C. Jordan. 



Alfred, Maine. January 14, 1909. 



In accepting the ofifer the Legislature pa.ssed the following 

 resolve : 



Resolved, That the offer of Benjamin C. Jordan, of Alfred, Maine, 

 giving to the State of Maine, one thousand dollars, to be known as the 

 Jordan fund, conditions of which arc herewith annexed, be hereby ac- 

 cepted, and the conditions of which shall be carried out In* the State 

 Forest Cominissioner. 



The $1000.00 was deposited with the state treasurer by Air. 

 Jordan, as required during the year 1909, but up to this date no 

 applications have been filed with the department by anyone wish- 

 ing to compete for the prizes offered. 



