FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 8l 



number than six hundred and forty on each acre and well dis- 

 tributed over the same, then, on application of the owner or 

 occupant thereof to the assessors of the town in which such land 

 is situated, the same shall be exempt from taxation for twenty 

 years after the expiration of said three years, provided, that said 

 applicant at the same time files with said assessors a correct 

 plan of such land with a description of its location, and a state- 

 ment of all the facts in relation to the growth and cultivation 

 of said incipient forest ; provided, further, that such grove or 

 plantation of trees is during that period kept alive and in a 

 thriving condition. 



(Approved March 24, 1909) 



Senate Document 160 — Synopsis. 



Under the provisions of a gift of Benjamin C. Jordan, five 

 prizes are to be awarded to the owners of the best forest 

 plantations. The prizes range from twenty-five dollars to five 

 hundred dollars, and are awarded at intervals of eighteen years. 

 The first award will be made on January i, 1929. Competitors 

 must register their lots and the judging will be done in accord- 

 ance with a set of rules that may be obtained from the forest 

 commissioner at Augusta. 



