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3d. In forest renewal by natural and artificial means because this 

 is the foundation of sustained yield. 



4th. In providing technical assistance in organizing private forests 

 for sustained yield. 



5th. In establishing a system of forest taxation which levies an 

 annual tax on the land and a yield tax on the timber when it is cut. 



6th. In developing forest units for sustained yield under multiple 

 private ownership and private and public ownership combined. 



7th. In promoting the acquisition of private forest land by the 

 States and communities. 



(c). To acquire for the United States the title or control of forest 

 lands both timbered and cut over : 



1st. By purchase of the entire fee or of surface right. 



2d. By a system of long-time leases. 



3d. By designation general areas within which title to all forest 

 lands should pass to the Government by condemnation upon the com- 

 pletion of cutting operations. 



4th. By gift. 



oth. By defraying the additional expenses of regulated logging in 

 designated general areas as a means of acquiring title or control. 



6th. By the issuance of certificates receivable in payment for Na- 

 tional Forest timber, ripe and approved for cutting, to be cut under 

 National Forest rules and regulations, such certificates to be used for 

 the purchase of title to land (entire fee or surface) and forest areas 

 privately owned within or adjacent to National Forests, figures to be 

 established by Government appraisal. 



(d.) To secure long-time loans on private forest property at low- 

 rates of interest through a credit system similar to that to farmers 

 through the Federal Farm Loan payments. 



(e). To co-operate and aid in working out an acceptable forest fire 

 insurance system. 



Article III. Providing with appropriate penalties for the enforce- . 

 ment of the law. 



The penalty for non-enforcement of minimum requirements by the 

 States to be the withholding of all financial aid by the Federal govern- 

 ment. 



