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2ad: — Oue-third to go to the grantor or to his heirs or devisees for 

 the first hundred years, after that to the school or college which he 

 may name to receive the third one-third (this because of the diffi- 

 culty of the state keeping track of the grantor's heirs or devisees 

 and their heirs after one hundred years— and even that may be too 

 long a time to provide for). 



3rd: — The other third to go to such school, academy or college, 

 denominational, private or otherwise, as the grantor maj'- designate 

 either at the time of granting the land to the state or by his will or 

 by an instrument executed in the manner of a deed and recorded in 

 the county where the land is situated. In case of the failure of 

 such school, academy or college to exist, or in case of the grantor's 

 failing to designate such school, academy or college as beneficiary 

 of this last one-third of the income, then the same to go three-fourths 

 to the public schools of the state and one-fourth to the state univer- 

 sity. 



4:th: — There would be many details, of course, in such a sys- 

 tein to be provided for by legislation from time to time, as exigen- 

 cies arose. The inhabitants near large forest tracts would not like 

 to build roads, bridges and other improvements with untaxable 

 areas in their midst; roads would have to be cut through the state 

 forests; many farmers would want to cut the dead and down timber 

 and possibly might trespass on the live timber, some would want 

 to rent for pasture, use low places for meadows, cultivate places 

 barren of trees; town sites might need to be laid out on portions; 

 and many questions would arise of a semi-public policy nature> 

 which must be solved as time and the people only could sol ve them 

 Some tracts might have to be given up to culture in the future; in* 

 such cases the state would have to deed them; but in every such 

 case the proceeds should be divided as arranged by general law at 

 the inception of the plan. 



Gentlemen: — The plan above outlined is wholly in the rough, and 

 only presented for discussion. If worth considering as an outline, 

 a committee will be expected to work out the perfected plan, to be 

 presented to the state. I believe that no better investment can be 

 made by those having large areas of unsalable cut-over pine lands 

 than by thus placing the title in the state. The grantor accom- 

 plishes two most desirable objects: first, a safe, permanent future 

 investment for his estate; second, he places to the credit of a favor- 

 ite denotninational school or college a future income. Besides 

 these private objects, he becomes a public benefactor. He who shall 

 place his name in the recorded lists of contributors to a state fores- 

 try area may be sure that future generations will hold it in grate- 

 ful remembrance. 



Now, this plan was outlined only in the rough. It is worth con- 

 sidering that a committee was appointed by the lumbermen to 

 to whom I addressed this paper; they put upon that committee, Mr. 

 Beals, who is here present, and who has charge of the weather ser- 

 vice of this state; and Mr. Ayres, who is a practical woodsman. 

 They were invited to hear the discussion on the part of the 

 forestry association. Governor Pillsbury was kind enough to 



