Acts of Corit/ri'*.-: i-Jtitiinj to T'nnln i- A'/V/A/s. ;:', 



planting begun under former acts were complied with. It may have 

 been done under the manner prescribed by cither of these act-. 



IHI With re.-'pect to the kind; of trees that might be regarded 

 as timber trees, within the meaning cf the law, the following were 

 specified, vi/>. : "Ash, alder, beech, birch, black-walnut, bass wood, 

 black-locnst, cedar, chestnut, cottonwood, elm, fir, including spr 1 

 hickory, honey-locust, larch, maple, including lxx-elder, oak, pine, 

 plaii'-tree. otherwi.-e called cotton-tree, buttonwood or sycan: 

 service-tree, otherwise called mountain-ash, white-walnut, othcr\\i>e 

 called butternut, white-willow, and whitewood, otherwise called 

 tulip-tree." 



341. The above li.-t was only intended as a general guide, and 

 will not be construed to exclude any trees falling within the descrip- 

 tion of it jni/.ed in the neighborhood as of value for timber, 

 or lor commercial purposes, or lor firewood and domestic use. 1 



342. The- preparati >n of the land and the planting t' trees being 

 acts of cultivation, the time s employed is t > be counted as a part 

 of the eight years of cultivation required bylaw. Final pro- f must 

 be made i:i person, with his. witnesses, and i;i the Land 1 Strict where 

 the land is located. The testimony must !>. given before a Jud-e 

 or Clerk of a court of record in that Land District, and the identity 

 and credibility of the party making the affidavit must be certified 

 by the officer administering the oath. 



343. The sum of $4, in addition to the amount paid upon entry, 

 must be paid when the final proof is made. N > additional fees are 

 required or allowed. 



344. By official rulings entries by subdivisions of quarter-sections 

 may be made, if in the >ame section, and in a compact body, not 

 exceeding lb'0 acres in all. \Yheiv an entry is made upon ji claim 

 that has been abandoned after breaking or planting, the second 

 party is not entitled to any allowances for the work done. After 

 entry of 100 acres, if from sickness the party can not complete the 



1 Tliis ^cm-nil permission \vas granted by a decision of February 10, 1882. 

 The omi.-sions in tl e list previously enumerated had given rise to severe ( -riti 

 cisms. Either of the following iniulil in some localities be found worth cul- 

 tivating as t'mher trees. ai:d several of them may be classed among the 

 more valuable kmd-s viz: Ailanthus, blue-beech, cherry ((-specially the 

 black cherry,) gum-trees, hackberry, iron-wood, osage-orange, peach, pear, 

 apple, plum, etc. 



