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SEC. 6. The corporate authorities aforesaid shall provide by ordinance the distance 

 from the side of the street that trees shall be planted, and the size thereof. 



SEC. 7. Provided, The owner of any lot or lots may plant trees adjacent thereto 

 where ordered as above, in the manner and of the size prescribed, and on making 

 proof thereof by affidavit to the collector, said affidavit shall exempt said owner 

 from the payment of the aforesaid tax. 



SEC. 8. Any person who shall materially injure or shall destroy the shade tree or 

 trees of another, or permit his animals to destroy them, shall be liable to a fine of 

 not less than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars for each tree thus injured or 

 destroyed, which fine shall be collected on complaint of any person or persons before 

 any court of proper jurisdiction. One-half of all fines thus collected shall be paid 

 to the owner of the trees injured or destroyed; the other half shall be paid into the 

 school fund. 



SEC. 9. That this act shall not apply to any person that is occupant of any busi- 

 ness lot without his consent. 



SEC. 10. That when any person shall plant and properly cultivate for the term of 

 five years, six rows of trees, eight feefapart, and the trees four feet apart in the 

 row along either the north section or the half section line, running east and west, 

 said rows to be not nearer to the said north section or half section line than four feet 

 or to the south line of any road which may be laid out on said north section or half 

 section line; or when any person shall fill out to the standard above prescribed, and 

 keep the same in a proper state of cultivation for the time above stated, any rows 

 of trees that may have previously been planted along said north section or half sec- 

 tion line, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners to pay such person, by 

 warrant on the county treasurer, a sum of money, amounting to three dollars and 

 thirty-three cents per acre, for each acre so planted and cultivated annually, so long 

 as the same is planted and kept growing and in a proper state of cultivation, 

 for a period not to exceed the space of five years, and to an extent not to exceed 

 three acres of land. 



SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of the assessor of each precinct to make proper exam- 

 ination and report to the county commissioners, at the time of his annual report, the 

 condition of all timber so planted and cultivated under the provisions of this act. 



How firmly the tree-planting idea has taken hold of the people of 

 Nebraska is further shown by a joint resolution adopted by the last 

 legislature, and approved April 4, 1895 : 



Whereas the State of Nebraska has heretofore, in a popular sense, been desig- 

 nated by names not in harmony with its history, industry, or ambition; and 



Whereas the State of Nebraska is preeminently a tree-planting State ; and 



Whereas numerous worthy and honorable State organizations have, by resolu- 

 tion, designated Nebraska as the " Tree Planter's State ;" Therefore, be it 



Resolved by the legislature of the State of Nebraska, That Nebraska shall hereafter, 

 in a popular sense, be known and referred to as the " Tree Planter's State." 



To this may be added, not inappropriately, another joint resolution 

 adopted at the same session, which is an outgrowth of the same senti- 

 ment as that which led to the adoption of the popular name, " Tree 

 Planter's State." 



Whereas, the adoption of a State floral emblem by the authority of the legis- 

 lature would foster a feeling of pride in our State and stimulate an interest in the 

 history and traditions of the Commonwealth: Therefore, be it 



Resolved, That, the Senate concurring, we, the legislature of Nebraska, hereby 

 declare the flower commonly known as the "Golden Rod" (Solidago serotina) to be 

 the floral emblem of the State. 



Approved April 4, A. D. 1895. 



