JOINT RESOLUTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION. 3!) 



.KMNT IIKSl ll.I'TIt IN for the appointment ol'a roinniission iur inquiry intn tlir ilrstriii-tinn <jj' I'.MVMS .tint intulhr inrasiirrs n. 



for tht- 1 iiri'NiTvat ion of tiuiU-r. 



Whereas it is assorted that the. supply of timber within the United States is rapidly diminishing, and that great 

 public injury must result from its continued waste, without adequate means being taken for its preservation and 

 production : Therefore, 



He it rextilrrd hi/ the- Senate and House of Representatives of the I'nited S/atex nf .Imirica in Congress assembled, That 

 the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the 

 Senate, a man of approved scientific and practical acquaintance with statistical inquiries, to be commissioner of 

 forestry. 



SKI'. '2. Anil / it further rrsolred. That it shall be the duty of said commissioner to prosecute investigations and 

 inquiries on the subject with the view of ascertaining the annual amount of consumption, importation, and exporta- 

 tion of timber and other forest products; the probable supply for future, wants; the means best adapted to its pres- 

 ervation and renewal; the influence of forests upon climate, and the measures that have been successfully applied 

 in foreign countries for the preservation and restoration of forests; and to report upon the same to Congress. 



8 ]:<'. 3. A nil It' it further rexiilred, That the heads of the Executive Departments bo, and they are hereby, directed 

 to cause to be rendered all necessary and practicable aid to the said commissioner, by access to the public records 

 and otherwise, iu the prosecution of the investigations and inquiries aforesaid. 



