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FORESTRY INVESTIGATIONS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUI/1TRE. 



Year. 



1890 



1890 



1890 

 1891 

 1891 



1R92 

 1892 

 1892 

 1892 



Congress. 



5l8t, 1st seas. 



do 



.do . 



51st,2dse8S. 

 ...do... 



Md, 1st 8688. 



do 



do 



...do... 



1892 52d, 1st seas.... 



1892 do 



1892 do... 



1892 



do 



1892 do 



1892 

 1892 



1892 do 



1892 do 



1892 

 Iftlll 



do . 



52d,2d BOSS 



18IM do 



1893 do 



18U3 



1894 

 1894 



do 



do 



53d, 1st sess. 



...do... 



1894 do 



189.1 Kill, 2(1 8688 .... 



IWI'l do... 



IK'.i:, do. 



1895 



1895 

 1895 



do 



do 



...do... 



House in 

 which origi- 

 nated. 



H. It. 8247.. 



H.R.8459... 



H. R. 10715 . 

 H.E. 12750. 

 H. R. 13390. 



Senate 382 . 

 Senate 664 . 

 Senate 2763. 



Senate 3090. 

 Senate 3235. 



H.R. 29.... 

 H.R. 102... 



H.R. 338... 

 H. R. 2647 . . 



H. R. 5979 . . 

 H. R. 6656 . . 



H.R. 8259.. 



H. R. 8445. 



H.R. 9709.. 

 Senate 2275 

 H.R. 9790.. 

 H.R. 9981.. 



H. R. 10101 . 

 H. R. 10207 . 

 Senate 74... 



Senat6'.2.. 



H.R.119... 



Senate 2069. 

 H.R.119... 



H.R. 4726.. 



H. R. 5714 . . 



H.R. 7173.. 

 H. R. 7259 . . 



Object of bill. 



Action taken. 



To authorize entry of the public lauds by incorporated 

 cities and towns for cemetery and park purposes. 



For the protection of watersheds and irrigation systems 

 and for the establishment of a forest administration on 

 the Western mountains and plains. 



To provide for the sale of timber and stone lands and the 

 timber thereon. 



To dispose of the timber lands of the State of Arkansas 

 at cash entry. 



To amend "An act to set apart certain tracts of land in the 

 State of California as forest reservations, approved Octo- 

 ber 1, 1890." 



For the protection of trees and other growth on the public 

 domain from destruction by fire. 



For the sale of timber lands in the State of Montana, and 

 to make the same subject to the mineral laws of the 

 United States after their sale as timber lands. 



For the protection and administration of the public forest 

 reservations. 



Providing for an experimental forestry tree-culture reserve 



To provide for the establishment, protection, and adminis- 

 tration of public forest reservations, and for other pur- 

 poses. 



To dispose of the timber lands of the State of Arkansas at 

 cash entry. 



To secure to actual settlers the public lands adapted to 

 agriculture, to protect the forests on the public domain, 

 and for other purposes. 



For the preservation of the woods and forests of the na- 

 tional domain adjacent to the sources of the navigable 

 rivers and their affluents in the United States. 



For the protection of trees and other growth on the public 

 lands and on the public parks and reservations of the 

 United States from destruction by fire. 



Regulating the manner and limitation of tree culture 



To provide for the sale of stone and timber lands unfit for 

 cultivation, and for other purposes. 



To dispose of the timber lands of the State of Arkansas 

 at cash entry. 



To repeal the act of October 1, 1890, in relation to forest res- 

 ervations in California, and instructing the Secretary of 

 the Interior to issue patents to settlers thereon. 



To classify timber lands and provide for the sale of the 

 timber thereon. 



For the relief of purchasers of timber and stone lands 

 under the act of June 3, 1878. 



Reserving the timber reservation in Oklahoma Territory 



for the benefit of the Territorial institutions of learning. 



To protect pnblic forest reservations 



To provide for the protection and administration of public 

 forest reservations, and for other purposes. 



To provide for the classification and disposition of the pub- 

 lic lands, the protection and administration of the public 

 forest reservations, and for other purposes. 



Authorizing citizens of that part of the State of Washing- 

 ton eastward of the Columbia River to fell and remove 

 timber on the public domain for mining and domestic 

 purposes. 



To protect public forest reservations 



To amend the act of June 3, 1878, for the sale of timber 



and stone lands. 

 To protect public forest reservations 



For the relief of citizens who have entered lands under an 

 act entitled "An act for the sale of timber lands in ( 'ali 

 fornia, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington Territory." ap- 

 proved June 3, 1878, and to amend said act and all acts 

 amendatory thereof. 



To amend an act entitled "An act for the sale of timber 

 land in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and 

 Washington Territory." 



To provide for the reduction of the limits of Battlement 

 Mesa Forest Reserve, in the State of Colorado. 



For the relief of certain settlers who have entered lands 

 under the timber and stone act, eta. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Reported back. Passed 

 House. Referred to Senate Com- 

 mittee on Public Lands. Reported 

 back with amendment. Amended 

 and passed Senate. House noncon 

 curs in Senate amendment. Confer- 

 ence appointed. Conference report 

 made and agreed to. Examined and 

 signed. Approved bv President. 



Referred to Committee on Irrigation 

 of Arid Lands in the United States. 



Referred to Committee on Public 



Lauds. 

 Referred to Committee on Public 



Lands. Reported back. 

 Do. 



Referred to Committee on Agriculture 

 and Forestry. Reported back ad- 

 versely and indefinitely postponed. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Referred to Committee on Agriculture 

 and Forestry. Reported back nil 

 versely and indefinitely postponed. 

 Do. 



Referred to Committee on Agriculture 

 and Forestry. Reported hack wit li 

 amendments. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Laid on table. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Referred to Committee on A gricul I u re . 



Do. 



Referred to Committee on Public 



Lands. 

 Introduced by Committee on Public 



Lands as substitute for II. R. r>142 



and H. R. 29. Laid on table. 

 Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 

 Referred to Committee 011 Private 



Claims. 



Referred to Committee on Public 



Lands. 

 Passed House. Examined and signeil. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 

 Do. 



Referred to Committee on Public 



Lands. Reported baek. 

 Referred to Committee on Public 



Lands. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Referred to Committee on Pnblic 

 Lands. Reported back with amend- 

 ments. Debated. Withdrawn. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Recommitted to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Reported back with amend- 

 ments. Resolution making bill spe- 

 cial order reported, debated, uml 

 withdrawn. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. H. R. 7359 reported as sub- 

 stitute. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Reported back. Debated. 



Referred to Committee on Pnblic 

 Lauds. 



Introduced by Committee on Public 

 Lands as substitute for H. R. 4726. 

 Passed House. Referred to Senate 

 Committee on Public Lands. Re- 

 ported back. 



