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GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE FORESTRY. 



Public measures, affecting private forests, either assist (para- 

 graph XXXIII paragraph XXXV) or restrict (para- 

 graph XXXVI) the owners. 



Public assistance in private forests consists either in safety 

 measures (paragraph XXXIII) or in revenue measures (para- 

 graph XXXIV). 



Public action is led by the idea that conservative forestry will 

 be practised by private individuals if it appears to be a safe 

 and remunerative investment. The measures consist of: 



(a) Enacting laws ; 



(b) Creating a staff to enforce the laws; 



(c) Appropriating money to cover the expenses, 



PARAGRAPH XXXIII. 



GOVERNMENTAL (PUBLIC) SAFETY 

 MEASURES TAKEN IN PRIVATE FORESTS. 



Safety measures might be enacted : 



1. With reference to forest soil: 



(a) Good public records of real property, kept at the county 

 seats, based on public surveys, combined with public main- 

 tenance of corner marks ; laws punishing destruction of corner 

 marks; laws relative to procession proceedings. 



(b) Repeal of laws relative to forfeiture of property through 

 non-use, since conservative forestry, seemingly, leaves the woods 

 unused for decades of years. 



2. With reference to trees: 



(c) Laws spreading forestry morals through public schools 

 and government divisions (Arbor Day movement). 



(d) Public police staff protecting trees together with farms, 

 fish, and game. 



