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guilty of perjury and liable to the penalties thereof; and all illegal 

 entries of timber lands shall be absolutely void, and, upon satisfac- 

 tory proof, shall be subject to summary cancellation by the Commis- 

 sioner of the General Land Office. 



INSTITUTING A COMMISSIONER OF FORESTS. 



SEC. 4. That there shall be in the Department of the Interior (or 

 Agriculture) a Commissioner of Forests, who shall be appointed by 

 the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; 

 and shall have the care, management and control of all the forest 

 lands owned or controlled by the United States. He shall be a 

 suitable person, versed in matters of forestry, and shall be entitled 

 to a salary of five thousand dollars a year, with such allowances for 

 assistance and expenses as will insure a proper execution of the 

 provisions of this act, and as Congress may from year to year 

 provide. Before entering upon his duties he shall give bonds with 

 sureties to the Treasurer of the United States in the sum of fifty 

 thousand dollars, conditioned to render a true and faithful account 

 to the Treasurer, quarterly, of all moneys which shall be received 

 or expended by him by virtue of the said office. 



APPOINTMENT OF FOUR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS. 

 SEC. 5. That the President shall also appoint four Assistant Com- 

 missioners. The Assistant Commissioners shall act as a forestry 

 board or council to the Commissioner of Forests in all matters 

 pertaining to the administration of public forest lands, as provided 

 for by this act, and each shall have special charge of one division of 

 the forest reserves, which he shall personally inspect at least once 

 every year. Each of the Assistant Commissioners shall receive a 

 salary of three thousand dollars. 



CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST LANDS. 



SEC. 6. That the forest lands on the public domain shall be 

 arranged in three general classes, namely: First, lands distant from 

 the headwaters of important streams, covered by timber of com- 

 mercial value, more valuable for forest purposes than for cultivation; 

 second, lands partially or wholly covered by timber, but suitable 

 for homesteads and more valuable for agricultural purposes than 

 for timber; third, mountainous and other wood lands, which, for 

 climatic, economic, or public 1 reasons, should be held permanently 

 as forest reserves. 



ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREST RESERVES. 



SEC. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Forests 

 to examine and classify, with the advice and assistance of the 



