the hands of the sheriff for the use of the county, and nothing herein 

 contained shall prevent the prosecutor from being a competent wit- 

 ness in the prosecution aforesaid. 



Approved The llth day of June, A. D. 1879. 



HENRY M. HOYT. 



AN ACT 



Requiring the several assessors of this Commonwealth to make re- 

 turn of timber lands. 



Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be the duty of the sev- 

 eral assessors of this Commonwealth, in their return of real estate to 

 the commissioners of the proper county, at the next triennial assess- 

 ment, and at each triennial assessment thereafter, to make return 

 of all the timber land in their proper district by specifying in separ- 

 ate columns, how many acres each tract contains of cleared land, and 

 how many in timber. 



ApprovedThe 13th day of June, A. D. 1883. 



ROBERT E. PATTISON. 



AN ACT 



For the encouragement of forest culture, and providing penalties 

 for the injury and destruction of forests. 



Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That in consideration of the public 

 benefit to be derived from the planting and cultivation of forest or 

 timber trees, the owner or owners of any land in this Common- 

 wealth planted with forest or timber trees in number not less than 

 twelve hundred to the acre, shall on making due proof thereof, be 

 entitled to receive annually from the commissioners of their respec- 

 tive counties, during the period that the said trees are maintained 

 in sound condition upon the said land, the following sums of money: 



For a period of ten years after the land has been so planted a sum 

 equal to ninety per centum of all the taxes annually assessed and 

 paid upon the said land, or so much of the ninety per centum as 

 shall not exceed the sum of forty-five cents per acre. 



For a second period of ten years, a sum equal to eighty per centum 

 of the said taxes, or so much of the eighty per centum as shall not 

 the sum of forty cents per acre. 



