without delay and should form the first step 

 is patent to every honest citizen in the State. 



2. The auditor general should formally 

 deed the lands to the State according to law 

 and should not hold such lands indefinitely 

 and incur the useless expense of continuous 

 advertising as in the past. 



3. Lands should not be offered for sale for 

 the taxes, when once bid in by the State, and 

 be thus given over to land skinners, often to 

 the detriment of the real, original owner. 



4. The disposal of the tax lands shall be 

 in three ways, according to circumstances: 



(a) Where large bodies of these lands oc- 

 cur close together, they shall be used as State 

 Forest Reserves. 



(b) Scattered tracts, not used for State 

 Reserves, may be sold to settlers, providing 

 the land is agricultural. When sold the mini- 

 mum price shall be $5 per acre plus the value 

 of the timber. 



(c) Lands not used by the State and not 

 applied for by purchasers may be applied for 

 by actual resident settlers of the township for 

 use as private forests, under proper regula- 

 tions. Of these private forests no one can 

 have more than 160 acres, and the applicant 

 is obliged to take care of the woods for 25 

 years before he can obtain title. These re- 

 serves, it is hoped, will stimulate an interest 

 in forests and help to correct the serious in- 

 difference with regard to forest property 

 among the local people. 



5. The State Forest Reserves to be under 

 the care of a State commission empowered, 

 as the present commission is, to protect, plant 

 and utilize the forest as seems best. 



6. State and private forest reserves pay 

 taxes at a certain flat rate per acre. 



