SECOND DAYS SESSION. 



The second day's session of the Colorado 

 State Forestry Association began Thursday 

 morning at 10 o'clock at the rooms of the 

 Supreme Court. Quite a number of persons 

 interested in the subject were present and 

 the session was very interesting. 



President Ensign called the meeting to or- 

 der, and it was decided to dispense with the 

 reading of the minutes of previous sessions. 



Mr. G. H. Parsons, from the Coi vmittee on 

 Constitution and By-Laws, reported an order 

 of business, which was incorporated as purt 

 of the Constitution and By-laws. 



At the session on Wednesday it was de- 

 cided to make the consideration of a forestry 

 bill, to be submitted to the next Legislature, 

 the special object of the meeting after the 

 reading of the minutes, but this order was 

 suspended so as to permit of the reading of 

 papers which had been specially prepared for 

 the meeting. 



INTERESTING PAPEES. 



The first paper read was by Mr. W. W. 

 Pardee, on the subject of " Suggested Legis- 

 lation Concerning Forestry." The paper re- 

 lated solely to appropriate legislation to pre- 

 serve the forests. 



Mr. Pabor, the secretary, read a paper con- 

 tributed by Mrs. A. L. Washburn, of Love- 

 land, on "A Woman's View of Forestry." 



This was followed by a paper read by 

 President Ensign and written by Posey S. 

 Wilson, of Fort Collins. 



The following excellent papers were then 

 read by Secretary Pabor, ''Tree Planting 

 on Farms," written by J. H. Berry of Fruita; 

 by the President, a letter commenting on the 

 proposed bill for presentation to the General 

 Assembly, written by E. Q. Tenny of Fort 

 Collins ; by the Secretary, "Nut Trees," writ- 

 ten by H. B. Snyder of Colorado Springs ; by 

 the President, letters from David Bpyd and 

 Valentine De Vinney on the subject of for- 

 estry legislation. This concluded the read- 

 ing of papers and communications. 



The President announced the appointment 

 of the following Vice-Presidents : G. G. Mer- 

 rick, Arapahoe County; G. H. Parsons, El 

 Paso County; James Cassidy. Larimer County; 

 Kalph Meeker of Weld County. 



The Society then took up the proposed bill 

 to be submitted to the General Assembly and 

 it was fully discussed by Messrs. Ensign, Pa- 



bor, Gipson, Merrick, Pardee and others. The 

 draft of the bill as finally adopted is as fol- 

 ows : 



TEXT OF THE BILL. 



AN ACT Relating, to Woodlands and Forestry; to 

 Establish the Office of Forest Commissioners of 

 the State of Colorado, and to Provide for the 

 Expense thereof. 



SECTION 1. All lands now owned or con- 

 tiolled, or which may be hereafter owned or 

 controlled by the State of Colorado, and which 

 were originally, are now, or shall hereafter 

 be covered with forest growth, or devoted to 

 forest uses are, for the purposes of this act, 

 declared to be woodlands. 



SEC. 2. No such lands shall, after the pas- 

 sage of this act, be leased. They shall not be 

 sold except by the authority of the General 

 Assembly, upon a two-thirds vote of the mem- 

 bers elected to each House. Subject to such 

 laws and regulations as may be provided 

 therefor by the Forestry Commissioners, such 

 timber and wood as can be taken from said 

 lands, consistent with forest preservation and 

 growth, may, at a fair valuation, be sold, and 

 the proceeds of such sales be immediately 

 converted into the State Treasury. 



SEC. 3. By and with the advice and consent 

 of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint as 

 Commissioners three suitable persons skilled 

 in matters relating to forestry, all of whom 

 shall be residents and citizens of this State, 

 and who shall constitute and be known as the 

 "Forest Commissioners of the State of Colo- 

 rado." The said Commissioners shall be 

 taken respectively from different locations in 

 the State, in a manner to best subserve the 

 public interests, and they shall hold office for 

 two. four and six years respectively, and 

 until their respective successors shall be duly 

 appointed and confirmed. Hereafter there 

 shall be appointed in the same manner, every 

 two years, one Forest Commissioner, whose 

 term of office shall be six years; due regard 

 being had to the place of residence of the 

 appointee, as above indicated. 



SEC. 4. Each Forest Commissioners shall 

 receive a compensation of $5 for each day 

 actually employed in service as Commis- 

 sioner, and his reasonable f and necessary 

 traveling expenses. iSueh t Commissioner 

 shall, at the expense of the JState, be pro- 



