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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



January 



Sec. 5. That the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture may do all things necessary to 

 secure the safe title in the United 

 States to the lands herein provided to 

 be purchased or otherwise acquired; 

 but no payment shall be made for any 

 land purchased or otherwise acquired 

 under this act until the title to such 

 land shall be satisfactory to the Attor- 

 ney General and shall be vested in the 

 United States and accepted, and when 

 vested as aforesaid the land thus trans- 

 ferred shall become and be adminis- 

 tered as national forest reserve land. 



Sec. 6. That the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture shall as far as practicable make 

 provision for the reforesting of clear- 

 ings on lands acquired under the pro- 

 visions of this act whenever he shall 

 consider such action necessary for the 

 protection of the soil or the water sup- 

 ply. 



Sec. 7. That the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture is hereby authorized and em- 

 powered to make contracts for the pur- 

 chase of lands and accept conveyance 

 thereof or otherwise acquire the same 

 in accordance with the provisions 

 of this act to the amount of not 

 to exceed three million dollars, which 

 sum shall be available immediately and 

 until expended and is hereby appropri- 

 ated to carry out the provisions of this 

 act out of any moneys in the Treasury 

 not otherwise appropriated : Provided, 

 that the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

 each year make a detailed report to 

 Congress of his doings in the premi- 

 ses : And provided, that no part of 

 said sum hereby appropriated shall be 

 expended for the purchase of lands un- 

 der the provisions of this act until a 

 valid title to the same shall be vested 

 in the United States, and until the 

 state in which the land lies shall have 

 ceded to the United States exclusive 

 jurisdiction of the same, during the 

 time the United States shall be or re- 

 main the owner thereof, for all pur- 

 poses except the administration of the 

 criminal laws of said state and the 

 service of any civil process therein. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AFFILI- 

 ATION. 



The Committee on Affiliation, 

 through its chairman, Mr. Cutler, re- 

 ported that, on discussing this matter 

 in committee, it was found that joint 

 action with the Committee on By-laws 

 was necessary, hence asked that the 

 chairman of that committee be allowed 

 to report for both committees, so far 

 as immediate action was concerned. 

 The committee further recommended 

 that the Association sanction a selec- 

 tion by the Board of Directors of a 

 committee of five, with instructions to 

 report at the next annual meeting of 

 the Association what action in the line 

 of closer affiliation they would then 

 recommend. This, on motion, was 

 adopted. 



The American Forestry Associa- 

 tion 



BY-LAWS. 

 (Revised January 17, 1906.) 



Article I. 

 Name. 



The name of this Association shall 

 be "The American Forestry Associa- 

 tion." 



Article II. 

 Objects. 



The objects of this Association shall 

 be the discussion of subjects relating 

 to tree planting, the conservation, 

 management, and renewal of forests, 

 and the climatic and other influences 

 that affect their welfare ; the collection 

 of forest statistics and the advance- 

 ment of educational, legislative, or 

 other measures tending to the promo- 

 tion of these objects. It shall especial- 

 ly endeavor to centralize the work done 

 and diffuse the knowledge gained. 



Article III. 



Members. 

 Section 1. Any person may become 

 a member of this Association, as here- 

 inafter provided. 



