ARBOR DAY. 143 



KANSAS. 



STATE OF KANSAS, 

 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 



TOPEKA, February 9, 1888. 



The designation, by the executive, of a day to be de- 

 voted to the planting of trees has been approved by 

 public sentiment, and is justified by the experience and 

 results of former years: 



Therefore, I, John A. Martin, governor of Kansas, do 

 hereby designate and appoint Wednesday, April 4th, as 

 Arbor Day, and do request the people of Kansas to de- 

 vote that day to the planting of trees, forest, fruit, shade, 

 or ornamental, around their homes, in their fields, along 

 the highways, and in the grounds surrounding schools, 

 churches, and other public buildings. 



The officers of the several school districts of Kansas, 

 and the teachers employed in the public schools, are espe- 

 cially urged to give attention to the planting of trees in 

 school grounds and parks. 



IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto 

 subscribed my name and caused to be 

 [SEAL.] affixed the great seal of the state. 



Done at Topeka this 9th day of February, 

 A.D. 1888, and of the state the twenty- 

 eighth. 



JOHN A. MARTIN. 



By the Governor: 



E. B. ALLEN, 

 Sec'y of State. 



