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the same be kept continuously in good order and under 

 full timber and tree cultivation. 



"Any person cultivating a hedge upon his land adjoin- 

 ing a public highway and desiring to fence the same, may 

 place such fence seven feet over and upon such highway ; 

 Provided, That it do not obstruct the public travel. 



"Every person planting one acre or more of prairie 

 land within five years after the passage of this act (March 

 13, 1885) with any kind of forest trees except black locust 

 and cottonwood, and successfully growing and cultivating 

 for three years, shall be entitled to receive for ten years 

 thereafter an annual bounty of two dollars for each acre 

 so planted and cultivated, to be paid out of the territorial 

 treasury; but such bounty shall not be paid any longer 

 than such grove of trees is maintained and kept in 

 growing condition. 



"Any person wishing to secure the benefit of this act 

 shall, within three years after planting such grove of trees, 

 and annually thereafter, file with the county auditor or 

 clerk of the county in which the same is located, a correct 

 plat of land, describing the section or fraction thereof on 

 which such grove has been planted or cultivated, and 

 shall make due proof of such planting and cultivation, as 

 well as of the title to the land, by oath of the owner and 

 the affidavit of two householders residing in the vicinity, 

 setting forth the facts in relation to the growth and culti- 

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