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vation of the grove of trees for which such bounty is 

 demanded. The several county auditors or clerks shall, 

 on or before the first Monday of August of each year, 

 forward to the territorial auditor a certified list of all the 

 lands and tree planting reported and verified to them in 

 compliance with this act, with the name and post-office 

 address of the respective owners thereof; Provided, This 

 act shall not apply to any railroad company for planting 

 of trees within two hundred feet of its track for the pur- 

 pose of making a snow fence, nor to any trees planted 

 upon land held, entered, and acquired under the timber 

 culture act of the United States. 



" If the territorial auditor shall find that the provisions 

 of this act have been duly complied with, he shall issue to 

 the several applicants entitled thereto his warrant upon 

 the territorial treasurer for the bounty so earned." 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto 

 subscribed my name and caused the great 

 [SEAL.] seal of Dakota to be affixed this 20th of 

 March, 1888. 



Louis K. CHURCH, 



Governor. 

 By the Governor: 



M. L. McCoEMACK, 



Secretary. 



