STATE LAWS FOR PROMOTION OF TREE-PLANTING. 205 



CONNECTICUT. 



Any person or association may, with the written permission of the selectmen of the 

 town in which a highway is situated, recorded in the land-records of such town, set 

 out aud protect trees in such highway, by suitable posts and stakes, when said select- 

 men shall judge that said trees will not interfere with the public travel, or injure the 

 owner of laud adjoiuiug such highway; aud no such tree, post, or stake shall bo re- 

 moved, except by written order of such selectmen, when necessary for the purpose of 

 repairing or grading such highway, or making it convenient for public travel ; but 

 this section shall not aifect the power of the authorities of any city or borough to 

 adopt regulations regarding such trees therein. — (General Statutes of Connecticut, 1875, 

 p. 233.) 



In 1877 provision was made in this State for a report upon forestry, 

 and the Hon. B. G. I^orthrup visited Europe under a commission for 

 this purpose, 



DAKOTA. 



Along all public highways of not less than 66 feet in width, the owners, occupants, 

 or claimants of adjoiuiug lauds may use and occupy one rod in width of such highway 

 adjoining such lands for the purpose of cultivating the growth of timber aud trees 

 thereon : Provided, That the same be kept continuously in good order, and under full 

 timber and tree cultivation. 



Any person cultivating a hedge upon his land adjoining a public highway, and de- 

 siring to fence the same, may place such fence 7 feet over and upon such highway : 

 Prorided, That it do not obstruct the public travel.— (itemed Code of Dakota, 1877, jx 

 148.) 



ILLINOIS. 



AN ACT to encourage the plantinff and growing of timber. Approved Pebrnary 9, 1874. In force 



July 1, 1874. 



Sectiox 1. Be it enacted, cjc. That it shall be lawful for the Board of Supervisors, or 

 County Commissioners' Court, in any county in this State, to ofifer a bounty to any per- 

 son in'said county who shall hereafter plant one or more acres of land with forest trees, 

 aud properly cultivate the same for three years, any sum not exceeding $10 per annum 

 for three years for each acre so planted and cultivated: Provided, That trees so jjlauted 

 shall not be at a greater distance than 10 feet apart each way. 



Sec. 2. Any person claiming the bounty under this act, shall make proof before the 

 county clerk that he has complied with section one of this act, and that the trees plauied 

 by him are in a healthy aud growing conditiou. 



Sec. 3. Upon ijroof of a compliance with this act, the county clerk shall issue his cer- 

 tificate to the person entitled to the same, setting forth that the provisions of this act 

 have been complied with, and the number of acres so planted. 



Sec. 4. The Board of Supervisors, or County Commissioners' Court, desiring to offer 

 the bounty herein provided for, shall do so by resolution, to be made of record, and 

 giving notice in some newspaper published in the county, three weeks prior to the first 

 day ol' April of each year ; said resolution and notice to state the amount of bounty 

 offered for each acre planted and cultivated. 



IOWA. 



AN ACT to encourage the planting and growing of timber, fruit-trees, and hedges. Approved April 



6. 1868. 



Section 1. Be it enacted, <fc.. That there shall be exempt from taxation [of] the real 

 and personal property of each tax-payer who shall, within the State of Iowa, plant a':d 

 suitably cultivate one or more acres of forest trees for timber, the sum of $100 for ♦^^en 

 years for each acre so planted and cultivated : Provided, That the trees on said land 

 shall not exceed eight, feet apart, and shall be kept in a healthy and growing condition. 



Sec. 2. That there shall be exempt from taxation [of] the real and personal property 

 of each tax-payer who shall, within the State, plant and suitably cultivate one or more 

 acres of fruit-trees, the sum of $30 for five years for each acre so planted and culti- 

 vated : Provided, That the trees on said laud shall not exceed thirty-three feet apart, 

 and shall be kept in a healthy couditiou. 



Sec. 3. Persons claiming the benefit of such exemption shall, at the time of making 

 the annual asse'smtnt, upon showing to the satisfaction of the assessor of the township 

 in which he resides that he has complied with the provisions of sections one and two of 



