210 STATE LAWS FOR PROMOTION OP TREE-PLANTING. 



first Monday of October iu each year : Provided, That if the agj^regate of the bonnty 

 so applied for shall in any one year exceed twenty thousand dollars, it shall be the 

 duty of the State auditor, on the first Monday of October in such year, to equitably 

 distribute twenty thousand dollars, and no greater sum, among the claimants who may 

 be entitled to the aforesaid bounty, and his warrants for such pro rata shall relieve 

 the State from further claims for such year. 

 Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.' 



AN ACT for the protection of shade trees in towns and cities. Approved March 5, 1877. 

 [Gen. laws of Minnesota, 1877, p. 229.] 



Section 1. Be it enacted, ^-c, That, for the purpose of jiromoting the planting and 

 protection of shade trees in this State, whenever portions of any recorded city or vil- 

 lage plat, or iiortions of any legal additions thereto, are wholly unoccupied, and the 

 streets and alleys lying wholly within or legally belonging and adjoining to such un- 

 occupied parts are not used for public travel, it shall be lawful for the owner or owners 

 thereof, for the purpose of protecting such shade trees as may be set out therein, to fence 

 uj) and inclose the same for the period of five years from and after the passage of this 

 act, the same as if such land had not been platted and recorded: Provided, however, 

 That prior to such fencing of said land embracing streets, the consent of the proper 

 city or village authorities shall be first had and obtained. 



Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 



MISSOUEL 



AIIT ACT to encourage the growth of forest trees. Approved March 25, 1870. 



Section 1. Every person planting one acre or more of prairie land, within ten years 

 ■after the passage of this act, with any kind of forest trees except black locust, and 

 •the successful growing and cultivating the same for three years, and every person 

 planting, protecting, and cultivating for three years one-quarter of a mile or more of 

 forest trees upon his own land, to be set not more than one rod apart, and to stand at 

 the end of three years not more than two rods apart, shall be entitled to receive for 

 ■fifteen years, commencing three j-ears after said grove or line of trees has been planted, 

 an annual bounty of two dollars per acre for each acre so planted, and two dollars for 

 each quarter of a mile so planted, to be paid by the county. Said bounty shall not be 

 paid any longer than said grove or line of trees is cultivated, kei^t alive, and in a grow- 

 ing condition. 



Sec. 2. Any person wishing to avail himself of the provisions of this act, shall, within 

 "three years after planting said grove or line of trees, file with the clerk of the county 

 court a correct plat of said grove or line of trees, showing on what section said grove 

 or line of trees is situated, attested by his own oath, and the affidavit of at least two 

 ihouseholders of the vicinity, setting forth all the facts in relation to the growth and 

 cultivation of said grove or line of trees. 



Sec 3. The county clerk shall present said plat and affidavit before the county court, 

 and if the court find from the facts derived from the plat, affidavits, and other sources 

 that section one of this act has been fully complied with, they shall issue a warrant on 

 the county treasurer for the amount found duo. 



Sec. 4. Such certificate shall be received and taken by the collector of revenue of 

 the county in which the same was given, for county taxes, and such collector shall be 

 .allowed credit to the amount of such certificate on behalf of the county. 



Sec. 5. The certificates and proofs provided for in this act shall be renewed annu- 

 ally. 



Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 



The above act was amended February 4, 1876, without materially 

 .changing its conditions, other than by extending the time to ten years 

 from the date of this act. 



NEBRASKA. 



The legislature of this State, by an act passed February 12, 1869, 

 provided an exemption of $100 a year for five years on every acre of 

 trees planted and cultivated, provided that the distance apart should 

 not exceed twelve feet, and that they should be kept alive and growing. 

 Persons without titles to real estate but living upon homesteads under 



' By a singular oversight, no provision was made by law" whereby those who had 

 earned these bounties could get their pay, as no money has been appropriated. This 

 neglect has caused complaint, and should be remedied without delay. 



