One by one the following members 

 Officers of the board of directors were unani- 



EJected mously elected: 



Mrs. Francis King, Alma; Chas. J. 

 Monroe, South Haven; Lucius L. Hubbard, Houghton; 

 Walter C. Winchester, Grand Rapids; H. N. Loud, Au 

 Sable; Geo. B. Horton, Fruit Ridge. 



Following the selection of the board of directors, the 

 following executive officers were unanimously chosen: 



President, John H. Bissell, Detroit; vice-president, 

 Thornton A. Green, Ontonagon; secretary, T. M. 

 Sawyer, Ludington; treasurer, John J. Hubbell Man- 

 istee. 



Prof. Filibert Roth, who had acted as clerk of the 

 committee on resolutions, made the following report, 

 which was unanimously adopted: 



Whereas, The Michigan" Forestry 

 General Association is deeply impressed with 



Resolutions the fact that: 



The forests of our State have largely 

 disappeared and the remnants are rapidly disap- 

 pearing; 



Many millions of capital formerly invested in 

 lumbering and other wood-working interests have 

 left and (more) are leaving the State; 



The State is paying large sums in importing 

 lumber and timber, materials which our State 

 should grow in abundance ; 



Large areas of our lands are in a cut or burned- 

 over wasteland condition involving a loss to our 

 people of millions of dollars every year; 



The present policy and laws of our State act in 

 a way to discourage the holding and reforesting of 

 these lands; 



Unfair taxation and the lack of proper protec- 

 tion of forest property have prevented even the 

 conservative management of the woodlot or farm 

 forest ; 



The State neglects its own lands and thereby 

 hinders the improvement of lands by private 

 effort; 



The present system of dealing with the Tax 

 Title. Lands acts in the direction of further timber 

 denudation ; 



And, Whereas, The Michigan Forestry Association 

 has for its object the promotion of forestry in all di- 

 rections : 



Therefore, be it resolved: 



That this Association use its best efforts to secure : 



1. Modification of our laws which will enable 

 the holding and the reforestation of forest lands, 

 and encourage the conservative management of 

 our farm forests, as well as the restocking of 

 denuded lands. 



2. The improvement and strengthening of our 

 Iaw5 for the protection of forest property against 

 fire and trespass. 



3. Modification of our laws dealing w r ith the 

 disposition and management of our State lands so 

 that correct principles of forestry may be applied 

 to all wooded areas not distinctly agricultural. 



4. The continuation and extension of the work 

 of the Forest Commission, and that it be pro- 

 vided with ample funds to carry on a more ex- 

 tensive campaign of education among the people, 

 in forestry matters, in order that the people them- 

 selves shall enter into the work of forestry. 



Resolved further: 



