PIFTH NATIONAI, CONSERVATION CONGRESS 17 



TOPICS ASSIGNED 



1. Established principles in framing, passing and enforcing State forest 

 laws. 



2. Acquirement and management of State forest reserves, with special 

 reference to cutover lands. 



3. Co-operation between States, between the States and the Federal 

 Government, and between States and private agencies. 



The rapid development in State forest organizations, based on new and old 

 legislation, and the important part each forested State must play in the adminis- 

 tration of our forest resources, makes this one of the most important sub- 

 committee subjects. 



The report this year is largely confined to the first topic, "Established 

 Principles in Framing, Passing and Enforcing State Forest Laws." The 

 established principles are stated and discussed as a basic policy, followed by a 

 model State forest law embodying these principles in more detail. Obviously 

 any model or skeleton law must be modified materially to meet the conditions in 

 various States and regions, but if there is a general understanding as to funda- 

 mental principles, adaptation to local conditions becomes comparatively simple. 



Owing to the large amount of valuable detail submitted by the committee, 

 and the great interest in State legislation, which will probably lead to many 

 suggestions and recommendations during the section meetings, it is possible that 

 the report will be printed only in synopsis, and the revision for final printing made 

 after consideration of the report at the section meetings. 



Committee 4. 



FOREST TAXATION 



Chairman, Giflford Pinchot President, National Conservation Associa- 

 tion, Washington, D. C. 



Acting Chm'n, E. T. Allen Forester, Western Conservation Association, 



Portland, Ore. 

 F. R. Fairchild Professor of Political Economy, Yale Uni- 

 versity, New Haven, Conn. 

 Dr. H. S. Drinker-President, Lehigh University, South Beth- 

 lehem, Pa. 

 E. M. Griffith State Forester, Madison, Wis. 



TOPICS ASSIGNED 



1. Existing tax laws and their influence on forest management. 



2. Basic principles of wise forest taxation, with definite suggestions for 

 legislation. 



3. Forest taxation in other countries. 



4. Bibliography for students of forest taxation. 



While several individual investigators have gone far into the subject of forest 

 taxation, and a few of the States have passed progressive tax legislation, this 

 is the first time a body of experts has undertaken a summarized compilation of 

 existing knowledge, with working recommendations for forest tax legislation. 



