FORESTRY COMMISSIONER 51 



vidual owners of forest property, and in this way increase 

 national wealth and prosperity. Your committee fully 

 realizes that the organization of such an administrative 

 bureau of civil officers would be a radical departure from 

 the recognized customs of the United States. The nature 

 and extent of the interests at stake, however, and the 

 difficulty, delicacy and permanency of the duties demand 

 an exceptionally stable service. The experience of all 

 other countries shows that this service can be successfully 

 performed only by highly trained and conscientious 

 officers. " 



MINNESOTA NATIONAL FOREST. 



The following is the Act of Congress approved May 23, 

 1908, changing the boundary and somewhat reducing the 

 area of the Minnesota National Forest: 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created in the State of 

 Minnesota a national forest consisting of lands and territory described as follows, 

 to-wit : 



Beginning at a point where the north line of section thirty-one in township 

 one hundred and forty-eight north, range twenty-eight west, fifth principal 

 meridian, intersects the low water mark of the lake formed by the waters of 

 Third River; thence easterly along the north line of sections thirty-one, thirty- 

 two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, and thirty-six in township one hundred 

 and forty-eight north, ranges twenty-eight and twenty-seven west, continuing 

 easterly along the north line of section thirty-one in township one hundred and 

 forty-eight north, range twenty-six west, to a point where said line intersects the 

 low water mark of Bow String Lake on the west shore; thence southerly along the 

 west side of said lake at low water mark to a point where it crosses the section 

 line between sections sixteen and seventeen in township one hundred and forty- 

 seven north, range twenty-six west; thence southerly along the section line on the 

 east side of sections seventeen, twenty, twenty-nine, and thirty-two in township 

 one hundred and forty-seven north, range twenty-six west, and continuing souther- 

 ly along the east side of sections five, eight, seventeen, twenty, twenty-nine, and 

 thirty-two, township one hundred and forty-six north, range twenty-six west, 

 continuing southerly along the east line of sections five, eight, seventeen, twenty, 

 and twenty-nine, township one hundred and forty-five north, range twenty-six 

 west, to a point at the low water mark on the right bank of the Mississippi River 

 on the section line between sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine in said town- 

 ship; thence southeasterly along the right bank of the Mississippi River at low 



