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I may be permitted to recapitulate the legal steps, which, in my 

 opinion, the people of IVfinnesota ought to take towards forestry: 



I. A law ordering a survey to be made, by which the nonagri- 

 cultural townships and sections of townships shall be defined. 



II. A law pertaining to clear — through the medium of courts, 

 attorneys and surveyors — the state's title to land forfeited for non- 

 payment of taxes. 



Illi A law creating an organized staff of forest guards, whose 

 duty it shall be to efficiently protect all private forests, and to 

 enforce the laws enacted relative to federal and state forests and 

 forest lands. This staff might, at the same time, have the duties 

 of fish and gslme wardens. 



rv. A law regulating the assessment of nonagrjcultural land 

 (compare No. I) for taxation purposes. 



V. A law allowing companies to own tracts comprising over 

 5,000 acres for forestry purposes. 



VI. A law providing means for investigating the financial pos- 

 sibilities of forestry. 



C. A. SCHENCK. 



