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FORESTRY BULLETIN 



letting Nature do her own sweet will, aiding by a little judicious planting 

 and pruning. • 



To summarize: — We must then have legislation whereby we can have 

 wardens to protect forests, stump lands and game from fires and thieves. 

 These wardens should have authority to arrest and commence suit, there- 

 by lessening cost of long journeys of oflncers in making arrest and ex- 

 pensive and tedious waiting for prosecutiong attorneys. It should be 

 the duty of the Attorney General to prosecute all cases when called upon 

 to do so. There should be such a modification of the tax laws as will 

 do away with evasion of tax payment, through error or incompetency of 

 township or county oflflcials; there should be such provision made that 

 finally all lands taken back by the State should be held in the same man- 

 ner as those to which original titles can now be given. 



Influence owners of stump lands to deed back to the State instead of 

 letting lands go back for non-payment of taxes. When the State has 

 thus acquired absolute title to large tracts of stump lands, put them 

 under the charge of competent wardens, help along by planting, pruning 

 and keeping out stock, and we will soon h£Lve another forest. 



