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consent in writing shall have been given, no claim or demand 

 shall exist in favor of any person, company or corporation to 

 any of the moneys to be paid by the party of the first part on 

 account of the provisions of this agreement in favor of any 

 person, company or corporation, except the party of the sec- 

 ond part. 



Fifteenth; The party of the second part agrees to in- 

 demnify the party of the first part and save him harmless 

 from all costs, damages or expenses of any kind by reason of 

 any claim or claims which may be made or injuries to per- 

 sons or property which shall have resulted from any wrong, 

 negligence or want of care or skill on the part of the party 

 of the second part, their agents or servants, or either of 

 them, or their subcontractors in the execution of this agree- 

 ment, or anything in any way connected therewith or inci- 

 dental thereto including any claim of other contractors that 

 the work or anything pertaining thereto has been so man- 

 aged or conducted as to impede, wrong or injure them. 



While the plans for operation were being formulated and the 

 various questions of law were being determined by the Attorney- 

 General, the reforestation of the denuded land on this tract was 

 being conducted. During the past two years two hundred and sixty 

 thousand trees have been planted with prison labor. The first 

 planting of this nature was an experiment. At that time twenty- 

 five convicts were taken from the prison and were cared for in 

 a camp in the fields where the operations were conducted, and 

 and the planting progressed without any trouble. The prisoners 

 set out one hundred and thirteen thousand trees at a total cost of 

 nineteen cents per thousand. The work was so well done that 

 95 per cent of the trees are living and making a thrifty growth. 

 The State, owning large areas of land similarly located and 

 within reasonable distance of the prison, could profitably utilize 

 this labor in extending the reforesting of the Forest Preserve. 



State Wide Fire Law 



Your attention has already been called to the necessity of ex- 

 tending the provisions of the fire law in order that forests outside 



