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I87G «44th, Ist sess, If. R. 660, For the sale of the timber lands Referred to Committee on 
Maginnis. in the Territories. Lands valu Public Landa, 
able for timber but not for cal. 
tivation to bo sold at $2.50 per 
acre, not more than 40 acres to 
one person, 
1876) «41th, Ist sess. Hy. . Rte. AO), To regulate the survey and suleof Referred to Committee on 
Sayler. the timber lands of the United Public Lands. Reported 
7 States. Lands valuable chietly with amendments ani 
for timber not to be subject to recommitted, 
entry under pre-emption or 
homestead laws, but to be ap- 
praised and sold at not less than 
the appraised value. 
1876 44th, Ist sess. IJ. I. 1210, lor the appointment of acommis- Referred to Committee on 
Dunnell. sion, etc. Same as preceding Public Lands. No oppor: 
bill (HL. Kt. 2510). tunity was afforded for 
regularaction on the vill, 
but, on motien of Mr. 
Dunnell, the substance 
of it was added as an 
amendment to the gen- 
eral appropriation bill, 
and became a law <Au- 
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gust, 1877. 
1876 4 ith, Ist sess. Le 2075, lor the preservation ofthe forests Referred to Committee on 
ort. adjacent to the sources of nav- Public Lands. 
igable rivers and other streams. 
Such timber lands to be with- 
drawn from sale and a commis- | 
sion to determine what should 
be reserved so as to prevent 
scanty supply of water. 
1877 | 45th, Ist sess. HW. 1.797, | For the sale of timberlandsinthe Referred to Committee on 
Maginnis. Territories. Sameas bill (660) of Public Lands. 
Mr. Maginnis in Forty-fourth 
Congress. 
1877 | 45th, 1st sess. Eas den bl O48 To regulate the survey and sale of Referred to Committee on 
Pacheco. | timber lands of the United Public Lands. 
| States. Same as bills in the For- 
ty-third and Forty-fourth Con- 
eresses. 
1877 | 45th, 1st sess. Il. R. 1525, To put into market certain tim- Referred to Committee on 
Herbert. ber lands of the United States. Public Lands. 
Declaring subject to entry, in 
any quantity, all public timber 
lands in Alabama, Louisiana, 
and Minnesota which have been 
subject to entry in limited quan- 
' tities for twenty years, and 
after entry of such lands to be 
no prosecution for trespass or 
timber cutting. 
1878 45th, 21 sess. H. RR. 2658, | To provide forthe entry of unsur- Referred to Committee on 
| Maginnis. veyed timber lands. Allowing Public Lands. 
the owner of a mine to take 16u 
acres of timber land for every 
20 acres of mineral land owned 
by hin# and the owner of agri- 
cultural land 40 acres for every 
| quarter section, and for every 
| $20,000 expended on a mill or 
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furnace 640 acres may be taken 
at $2.50 per acre. 
* By this enactment the Commissioner of Agriculture was directed to appoint a competent person 
te make the contemplated inquiries and investigations, The Commissioner appointed for this work 
Mr. Ff. GB. Hough, and the prosecution of the work led to the establishment of the Forestry Division 
in the Department of Agriculture. Tho result of Mr. Hough's inquiries has been published in three 
Volumes. The work begun by him has been continued by his successors in charge of the Forestry 
Division, se far as the small appropriation made by Congress for the purpose would allow, and addi 
tional reports have been publisucd. 

