

Year. 
1888 
1888 
Congress. 

50th, 1st sess. 
50th, 1st sess. 
50th, Ist sess, 
50th, Ist sess. 
50th, Ist sess. 
Touse in which 
originated, 


Senato 1779, 
Tale. 
Il. R. 1353, 
Weaver. 
Il. BR. 7901, 
Holman. 
Senate 2510. 
‘Teller. 
Senate 2877 
Teller. 
219 
rete te ee 
_~ 
Object of bill. 

Yor the protection and adminis. 
tration of the forests on the 
paar domain. 
rill GO45 above. 
Samo as H.R. 
To furtheramend the publiclanid 
laws, and for the preservation of 
natural forests ou the public do- 
main, the Peete of water 
supply, and for other purposes. 
To secure to actual settlers the 
public lands adapted toagricult- 
ure, to protect the forests on tho 
public domain, and for other 
purposes, 
Toamend act authorizing citizens 
of Colorado, Novada, and the 
Territories to fell and remove 
timber on tho public domain for 
mining and domestic purposes. 
Authorizing citizens of Colorado, 
Nevada, and the Territories to 
fell and remove timber on tho 
public domain for mining and 
domestic purposes. 
TIMBER CULTURE ACTS, 

Year. 



-_—- —— 

Congress. 
"1873 | 42d, 2d sess. 
1874 | 43d, Ist sess. 
1876 | 43d, Ist sexs. 
House in which 
originated. 

Senate 680, 
Tlitchcock, 
Ii. R. 743, 
Dunnell. 
If. R. 2427. 
Object of bill. 
To encourage the growth of tim- 
beron Western prairies. A per- 
son planting 40 acres of timber 
trees on Government land to be 
entitled to 160 acres at the ex- 
piration of ten years. The so- 
called timber-culture act. 
Toamendtheaboveact. Confines 
privilege of entry to heads of 
families or persons over twenty- 
one years of age and to citizens 
of the United States. Reduces 
the time for perfecting title to 
eight years. testricts the 
amount to bo entered by one 
xerson to 160 acres. Allows 
iomesteaders to obtain patent 
by planting one-sixteenth of 
homestead with trees. 
Toamend act of 1873. Allows ex- 
tension of time for perfecting 
title in case of the destruction 
of trees by grasshoppers; also 
permits seeds and nuts to be | 
planted instead of trees, | 
Action taken, 

Referred to Committes on 
Agriculture and = Yor- 
estry. 
Referred to Comrmittes on 
Public Lands. 
Reported by Committee on 
Public Lands as a sub- 
stitute for IT. Rt. bill No. 
6015 and other bills re- 
lating to the public lands, 
Passed. In Senate. re- 
ferred to Committee on 
Public Lands. 
Referred to Committee on 
Public Lands. 
Referred to Committee on 
Public Lands. 
To give a more complete view of the action of the Government in its 
bearings upon forestry, it seems proper to append to the foregoing synop- 
‘sis the following record of legislation, actual as well as only proposed: 
Action taken. 

Referred to Committee on 
Public Lands. Reported 
favorably and _ passed. 
Approved March 3, 1873. 
Passed and approved 
March 13, 1874. 
Referred to Committee ou 
Public Lands. Reported 
favorably, passed, abt 
appreved May 20, 1887, 

