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JOINT RESOLUTION for tlio appointment of a commission for inquiry into tlie destruction of iorests and into the measures necessary 



for tlie preservation of timber. 



Whereas it is asserted that the supply of timber within the United Stat< s is rapidly diminishing, and that great 

 public injury must result irom its continued waste, without adequate means being taken for its preservation aud 

 production : Therefore, 



Be it resoli td by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of tlie United States of Ameiica in Conr/ress assembled, That 

 the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the 

 Senate, a man of approved scientific andpiactical acquaintance with statistical inquiries, to bo commissioner of 

 forestry. 



Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of said commissioner to prosecute investigations and 

 inquiries on the subject with the view of ascertaining the annual amount of consumption, importation, and exporta- 

 tion of timber and other forest products; the probable supply for future wants; the means best adapted to its pres- 

 ervation and renewal; the influence of forests upon climate, and the measures that have been successfully applied 

 in foreign countries for the preservation and lestoration of foiests; and to report upon the same to Congress. 



Sec. 3. And be it further resoh ed, That the heads of the Executive Departments be, and they are hereby, directed 

 to cause to be rendeicd all necessary and practicable aid to the said commissioner, by access to the public records 

 and otherwise, in the prosecution of the investigations and inquiries aforesaid. 



