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FORESTRY INVESTIGATIONS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Year. 



1890 



1890 



Congress. 



51st, 1st seqs. 



1800 do 



1891 51st, 2d boss. 



1891 do 



1892 52d, 1st sess. 



1892 

 1892 



.do 

 .do 



1892 do 



1892 52d, 1st aesH 



1892 

 1892 



1892 



1892 



do 



do 



.do 



...do 



1892 

 181)3 

 1893 

 1893 



1893 

 1893 

 1894 



1894 



1894 



1895 

 1895 



1895 



1895 



1895 

 1895 



1892 



do 



1892 



do 



1892 



do 



1892 



do 



do 



52d, 2d sess 



do 



do 



do 



do 



53d, 1st sess. 



.do 



.do 



53d, 2d sess 



do , 



..do 



do 



...do 

 ...do 



House in 

 winch origi- 

 nated. 



...do 



H. It. 8247.- 



H.K. 8459 . 



ILK. 10715. 

 H. II. 12750. 

 H.R. 13390. 



Senate 382 . 



Senate 664 . 



Senate 2763. 



Sen ate 3090. 

 Senate 3235. 



ILK. 29.... 

 H. It. 102... 



JtL. JtC. uiJo . • . 



ILR.2G47-. 



ILK. 5979.. 

 H.K.6656.. 



U.K. 8259.. 

 H.K. 8445.. 



U.K. 9709.. 

 Senate 2275 

 H.K. 9790.. 

 H. IS. 9981... 

 H. 11. 30101.. 

 H.K. 10207.. 

 Senate 74 



Object of bill. 



Senate. .2... 



H.K. 119.... 



Sen ate 2069.. 

 H.K.119.... 



H.K.4726... 



H.K. 5714... 



H.K. 7173... 

 H.K. 7259... 



To anthomo entry of the public lands by incorporated 

 cities and towns for cemetery and park purposes. 



For the protection of watersheds and irrigation systems 

 and for the establishment of a forest administration on 

 the "Western mountains and plains. 



To provide for the sale of timber and stone lands and the 

 timber thereon. 



To dispose of the timber lands of the State of Arkansas 

 at cash entry. 



To amend "xVn act to set apart certain tracts of land in the 

 State of California as forest reservations, approved Octo- 

 ber 1, 1890." 



For the protection of trees and other growth on the public 

 domain trom destruction by fire. 



For the sale of timber lands in the State of Montana, and 

 to make the same subject to the mineral laws of the 

 United States after their sale as timber lands. 



For the protection and administration of the public forest 

 reservations. 



Providing for an experimental forestry tree-culture reserve 



To provide for the establishment, protection, and adminis- 

 tration of public forest reservations, and for other pur- 

 poses. 



To dispose of the timber lands of the State of Arkansas at 

 cash entry. 



To secure to actual settlers the public lands adapted to 

 agriculture, to protect the forests on the public domain, 

 and for other purposes. 



For the preservation of the woods and forests of the na- 

 tional domain adjacent to the sources of the navigable 

 rivers and their affluent s in the United States 



For the protection of trees and other growth on the public 

 lands and on the public parks and reservations of the 

 United States from destruction by fire. 



Regulating the manner and limitation of tree culture 



To provide for the sale of stone and timber lands unfit for 

 cultivation, and for other purposes. 



To dispose of the timber lands of the State of Arkansas 

 at cash entry. 



To repeal the act of October 1 , 1890, in relation to forest res- 

 ervations in California, and instructing the Secretary of 

 the Interior to issue patents to settlers thereon. 



To classify timber lands and provide for the sale of the 

 timber thereon. 



For the relief of purchasers of timber and stone lands 

 under the act of June 3, 1878. 



do 



Reserving the timber reservation in Oklahoma Territory 



for the benetit of the Territorial institutions of learning. 



To protect public forest reservations 



To provide for the protection and administration of public 

 forest reservations, and for other purposes. 



To provide for the classification and disposition of the pub- 

 lic lands, the protection and administration of the public 

 forest reservations, and tor other purposes. 



Authorizing citizens of that pait of the State of Washing- 

 ton eastward of the Columbia River to fell and icmove 

 timber on the public domain for mining and domestic 

 purposes. 



To protect public forest reservations 



To amend the act of June 3, 1878, for the sale of timber 



and stone lands. 

 To protect public forest reservations 



For the relief of citizens who have entered lands under an 

 act entitled "An act for the sale of timber lands in Cali- 

 fornia, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington Territory " ap- 

 proved June 3, 1878, and to amend said act and all acts 

 amendatory thereof. 



To amend an act entitled "An act for the sale of timber 

 land in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and 

 "Washington Territory." 



To provide for the reduction of the limits of Battlement 

 Mesa Forest Reserve, in the State of Colorado. 



For the relief of certain settlers who have entered lands 

 under the timber and stone act, etc. 



Action taken. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Repoited back. Passed 

 House. Keferred to Senate Com- 

 mittee on Public Lands. Keported 

 back with amendment. Amended 

 and passed Senate. House noncon 

 curs in Senate amendment. Confer- 

 ence appointed. Conference report 

 made and agreed to. Examined and 

 signed. Approved by President. 



Keferred to Committee on Irrigation 

 of Arid Lands in the United States. 



Keferred 

 Lands. 



Keferred 

 Lands. 

 Do. 



to Committee on Public 



to Committee 

 Keported back. 



on Public 



Keferred to Committee on Agriculture 

 and Forestry. Keported back ad- 

 versely and indefinitely postponed. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Keferred to Committee on Agriculture 

 and Forestry. Reported back ad- 

 versely and indefinitely postponed. 

 Do. 



Keferred to Committee on Agriculture 

 and Forestry. Keported back with 

 amendments. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Laid on table. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Keferred to Committee on Agriculture. 



Do. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 



Lands. 

 Introduced by Committee on Public 



Lands as substitute for II. 11. 5142 



and II. K. 29. Laid on table. 

 Keferred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 

 Keferred to Committee on Private 



Claims. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 



Lands. 

 Passed House. Examined and signed. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 

 Do. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 



Lands. Keported back. 

 Keferred to Committee on Public 



Lands. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Keported back with amend- 

 ments. Debated. Withdrawn. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Recommitted to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Keported back with amend- 

 ments. Resolution making bill spe- 

 cial order reported, debated, and 

 withdrawn. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. H. K. 7359 reported as sub- 

 stitute. 



Keferred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Reported back. Debated. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Introduced by Committee on Public 

 Lands as substitute for II, K. 4726. 

 Passed House. Referred to Senate 

 Committee on Public Lands. Re- 

 ported back. 



