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FOKESTEY INVESTIGATIONS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Tear. 



1896 

 1896 

 1897 



1897 

 1897 



1897 



1897 

 1897 

 1897 



1897 



Congress. 



54th, 1st sess. 



do 



54th, 2<1 sess . 



.do 



.do , 



.do 



-do 

 .do 

 .do 



..do 



House in 

 which origi- 

 nated. 



H.R. 9124.. 

 H.B.9H3.. 

 Senate 3632 



Senate 2118 , 

 H.E.9124... 



H. It. 9123... 



H.R. 9923... 

 H.R, 10270.. 

 II. R. 10356. 



H.R. 4058... 



Object of hill. 



To protect the forests on the public domain from destruc- 

 tion by fire. 

 To protect public forest reservations 



To permit; owners of chums to iron and coal mines on forest 

 reservations of the United States to perfect their title 

 thereto, and to procure a patent therefor, and for other 

 purposes. 



To protect public forest reservations 



To protect the forests of the public domain from destruc- 

 tion by fire. 



To prevent forest fires on the public demain 



To confirm title to purchasers of certain lands under the 



timber and sstone law. 

 Providing for the selection of lands in lieu of swamp lands 



included in forest reservations. 

 To restore to the public domain the lands embraced within 



tho forest reservations in the State of "Wyoming set up 



and established by Executive order February 22, 1897. 

 To set apart certain lands now known as the Pacific Forest 



Iteserve as a public park, to be known as tbe Washington 



National Park. 



Action taken. 



Referred to Committee on Public 



Lands. Reported back. 

 Referred to Committee on Public 



Lands. 

 Consideration in House objected to. 



Passed over in Senate. 

 Debated and rejected in House. 



Reported back and passed Senate 

 Examined and signed. Approved 

 by President. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Do. 



Reported back. Passed Senate. Ex- 

 amined and signed. 



To give a more complete view of tbe action of the Government in its bearings upon forestry, 

 it seems proper to append to the foregoing synopsis the following record of legislation, actual as 

 well as only proposed : 



TIMBER-CULTURE ACTS. 



Year. 



1873 



1874 



1876 



1878 



1881 



1882 

 1885 



1885 



1885 



1886 



1886 

 1888 



1888 



1888 



1888 

 1890 



1890 

 1890 



Congress. 



42d, 2d sess. 

 43d, 1st sess. 



— do 



*45th, 2d sess 



47th, 1st sess. 



do 



49th, 1st sess 



... .do 



do 



do , 



.....do 



50th, 1st sess. 



....do 



House in 

 which origi- 

 nated. 



Senate G80 



H.R.743. 



H.R.2t27. 



H.R. 3235. 



.....do 



do 



51st, 1st sess 



— do 



....do 



H.R.430... 



H.R.4497... 

 Senate 65 . . . 



H.R. 452... 



H.R.380.... 



H.R.5210.., 



H.R. 1238... 

 Senate 2893 . 



H.R. 1301... 



H.R. 1601... 



H.R. 2003... 

 Sonate 66 . . . 



Senate 366.. 

 H. R. 84..... 



To encourage the growth of timber on Western prairies. 

 A person planting 40 acres of timber trees on Oovern- 

 meut land to be entitled to 160 acres at the expiration of 

 10 years. The so-called timber-culture act. 

 To amend the above act. Confines privilege of entry to 

 heads of families or persons over 2L years of age and to 

 citizens of the United States. Reduces the time for 

 perfecting title to eight years. Restricts the amount 

 to be entered by one person to 160 acres. Allows home- 

 steaders to obtain patent by planting one-sixteenth of 

 homestead with tiees. 

 To amend act of 1873. Allows extension of time for per- 

 fecting title in case of the destruction of trees by grass- 

 hoppers; al<*o permits seeds and nuts to be planted in- 

 stead oi" trees. 

 To amend the act of 1873. Reducing the number of acres 

 to be planted to 10 for every quarter section, and in the 

 same proportion for smaller quantities, but requiring 

 closer planting— 2,700 trees per acre. Five acres to bo 

 broken first year and 5 tbe second, and planted with 

 trees in the third and fourth years. Repeals the home- 

 stead provision of the act of 1874. 

 To amend the act of 1878. Specifying the kinds of trees to 

 be planted. 



To repeal the act of 1878 



To repeal all laws for the preemption of public lands and 

 those allowing entries for timber culture, the sale of 

 desert lands, etc. 

 To repeal all law s for the preemption of public lands and 



those allowing entries for timber culture. 

 To repeal preemption and timber culture laws. Nearly 



identical with bill 452. 

 To repeal all laws for the preemption of public lands and 

 for timber-culture entries. 



To amend the act of 1878 



To amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 

 'An act to encourage the growth of timber on the West- 

 ern prairies.' " 

 To repeal all laws providing for the preemption of the pub- 

 lic lands, the laws allowing entries for timber culture, 

 the laws authorizing the sale of desert lands, and for 

 other purposes. 

 To repeal all laws providing for the preemption of the pub- 

 lic lands, the laws allowing entries for timber culture, 

 and for other purposes. 

 To repeal the preemption and timber-culture laws, and to 



amend the desert-land act, and for other purposes. 

 To repeal all laws providing for the preemption of the pub- 

 lic lands, the laws allowing entries for timber culture, 

 and for other purposes. 

 To amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 

 'An act to encourage the growth of timber on the West- 

 ern prairies.'" 



To repeal all laws providing for the preemption of the pub- 

 lic lands, the law allowing entries for timber culture and 

 amending other land laws, and for other purposes. 



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 on Public 

 Lands. Reported favorably. Passed 

 and approved May 20, 1877. 



Reported with amendments by com- 

 mittee. Passed and approved June 

 14 1878. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Laid on table. 



Do. 



Do. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Reported back adversely 

 and indefinitely postponed. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Reported back. Parsed 

 Senate. Referred to House Com- 

 mittee on Public Lands. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



