219 



Tear. 



1888 



1888 



1888 



Congress 



50Lli, Ist 



5Qth, 1st sess. 



50tli, 1st sess. 



1888 



1888 



50tb, 1st sess. 



oOtli, 1st sess. 



House in which 

 oriojinated. 



Senate 1779, 

 Hale. 



H. R 1353, 

 Weaver. 



n. R. 7001, 

 Holman. 



Senate 2510. 

 Teller. 



Senate 2877 

 Teller. 



Object of bill. 



For the protection and adminis- 

 tration of the forests on the 

 public domain. Same as H. II. 

 bill 6045 above. 



To further amend the public-hind 

 laws, and for the preservation of 

 natural forests on the public do- 

 main, the protection of water 

 supply, and for other purposes. 



To secure to actual settlers the 

 public lands adapted to agricult- 

 ure, to protect the forests on tlio 

 public domain, and for other 

 purposes. 



To amend act authorizing citizens 

 of Colorado, Tfevada,' and the 

 Territories to fell and remove 

 timber on the public domain for 

 mining and domestic purposes. 



Authorizing citizens of Colorado, 

 Nevada, and the Territories to 

 fell and remove timber on the 

 public domain for mining and 

 domestic puri)Oses. 



Action taken. 



Eeferred to Committee on 

 Agriculture and For- 

 estry. 



Keferi'cd to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



Eeported by Committee on 

 Public Lands as a snb 

 stituto for H. 11. bill No 

 6045 and other bills le 

 bating to the public lands, 

 Passed. In Senate ic 

 ferred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



Eeferred to Comi 

 Public Lands. 



ittee on 



Eeferred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



To give a more complete view of the action of tlie 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: 



TIMBER CULTUEE ACTS. 



Year. 



Congress, 



House in which 

 originated. 



Object of bill. 



Action tahen. 



1873 



42d, 2d sess. 



43d, I.St 



Senate 680, 

 Hitchcock. 



H. R. 743, 

 Dunnell. 



1876 



43d, 1st sess. 



H. R. 2427. 



To encourage the growth of tim- 

 ber on Westei'u 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. 



To amend the aboveact. Confines 

 privilege of entry to lieads 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. Eesti'icts the 

 amount to be entered by one 

 person to 160 acres. Allows 

 homesteaders to obtain patent 

 by planting one-sixteenth of 

 homestead with trees. 



To amend 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 bo 

 planted instead of trees. 



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, 1887. 



