218 



Tear. 



1884 



ISSl 



iSS4 



Congress. 



48tli, 1st sess. 



House in -svhicL 

 origin ated. 



Senate 1188 

 Cameron. 



48tb, 1st sess. Senate 1824, 

 Edmunls. 



48tb, 2d sess. i Senate 2451, 

 Miller. 



1S85 40th, 1st sess. | Senate 581, 

 Edmunds. 



1885 



49tli, 1st sess. 



18SG 



1887 



1888 



H. E. 379, 

 Payson. 



1885 tOtb, 1st sess. ! H. K. 2946, 

 ' 1 Hatch. 



1885 j 49th, 1st sess. Senate 551, 

 i Sherman. 



49tli, 1st sess. ! n. R. 5556, 

 I Gates. 



49th, 2d sess. ; n. R. 10430, 

 i Markham. 



rotli, 1st sess. H. R. G045, 

 S. V.White. 



Object of bill. 



Action taken. 



For the protection, preservation, 

 and extension of the fuiests (if 

 tlie United States. To estab- 

 lish au expcnnieut station in 

 connection withtlio iJepartment 

 of Agriculture, Tvest of the Mis- 

 sissippi liiver. To propagate 

 and distribute forest trees'^ in- 

 vestigate qualities, time of grow- 

 ing; protir, etc. One hundred 

 thousand dollars appropriated. 



Act to establish a forest reserva- 

 tion on the head-vraters of the 

 Missouri and Columbia Rivers. 



For the protection of forests on ' 

 the public domain. AVithdravrs 

 all timber land fi'om sale under 

 existing laws. Forest Commis- \ 

 si on to be appointed to examine j 

 and classify forest lands and j 

 determine what should be per- | 

 manently reserved. Timber on 

 reserved lands to be sold under j 

 direction of the Commissioner 

 of the Land Othce. 



To establish a forest reservation 

 in Montana. Same as bill S. 

 1824, in Forty-eighth Congress. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Agriculture and For- 

 estry. 



Passed Senate June 1884. 

 In House printed. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Agriculture. Reported 

 favorablv. 



To repeal act of 1878, for the sale 

 of timber-lands in California, 

 Oregon, ISTevada, and AVashiug- 

 ton^Territorv. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Agriculture. Reported 

 favorably. Passed Sen- 

 ate. In H. R. on calen- 

 dar. 



Referred to Committee on 

 the Public Lands. 



For the preservation of woods and Referred to Committee on 

 forests adjacent to sources of Agriculture, 

 navigable rivers, etc. Samo as 

 hill otlered in Forty-eighth Con- 

 gress. 



Fsr the preservation of woods and 

 forests adjacent to sources of 

 navigable rivers, etc. Same as 

 t)ill nest above. 



To detioe aud punish tin- oft'ense 

 of setting lire to woods ov for- 

 ests iielonsiiig to the United 

 States. 



For the protection of forests in 

 California. To withdraw from 

 sale Government forest lands in 

 C;ilifornianot suited to agricult- 

 ure. Such lauds not to he alien- 

 ated from the Government, but 

 to be placed temporarily under 

 the management of the forest 

 connuissioners of California. 

 Fifty thousand dollars appropri- 

 ated to carry out the act. 



For the protection aud-<iduiinis- 

 tration of the forests on the pub- 

 lic domain. Provides for the 

 classitication of forest lauds, the 

 leservation of a proper amount 

 of forest laud from sale, ihe tim- 

 ber on the same alone being 

 sold under direction of forest 

 commissioncTs to be appointed, 

 wlio are to have entire manage- 

 ment of lijepubJic forests. Tim- 

 ber lands not necess&ry for res- 

 ervation to bo 6old, 



Referred to Committee on 

 Agriculture. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Judiciary. Reported at 

 second session, with 

 amendments, and placed 

 on the Calendar. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. Reported 

 favorably. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lauds. 



