219 



rear. 



Cougross. 



IIouso in wliicli 

 originated. 



Object of'blll. 



Action taken. 



18S8 



SOtli, 1st soss. 



Senate 1779, 

 nale. 



For tlio protection and adminis- 

 tration of tlio ioi-o.sts on tiio 

 public domain. Same as U. It. 

 bill G045 above. 



Keferrcd to Comraitteo on 

 Agriculture and For- 

 estry. 



18S8 



50Lh, 1st sess. 



H.K. 1353, 

 Weaver. 



To further amend the public-laud 

 laws, and for the preservation of 

 natural forests on the public do- 

 main, the protection of water 

 supplj", and for other purj)Oses. 



Ilofericd to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



1888 



SOtli, 1st scss. 



11. 11. 7001, 

 Uolman. 



To secure to actual settlers the 

 public lauds adapted to agricult- 

 ure, to protect the forests on the 

 public domain, and for other 

 purposes. 



Eei)orted by Committee on 

 Public Lands as a sub- 

 stitute for H. E. bill No. 

 CO J 5 and other bills l e- 

 lating to the public lands. 

 Passed. In Senate re- 

 fcrx*G(I to OommittiC© on 

 Public Lands. 



1888 



50tli, Ist sess. 



Senate 2510. 

 Teller. 



To amend act authorizing citizens 

 of Colorado, Nevada, and the 

 Territories to fell aud remove 

 timber on the public domain for 

 mining and domestic purposes. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



18SS 



jOtb, 1st scss. 



Senate 2877 

 Teller. 



Authorizing citizens of Colorado, 

 Nevada, and the Territories to 

 fell and remove timber on the 

 public domain for mining and 

 domestic purposes. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



To give ii more complete view of tlie action of tbe Governmeufc iu 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 CULTURE ACTS. 



Year. 



Congress. 



House iu which 

 originated. 



Object of bill. 



Action taken. 



1873 



1874 



42d, 2d scss. 



43d, 1st aess. 



Senate C80, 

 Hitchcock. 



H. R. 743, 

 Dunnell. 



1876 



43d, 1st sess. 



H. R. 2427. 



To encourage the growth of tim- 

 ber on Western prairies. A per- 

 son planting 40 acres of timber 

 trees on Government land to bo 

 entitled to 160 acres at the ex- 

 piration of ten years. The so- 

 called timber-culture act. 



To amend the above act. Confines 

 privilege of entry to heads 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. liestricts the 

 amount to be entered by one 

 person to ItiO 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 ])erfecting 

 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. 



