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TRUNK OF SHORT-LEAF PINE (PINUS ECHINATA, MILL.; PINUS MITIS, MICH.).

FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

Indiana Forestry Legislation.

HE following is a copy of an Act of Assem

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by this act, and that he will maintain the same according to the intent of this enactment. Sec. 10. It shall the duty of the assessor to

Tbly passed by the Legislature of the State personally examine the various forest reservations

of Indiana at its late session :

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That upon any tract of land in the State of Indiana there may be selected by the owner, or owners, as a permanent forest reservation, a portion not to exceed oneeighth of the total area of said tract, which shall be appraised for taxation at one dollar per acre.

Sec. 2. If such selection is an original forest, containing not less than 170 trees on each acre, it shall become subject to this act, upon filing with the auditor of the county in which it is situated, a description of such selection as is hereinafter provided.

Sec. 3 If any land-owner shall plant not less than 170 trees on each acre of selected forest reservation, and shall cultivate and maintain the same for three years, then it shall become subject to this act, as herein provided.

Sec. 4. Upon any tract selected as a forest reservation, which contains 100 or more original forest trees on each acre, the owner may plant a sufficient number of forest trees which shall make up the required 170 trees per acre, when the same shall become subject to this act, as in section 3.

Sec. 5. No land-owner shall receive the benefit of this act who shall permit cattle, horses, sheep, hogs or goats to pasture upon such reservation until said trees are four inches in diameter.

Sec. 6. Whenever any tree or trees shall be removed or die, the owner, in order to avail himself of this act, shall plant other trees in place of such trees as may be removed, or die, and protect said trees until they are four inches in diameter, which shall at all times maintain the full number required by this act.

Sec. 7. Not more than one-fifth of the full number of trees in any forest reservation shall be removed in any one year, excepting that such trees as may die naturally may be removed, when other trees shall be planted.

Sec. 8. Ash, maple, pine, oak, hickory, basswood, elm, black locust, honey locust, Kentucky coffee-tree, chestnut, walnut, butternut, larch, tulip-tree, mulberry, osage orange, sassafras and catalpa shall be considered forest trees within the meaning of this act.

Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the auditor in every county to keep a record of all forest reservations as the same shall be filed with him, and he shall require the owner or agent to subscribe under oath the extent and description of the land reserved, and that the number of trees is as required

when the real estate is appraised, and to note upon his return the condition of the trees. And if the reservation is properly planted and continuously cared for, he shall appraise the same at one dollar per acre.

The Governor also signed the forestry reservation bill, which authorizes the State Board of Forestry to purchase 2000 acres of land for a State forest reservation and laboratory of forest demonstration and State nurseries. The land may be located in any county or counties, shall not exceed in cost $8 an acre, and shall be taken in title in the name of the State. Money derived from the sale of timber, mining or in any other way is to be paid into the State treasury through the secretary of the board. The sum of $1.50 an acre annually is appropriated for maintenance.

An amendment was also made in old bill changing the personnel of the members of the State Board of Forestry.

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Government Forest Reserves.

N the past year a number of changes have been made in the United States forest reserves, together with many important additions. All of the 52 government reserves, which now reach an aggregate of 61,218,525 acres, are situated in the Western States and Territories, and, through the courtesy of the Bureau of Forestry, we are able to present the following table, giving the name of each reserve, its number (representing the order in which they were reserved), the total area, together with the State in which it is located, as well as the total areas of forest reserves in each State. Our island possessions are not included.

U. S. GOVERNMENT FOREST RESERVES ARRANGED BY STATES.

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