. Report upon the forestry investigations of the U. S. Department of agriculture. 1877-1898. Forests and forestry. 200 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. Senate 3632 Senate 2118, H. It. , II. R. 10356. Object of hill. To protect the forests on the public domain from destruc- tion by fire. To protect public forest reservations To per
. Report upon the forestry investigations of the U. S. Department of agriculture. 1877-1898. Forests and forestry. 200 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. Senate 3632 Senate 2118, H. It. , II. R. 10356. 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-
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