Show TUB there las boon introduced joao timo since in abo house of the present a bill to the plant iQ if forest trees in abo terri doiy of utah and offering a bounty joany one who duay comply with its provisions it is as follows ii i i tn t n bif it e by the boier mr tc taci tio county courts of the din erent in tins territory are ri to offer j lonnay to an per res din within tho limits af their ho llull in the act ten ean plant ono or more acres to finest trees and properly the for mara county shill not aced cuenl ahe dollars oi each acre BO pi intoe and bij baij rc cahall not he planted r 1 r distance dib tance thin cn feet ind biall ho kept in 1 healthy ground condition tondi tion fur three ears baich buunk duo and payable pro idled that nothing in this act shall apply to any aind held aa cul under the timber culture lius of the united states SEC 2 any county court de airing to ike adan tago of alio provisions of this let may do so hy publishing 1 notice to act in boine newspaper having a circulation in their county or by post ni the babue in home conspicuous plana in eacle precinct during the month of march in lie year in which lucli id nude 5 any person atho may hereafter canni alie bounty under the of this act shall make proof before tle county court in the county in liichi aliey reside they have coin plied knitli alin provi aiona made in section 1 hereof M hereupon said court shall aube to bo issued to alio pernon entitled thereto a warrant upon alie county treasurer for the amount duo nn dor alio on t r mido by bliem nono will deny but that some law 13 needed to encourage tha planting and per serving of forest trees and whether or not tho provisions of this act answer alio necessity wo cannot say tho forests in tha mountains have been so depleted of their wealth that tho inhabitants are now experiencing a broat inconvenience it is also being that tho naked surface of our country is actually at with segious results the soil which once acted as a huge sponga for the retaining of surface water owing to the fact of ano underground network of iho roots of trees and other vegetation is now devoid of the propensities that used to be a great safeguard against freshets fresh ets and a source of a constant water supply to our valleys so aside from the wealth there is in this t of tree culture to the engaged therein it can readily be seen that forests are also a great gain to the public by increasing our water supply and making a isioro constadt con flow |