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Show all Christmas tree venders to become familiar with the State Law and to comply. Violators will be apprehended and prosecuted prose-cuted with the assistance of city, county and State law enforcement en-forcement officers. Forestry Issues Rulings on Christmas Trees The Utah State Board of Forestry issued the reminder today that trees offered for sale, sold or given away must be tagged to show compliance with the law. Deputy State Forester Martin Mar-tin Craine suggests that every purchaser of a Christmas tree look for a tag that should be displayed as evidence that the tree was legally obtained. Craine said that U. S. Forest For-est Service, Bureau of Land Management or commercial shippers tags are valid. For trees procured from private lands, the State Board of Forestry For-estry issues a tag which is red this year. Tags may be purchased pur-chased from State District Foresters, County Sheriffs, or the Salt Lake headquarters of the Forestry Department. A bill of sale certifying to the legal acquisition and describing the location of the trees must I be shown to obtain the State tags. The Board of Forestry urges |