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Show Christmas Tree Tag i Display Essential To Fulfilling Law It is that time of the year to think about the purchasing' of Christmas trees. All citizens are reminded that each tree offered for sale, sold or given away must be tagged to show compliance with the law. The Utah Department Depart-ment of Forestry pointed out that compliance with the provisions of the Utah state r be closely enforced. ' ' Forester Bill Poulsen suggests that every purchaser of a Christmas Christ-mas tree look for d lag that should be displayed as evidence that the tree was legally obtained. ob-tained. Poulsen pointed out that the law reads "possession within the state of Utah, of an untagged untag-ged Christmas tree will be prima facie evidence of violation of state law and will subject the person or persons in possession of an untagged tree or trees to prosecution for a misdemeanor. Poulsen said that the U. S. Forest For-est Service. Bureau of Land Management, Man-agement, Fish and Game Department, Depart-ment, State Land Board, or commercial com-mercial shipped tags are valid. iFor trees procured from private lands, the Department of Forestry Forest-ry issues the tags to be used. iTags can be purchased from county sheriffs or the headquarters headquar-ters of the State Forestry Department De-partment in Salt Lake City. A bill of sale certifying to the legal acquisition and describing the location of the trees must be shown to obtain state tags. The Department of 1 orestry urges ur-ges all Christmas tree vendors to become familiar with the state laws and to comply. |