Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-04-14
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA,
EXECrTINE DEPARTMENT.
TIL NV EN
BISMARCK, March 20, 1888,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
BISMARCK, March 90, 1888.
In conformity with custom and the
sentiment Of our people, l, Louis K.
Church, governor of Dakota, DO hereby
designate Wednesday, April 25th as
arbor day for that portion of Dakota w.
ing south Of the seventh standard paral
lei of latitude, and Thursday, May 3rd,
as arbor day for that portion Of Dakota
wing north of such parallel, and | do
declare the same as a legal holiday and
request that the people devote the day
as designated to the planting Of trees,
shrubs and vines in and about public
and private grounds and ways, and |
respectfully urge appropriate observance
in our public schools and that public
officials and citizens generally aid in
making the day one that will confer a
blessing to the future as well as q bene-
fit to the present and I would call at
~tention to the wise, salutary laws of
Dakota upon a subject Of such inpor-
lance which are as follows:
"On all public highways Of not less
than sixty-six feet in width the owners,
occupants or claimants of adjoining
lands may use and occupy one rod in
width of such highway adjoining such
lands for the purpose Of cultivating the
growth Of timber and trees thereon;
provided, that the same be kept contin-
ously in good order and under full TIM
Der and tree cultivation.
ANY person c~ultivating a hedge upon
his land adjoining a public highway and
desiring to fence the same, may place
such fence seven feet over and upon
such highway; provided, that it do not
obstruct the public travel.
Every person planting one acre or
more of prairie land within five years
after the passage of this act March 49,
1880 with any kind of forest trees ex-
cept black locust and cottonwood, and
successfully growing and cultivating for
three years, shall be entitled to receive
for ten years thereafter an annual
bounty Of two dollars for each acre so
planted and cultivated, to be paid out of
the territorial treasury; but such bounty
shall not be paid any longer than such
grove Of trees is maintained and kept in
growing condition.
Any person wishing to secure the
benefit Of this act shall within three
years after planting such grove of trees,
and annually thereafter. file with the
county auditor or clerk Of the county in
which the same is located a correct plat
of land, describing the section or frac-
ton thereof on which such grove has
been planted OF cultivated, and shall
make due proof Of such planting and
cultivation as well as Of the title to the
land, by oath of the owner and the afi
davit of two householders residing IN
the vicinity, setting forth the facts in
relation to the growth and cultivation OF
the grove of trees for which such bounty
is de handed. The several county au-
ditt o clerks shall, on or before the
frs Monday of August of each year for.
ward to the territorial auditor a certified
list of all the lands and tree planting
reported and verified to them in com
pllance with this act, with the name
and p~ostofice address Of the respective
owners thereof; provided, this act shall
not apply TO any railroad company for
planting of trees within two hundred
feet of its track for the purpose of max
ing a snow fence, o to any trees plant
ed upon land hclG, entered and acquired
under the timber culture laws of the
United States.
IF the territorial auditor shall find
that the provisions Of this act have been
duly complied with, he shall issue TO
the several applicants entitled thereto
his warrant upon the territorial treasur-
or for the bounty so earned.
Any one-fourth part Of IA quarter sec