Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-09-13

the establishment, protection, and
administration of public forest res
ervations, and for other PURPOSES"
The bill (Senate 3235) was in
troduced by Senator Paddock, has
been favorably reported by the
Committee to which it was referred,
and is now on the calendar Of the
senate, privileged to be called up
at an early date of the next session,
After providing for an examination
and classification of all public
lands bearing forests and the set
ting apart by the president Of for
est reservations, Sections 4, 8, 6,
and z provide for a Commissioner
Of Forests, three inspectors, and
the necessary clerical force in
connection with the department
of agriculture, a superintendent
for each reservation, and assistant
superintendents to be in charge of
portions of reservations exceeding
one million acres, and for such de-
tails of troops as may be necessary
for the additional protection Of
the reservations.
Section 8 provides that all the
forest officers shall possess the
powers Of deputy q. s. Marsbals,
wear badges showing their official
functions, and shall have all the
powers and duties of such officers
in enforcing this Act and the rules
and regulations governing their
reservations.
Section 9 provides that if any of
the states in which forest reserva-
tions are situated provide for the
management of the forests in the
state it shall be in the discretion
of the Commissioner of Forests to
substitute such state forest man.
agement.
Section 10 provides for a survey
and description of lands in each
forest reservation with special ref
erence to the uses to which the
soil is best adapted, and after due
examination by the Commissioner
of Forests for a report by him des-
ignating such areas hs are better
adapted for farming than for the
growth of timber, with a view to
their restoration to the public do
main.
Section IL provides for treason
able rules and regulations for the
administration, protection, and oc-
cupancy Of the reservations" for
the establishment of a practicable
system of forestry by the Com
missioner of Forests, but there
shall be mo restrictions prevent
ing prospecting for minerals ex-
cept so far as general regulations"
are concerned, and "no exclusive
rights to prospect, hunt, or fish, u
but ''the forest officers shall be
charged with the enforcement Of
any existing state game laws" &c.
Section II provides for the open.
ing of mines under licenses grant
ed by the secretary of agriculture
in designated localities, within
which mineral has been actually
discovered; and for such regula-
tions as viii in6ure the objects Of
the reservations, and for the leas
ing of pasturage, for the construc-
ton of reservoirs, bitches anC
| other irrigation works.
. Sections 13, IA, and 10 provid,
that all the cutting of wood ON tn,
reservations shall be done in &C.
cordance with a system Of licenses
as follows,
LIST. PrOspector's licenses, whicl
shall be granted upon the paymen
of Ave dollars, comforting the righ
to prospect for minerals and to Gu
timber for the first construction o
all necessary mining structure
from the land adjacent.
And. Settlers licenses, grante'
10 any bona fide settler having n,
timber on his claim by the reser
vatidh superintendent on the pay
ment Of Ave dollars. Such licens
shall confer the right to cut 70
one year, for the licensees owl
use only, and for domestic pur
}. poses, fuel and fence materia
etc, upon On area of five acres.
Ord. Lumberman's licehsei
granted upon payment of a fee {
$500 for the cutting of sue
timber as in the opinion of th
tho commissioners may be advat