The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-01
CAPITAL CITY Chat.
GOVERNOR SHELDON SENDS
SOLONS SPECIAL MESSAGE.
ASKS DISPOSAL OF MONEY RECEIVED
Railway Commission Bill and Other
Important Measures Getting
Shaped Up fer Intro
duction.
ASKS DISPOSAL OF MONEY RECEIVED
Sheldon Sends in MESSAGE.


Governor Sheldon transmitted to
the legislature special message in
which he said he had received $790.37
from the general government, being
Nebraska's charge of the income from
the forest reserves within the past
of it in accordance with the federal
law which says it shall be expended
for the benefit of the public schools
and the public roads of the counties
in which the forest reservation is situ-
ated. The message was received and
placed on file. 1t is as follows:
you are doubtless aware that with
in recent years the federal govern
ment has given much attention to the
conservation of natural forests and al
so has sought to stimulate tree growth
in prairie regions by the establishment
of forest reserves. Three of these re-
serves have been located in Nebraska
and are known as the Dismal River,
the Niobrara and the North Platte re-
serves, respectively. My information
is that they are situated in the coun-
ties of Blaine, Grant, Cherry, Thomas
and Mcpherson.
'The act making appropriations for
the national department of agricul-
ture, approved June 80, 1906, GA U. S.
statutes, 64S) contains the following:
That ten per centum of all money
received from each forest reserve
within any fiscal year. including the
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and six, shall be paid at the
end thereof by the secretary of the
treasury to the state or territory in
which said reserve is situated, to be
expended as the state or territorial
legislature may prescribe for benefit
of the public schools and public roads
of the county Or counties in which the
forest reserve is situated; Provided
That when any forest reserve is in
more than one state or territory or
county the distributive share to each
from the proceeds of said reserve shall
be proportional to it's area therein;
And provided further, That there shall
not be paid to any state or territory
for any county an amount equal to
more than forty per centum of the
total income of such county from all
other sources.
In harmony with the provisions
quoted l have received from the audi
tor of the treasury department a war
rant for $790.37, being Nebraska's pro-
portionate share of the income from
the forest reserve within the state for
the fiscal year 1906, which sum | have
paid into the state treasury to the
credit of the forest reserve fund. The
federal statute referred to makes it
plain that this money is to be ex-
pended for the benefit of the public
schools and public roads of the county
or counties in which the forest reserve
Is situated to be disbursed as the legis-
lature may prescribe. Before these
funds can be available for the several
counties participating it will be nee
essary for your honorable body to pre-
scribe the details of expenditure and
1t is for that purpose that / call your
attention to the matter. l understand
that the states revenue from the
forest reserve is continuous and will
increase with each year"