Report of the Forestry Commission of New HampshireEdward N. Pearson, 1891 |
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Страница 4 - State, near summer resorts, or bordering upon the principal sources of the water-supplies needed for manufacturing purposes, with the view of preserving the same as public lands and parks, and report their finding to the next session of the Legislature. " Resolved, That the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasury for the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay for the services and expenses of /said commission.
Страница 3 - That the governor, with the advice of the council, is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a commission, consisting of three able and discreet men, who shall examine and ascertain the feasibility of the purchase by the State of the whole or any portion of the timber lands upon the hills and mountains in the State, near summer resorts or bordering upon the principal sources of the water supplies needed for manufacturing purposes, with the view of preserving the same as public lands and parks,...
Страница 4 - Governor, and such associates as he may appoint to act with him, are hereby constituted a commission to institute an inquiry into the extent to which the forests of New Hampshire are being destroyed by the indiscriminate cutting of wood and timber for transportation to other States; also, the effect, if any, produced by the destruction of our forests upon our rainfall, and consequently upon our ponds and streams, and into the wisdom or necessity for the adoption of forest laws.
Страница 4 - It shall be the duty of the forest commissioner to make a collection and classification of statistics relating to the forests and connected interests of the state, and to institute an inquiry into the extent to which the forests of Maine are being destroyed by fires and by wasteful cutting, and to ascertain so far as he can as to the diminution of the wooded surface of the land upon the water sheds of the lakes, rivers and water powers of the state and the effect of such diminution upon the water...
Страница 3 - Resolved by the Senate and, House of Representatives in General -Court convened: That the Governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint a liquor research commission consisting of seven members and shall designate its chairman.
Страница 4 - This Commission, which expired by limitation in two years, was by the act of September 15, 1883, extended for an additional term of two years. Its report, submitted to the Legislature in 1885, treated of the five following subjects: 1. Forest areas. 2. The forests of New Hampshire in their relation to the amount of rainfall, the water supply, and the climate of the State. 3. The trees and shrubs composing the New Hampshire forests, their distribution, relative abundance, and utility. 4. Forest management...
Страница 50 - SEC. 3. The selectmen of towns in this state are hereby constituted fire wardens of their several towns, whose duty it shall be to watch the forests, and whenever a fire is observed therein to immediately summon such assistance as they may deem necessary, go at once to the scene of it, and, if possible, extinguish it. In regions where no town organizations exist, the .county commissioners are empowered to appoint such fire wardens. Fire wardens and such persons as they may employ shall be paid for...
Страница 27 - ... finding to the next session of the Legislature." The report of this Commission, presented to the Legislature in 1891, was based upon a careful examination of the mountain regions of the State, and contained in its first half an analysis of the functions of mountain forests, under four heads: 1. The preservation of the mountains themselves by clothing them with soil. 2. The supply of timber. 3. The formation in the soil of natural storage reservoirs for the retention and distribution of water....
Страница 26 - Cause rules for the prevention and suppression of forest fires to be printed for posting in school-houses, inns, saw-mills and other wood-working establishments, lumber camps and other places in such portions of the state as they may deem necessary.
Страница 4 - ... beg leave to refer, as an introduction to the present report, as our report of two years ago referred to that of the former forestry commission. This earlier commission provided for by acts of the Legislature approved July 29, 1881, and September 15, 1883, was composed of the following gentlemen : SW Hale, governor, Henry G. Jesup, Joseph B. Walker, William H. Hills, Joseph Barnard, William S. Ladd, Ithiel E. Clay, and William F. Flint. They submitted a report to the Legislature at its June session...