ReportDepartment of Forestry., 1908 - Forests and forestry |
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1st term 2nd term amount Ansonia Asaph assessed auxiliary forest reserves BEDFORD COUNTY borough broadleafs camp catalpa cents per acre chestnut Commissioner of Forestry conifers cost county commissioners covered crop dense Department of Forestry Diameter breast high eight eighty per centum European larch feet fire fire-wardens foliage fruit germinate ground growing hemlock hickory honey locust Huntingdon county inches labor located locust maple Marsh Creek miles moisture Mont Alto mountain Norway spruce nursery owner paid Pennsylvania Pine Creek pitch pine plantation PLATE produce protection pruning purposes railroad ranger reason rebate red oak removed ridges road rock oak roots Section seedlings shade slope Snyder County soil species spring stand streams street trees suitable survey timber Tioga county tion township tract transplanting tree planting tulip poplar Tussey Mountain weed white oak white pine wood young growth
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Page 28 - All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, exempt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or corporate profit, and institutions of purely public charity.
Page 25 - That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Page 144 - Commission shall not be changed by this act, but shall be and remain as provided by the act of Assembly, and by the ordinance of councils creating such Commission for the care and maintenance of public parks. And such Shade-Tree Commission shall, twice in every year, report in full its transactions and expenditures for the municipal fiscal year then last ended, to the authority under and by which it was appointed : Provided, That an existing park commission, acting under this enactment, may embody...
Page 39 - ... of this act. Section 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Section 9. This act shall take effect immediately...
Page 145 - ... paid for by a general tax to be levied annually in the manner that taxes for...
Page 143 - That in townships, boroughs, or cities in which a Commission for the care of public parks shall have been created, said Commission shall, upon the acceptance of this act as provided in section two, be charged with the duties of the Commission as above provided. and shall, for that purpose be possessed of all the powers herein mentioned and granted.
Page 173 - ... kinds, perhaps once transplanted, with welldeveloped root systems, the plants in no case to be more than 2 to 3 years old. The secondary or nurse crop may then be sown or planted with younger and less costly material taken from the woods or grown in seed beds...
Page 143 - ... and such commissioners shall be appointed, for terms of three, four, and five years, respectively, and, on the expiration of any term, the new appointment shall be for five years, and any vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only; and in...
Page 159 - Very favorable soil conditions increase the shade endurance of the latter, and climatic conditions also modify their position in the scale. All trees ultimately thrive best, ie, grow most vigorously, in the full enjoyment of light, but their energy then goes into branching. Crowded together, with the side light cut off, the lower lateral branches soon die and fall, while the main energy of growth is put into the shaft, and height growth is stimulated.
Page 23 - Said notice shall contain a description of the land, its location, boundary, area, and character, and shall state as far as practicable the species, character, and condition of the trees growing thereon, and whether they are of natural reproduction or are from seed sown for the purpose, or have been set out on said land, or all combined, and such other information as the commission may require.