The Brush Disposal Act of 1916, was a federal legislative act of the United States., It stipulated that private timber company purchasers of

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timber be required by the

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to deposit the estimated cost of brush and debris removal resulting from their cutting operations with a special fund at the

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which would remain available until expended.

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