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Meaning of STUMPAGE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Stump"age\, n.
1. Timber in standing trees, -- often sold without the land
   at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being
   counted when the land is cleared. [Local, U.S.]
         Only trees above a certain size are allowed to be
         cut by loggers buying stumpage from the owners of
         land.                                 --C. S.
                                               Sargent.
2. A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price
   of lumber. [Local, U.S.] --The Nation.
 
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