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of Illinois; and be entitled to receive from the Secretary of State 

 such stationery, postage, and other office supplies and equipment 

 as may be necessary. He shall act as Secretary of the State Board of 

 Forestry. He shall, under the supervision of the State Board of 

 Forestry, have charge of all forest interests in the jurisdiction of the 

 State, direct the management of the State demonstration forests and 

 collect data relative to forest conditions in the State. He shall have 

 charge of all county firewardens in the State, and shall aid and direct 

 them in their work, cooperate in forest work as provided in Section 4, 

 and carry on a course of lectures on forestry at the Farmers' Institutes 

 and similar meetings within the State. He shall give instruction in 

 the College of Agriculture of the University of Illinois in forestry 

 and silviculture, subject to the approval of the President and trus- 

 tees of the University of Illinois. He shall prepare annually a re- 

 port to the State Board of Forestry on the progress and condition 

 of State forest work, and recommend therein plans for improving 

 the State system of forest protection, management, and replacement. 



Section 3. The State Board of Forestry shall have the power 

 to purchase lands in the name of the State suitable for State demonstra- 

 tion forests, at a price which shall not exceed $20 per acre, using for 

 such purposes any surplus money, not otherwise appropriated, which 

 may be standing to the credit of the State Board of Forestry, and to 

 make all rules and regulations for the administration of such lands as 

 State demonstration forests; and the Governor is authorized, upon 

 the recommendation of said State Board of Forestry, to accept gifts of 

 land to the State, the same to be likewise held, protected, and admin- 

 istered under rules and regulations of the State Board of Forestry as 

 State demonstration forests and to be used so as to demonstrate the 

 practical utility of timber culture. Such gifts must be absolute, except 

 for the reservation of all mineral and mining rights from and under 

 said lands and a stipulation that they shall be administered as State 

 demonstration forests, and the Attorney General of the State is directed 

 to see that all deeds to the State of lands mentioned are properly 

 executed, and that the title to such lands is free of encumbrances before 

 the gift is accepted. 



Section 4. The State Forester shall, acting under the super- 

 vision of the State Board of Forestry, when he deems it necessary to 

 the best interest of the people and the State, cooperate in forest sur- 

 veys, forest studies and forest protection, and in the preparation of 

 plans for the protection, management, and replacement of trees, 

 woodlots, and timber tracts, with any of the several departments of 

 the Federal or State Government, and with counties, towns, corpora- 

 tions, and individuals, under an agreement that the parties obtaining 



