STATE FOREST NOTES AND LEGISLATION 45 



TniFitary parties who are out on ofificial duty in the various sections 

 adjoining the cantonment. 



KENTUCKY 



The consolidation of the State Board of Forestry and the Geological 

 Survey was brought about at the 1918 session of the General Assem- 

 "bly. Early in the session strong opposition developed to what were 

 termed boards and commissions. This opposition grew throughout the 

 session and finally took concrete form in a series of bills prepared by 

 an investigating committee, which proposed sweeping changes involv- 

 ing abolishments and consolidations. Among the proposed changes 

 was the consolidation of the Board of Forestry and the Geological 

 Survey. This was finally brought about with the following noticeable 

 ^features : 



1. The Board of Forestry and the Geological Survey were abolished. 



2. A Commissioner of Forestry and GeoIog>' was substituted, appointive by 

 the Governor, and a deputy was also provided for. If the commissioner was a 

 graduate forester the deputy should be a graduate geologist and rice versa. 



3. The appropriation of the Board of Forestry was repealed and the appro- 

 priation of the Geological Survey continued for the new department, and in 

 addition the salaries of the commissioner and the deputy are paid directly out 

 of the treasury and not out of the appropriation. 



4. The method of procedure and the character of work of the two departments 

 -was left unchanged. 



It is not expected at the present time that the personnel of the two 

 departments as they heretofore existed will be interfered with. The 

 Governor appointed J. E. Barton, formerly State forester, as Commis- 

 sioner of Geology and Forestry, effective July i. This appointment is 

 for two years. Subsequent appointments run for four years. 



NORTH CAROLINA 



Pire Protection 



The departure in fire protection has been made of employing the 

 patrolmen to cover much larger districts than heretofore. Whole 

 counties, or even still larger areas, are now given to one man, who is 

 expected to post notices all over his district, interview sawmill men, 

 farmers, and other residents, distribute leaflets, and explain the forest- 

 fire law. They devote much more time to educational work and less 

 time to actual fire patrol than the men previously appointed, who had 

 ^smaller districts. It is thought that the educational work done by 



