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another shall be liable to the owner for the value of the 

 timber, trees and grass destroyed, and, in addition, shall 

 pay to the owner a penalty of $150. 



NEEDED LEGISLATION 



State Forestry Commission. — Of great importance in 

 the inauguration of a forest policy for the State is the 

 establishment of a State Forestry Commission, and of 

 first importance is the creation of the office of State For- 

 ester or Chief Forest Firewarden. The Forestry Com- 

 mission should be composed of the following members: 

 The Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Attor- 

 ney-General, the State Geologist, the Professor of Forestry 

 at the State Agricultural College, and a practical lumber- 

 man engaged in the manufacture of lumber in the State. 

 The State Forester should be appointed by the Governor 

 upon the recommendation of the State Forestry Com- 

 mission. 



The Forestry Commission should have general super- 

 vision of the forest interests of the State, and carry on 

 through the State Forester and in other ways investiga- 

 tions of all matters pertaining to forestry within the State. 

 A vigorous educational campaign in the interests of forest 

 conservation should be one of the commission's most impor- 

 tant duties. The commission should in a general way 

 direct and supervise the work of the State Forester, who 

 should annually prepare for it a detailed report on the 

 progress of forestry within the State. The commission 

 should prepare a report for each session of the Legislature, 

 including such recommendations for improvements in the 

 forest laws as may from time to time become necessary. 



State Forestry. — The appointment of a State Forester 

 who should also be the Chief Forest Firewarden, is of 

 paramount importance to the State. The States in which 

 forestry commissions have been established, but where there 

 are no technically trained foresters who devote their entire 

 time to promoting forestry in the State, have found that 

 they cannot obtain the most effective results. Some of 



