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5th. The recommendation for the appointment of such members 

 shall be properly certified by the proper respective officers of such 

 association, or bodies to the governor of the state, who, if he shall 

 deem the persons so recommended suitable and proper persons 

 therefor, may appoint and issue a commission to each of them; 

 vacancies in membership shall be filled in the same manner. 



Sec. 3. The board shall appoint a secretary of the board, who 

 shall have charge of all books, maps, records, title deeds and 

 papers, and documents of the board, and shall keep the minutes of 

 all meetings of the board and executive committee, and shall pre- 

 pare for printing and publication all bulletins, reports, circulars, 

 rules, regulations, by-laws and other documents, ordered printed or 

 published by the board. He shall cause to be made accurate maps 

 of all tracts and parcels of forest reserves, which maps shall be 

 open to the inspection of any person desiring to inspect the same> 

 but under such rules as the board may prescribe. 

 ^ All such books, maps, records, title deeds and papers and docu- 

 ments shall be kept in the office of the secretary, who shall also 

 keep a record of the names and addresses of all beneficiaries under 

 this act. The secretary shall keep a record of all warrants for the 

 payment of money issued, and shall countersign each warrant 

 which shall be signed by the president. 



Sec. 4. No member of such board shall receive any pay for his 

 services but shall be repaid actual reasonable expenses incurred in 

 attending meetings of the board and executive committee, or in per- 

 forming services at the request of the board or executive commit- 

 tee. 



Sec. 5. The state treasurer is hereby required to act as the treas- 

 urer of said board, and to keep accurate books of account of all 

 money received and paid out for or on account of the said board or 

 said "Forest Reserves," according to law and the by-laws of said 

 board, and all funds appropriated for the use of the board, or which 

 may in any way come to its use, disposal or control from the sale of 

 timber or otherwise, shall be deposited with the state treasurer, and 

 kept, and books and accounts of the same kept under the designated 

 name of "Forest Reserve Fund," and there is hereby appropriated 

 from any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated 

 the sum of one thousand ($1,C00) dollars, annually, to defray the 

 reasonable, necessary expense of said "Forestry Board" in carrying 

 out the provisions of this act, which sum shall be credited to and 

 be a part of said "Forest Reserve Fund." Said Forestry Board sh^l 

 not be authorized to expend in any one (1) year any greater amount 

 than the one thousand ($1,C00) dollars herein provided. 



Sec. 6. The care, management and preservation of the Forest 

 Reserves, and the forests thereon, as well as future growths there- 

 on, and all moneys appropriated in that behalf or collected there- 

 from in any way, and all personal property acquired to carry out 

 the object of this act, are hereby confided to and invested in said 

 Minnesota State Forestry Board, as the same may be herein, or in 

 subsequent acts, defined and required. 



The board shall observe, keep in view and so far as it can, ascer" 

 tain the best methods of reforesting cut-over and denuded lands 



