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grants from the United States Government have been accepted by 

 the legislature of this state; or given or devised outright for for- 

 estry- purposes to the state by any person or persons. All such 

 lands shall be exempt from the payment of taxes and special assess- 

 ments, but that part of the incomes therefrom going to private per- 

 sons may be taxed as provided by law. 



Section 2. There is hereby created a forestry board for the 

 state to be known and designated in all public documents as the 

 " Minnesota State Forestry Board," which shall consist of nine mem- 

 bers, to be designated or chosen as follows, to-wit: 



1st — The person who by law is for the time the Chief Fire Warden 

 of the state. 



2nd — The person for the time occupying the chair of horticul- 

 ture in the agricultural department of the University of Minnesota. 

 3rd — Three persons, citizens of the state, to be elected by the 

 regents of the university in Januarj' of every other odd numbered 

 year, for a term of four years each, one of whom shall be selected on 

 account of his interest in and knowledge of the planting, cultiva- 

 tion and preservation of forest trees and groves in the prairie 

 regions of the state; one of whom shall be selected on account of his 

 interest in and knowledge of the best methods for the preservation 

 of the natural forests of the state and of reforesting denuded lands; 

 and one of whom shall be selected on account of his interest in and 

 knowledge of the best methods of protecting the sources of supply 

 of the several river systems of the state. 



4th — Four persons, citizens of the state, to be elected or appoint- 

 ed one by each of the following named associations or bodies, for a 

 term of two j-ears each, to be elected or appointed in JanuarJ^ or as 

 soon thereafter as possible, of each odd numbered year, as follows 

 to- wit: the Minnesota State Forestry Association; the Minnesota Lum- 

 bermens' Association; the Minnesota State Horticultural Society; 

 and the Minnesota State Fish and Game Commission. 



The election or appointment of such elective members shall be 

 properly certified bj^ the proper respective officers of such associa- 

 tions or bodies to the governor of the state, who shall issue a com- 

 mission to each of them, as well as to the two ex-oSicio members; 

 and vacancies in the elective or appointed memberships shall be 

 made in the same manner, by election or appointment, to fill the 

 unexpired term. 



Section 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 meet- 

 ings of the board and executive committee, and shall prepare for 

 printiugand publication all bulletins, reports, circulars, rules, regu- 

 lations, bj'laws and other documents ordered printed or published 

 by the board. He shall cause to be made accurate mapsof all tracts 

 and parcels of the Forest Reserve Area, 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 documents shall be kept 

 in the office of the secretary, who shall also keep a record of the 



