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The board may appoint an executive conimittee annually, on which 

 it may confer authority to perform any executive act and to exer- 

 cise its judgment in minor details which cannot convenientlj^ be 

 acted on by the board. 



Section S. The respective town boards of supervisors and county 

 commissioners are hereb3'^ constituted respectively town and coun- 

 ty forestry boards, which shall only have such pay for services as 

 shall be exjaressly authorized by the legislature, and which ehall 

 only perform such duties, have such authority and exercise such 

 powers as may hereafter, herein, or in subsequent Acts, amend- 

 atory or otherwise, be expressly conferred by the legislature. 



Section 9. Any natural person being the owner in fee simple of 

 any cut-over or denuded, or partiallj"^ cut-over or partially denu- 

 ded, natural forest lands which will not probably be utilized for 

 many years for agricultural purposes, or any bare or w^aste, or 

 partially bare or waste, rough prairie lauds, or any very sandy, 

 very rough or very rock3'^ lands, in this state, or any lands deemed 

 absol.utely necessary for the preservation of water courses (all to 

 be determined by said State Forestry Board), may deed the same 

 to the state of Minnesota for forestry purposes (reserving min- 

 erals, oils, coals and mineral paints, with the right to hunt for, 

 dig, mine and carry away the same, in a proper and reasonable 

 manner, by such temporary machinery, buildings, appliances, 

 roads, common or rail, as may be necessary, doing as little damage 

 as possible to the forest growths thereo^i, and under the rules, reg- 

 ulations and requirements of said State Forestry Board or its offi- 

 cers, agents and executive committee, as to roads, operating grounds 

 and destruction of trees). 



Before such deed shall be made and delivered, aT proposition in 

 writing shall be made by such owner or owners to said State Forestry 

 Board to so deed the same for forestry purposes, under the terms of 

 this act and amendments thereof made prior to such offer, and the 

 question of the acceptance thereof shall be referred to the town or 

 county forestry board where the land is situated (or to both such town 

 and county forestry boards) for its advice on the question of accept- 

 ing the same; and saidState Forestry Board or its executive commit- 

 tee may hear the persons offering so to deed or hisor her represen- 

 tative, and also may hear such town or county forestry board or its 

 representatives, both sides, in person or by written reasons sub- 

 mitted, why such deed should or should not be received, and the 

 . decision of the State Forestrj^ Board to receive or reject such offer and 

 deed shall be final. Such deed may be made by quit claim, where, by 

 the advice of the attornej* general or by the advice of its attornej', 

 if said board have one, said lands are clear of liens except for taxes 

 and tax sales still owned by the state. The State Forestry Board 

 need not so refer such question of acceptance of such deed by the 

 State Forestry Board for the state, where a majority of the board be 

 ing present and voting determine that it is for the interest of the 

 state at large to accept such deed or deeds of lands to become a 

 part of its forest reserve area. 



