1 board shall receive no compensation for services but shall 



2 receive necessary field, travel, and office expenses incurred in 



3 the performance of official duties, such expenses to be paid 



4 from the appropriation made for the board of forestry. 



5 SEC. 2. There is hereby created the office of state forester, 



6 the appointee to which office shall be a technically trained for- 



7 ester, familiar with western conditions, and experienced in 



8 forest protection and administration. He shall be appointed 



9 by the governor [and hold office at the pleasure of the ap- 



10 pointing power} upon the certification by the, state board of 



11 forestry that he is technically qualified and otherwise fitted for 



12 the position. The state forester shall maintain his residence 



13 and office at the state capital, the latter in quarters provided 



14 by the state. The state forester shall be a civil executive 



15 officer. He shall with the approval of the governor appoint a 



16 deputy state forester and an assistant state forester, [ ] whose 



17 qualifications shall be the same as those prescribed for the state 



18 forester. The state forester may with the approval of the 



19 state board of control employ such expert, technical, and 



20 clerical assistants [ ] and may incur necessary office expenses 



21 not otherwise provided for. The deputy state forester shall 



22 have all the power and duties of the state forester during the 



23 state forester's absence. 



24 SEC. 3. The state forester shall receive a salary of three 



25 thousand dollars per annum, the deputy state forester shall 



26 receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and 



27 the assistant state forester shall receive a salary of sixteen 



28 hundred dollars per annum. Salaries of expert, technical, 



29 and clerical assistants shall be fixed by the state forester, with 



30 the approval of the state board of control, and their salaries 



31 shall be paid from the appropriation made for the board of 



32 forestry. The officers and employees provided for in sec- 



33 tions two and three of this act shall be paid traveling and field 



34 expenses which are incurred in the necessary performance 



35 of their official duties. 



36 SEC. 4. The state forester shall administer all matters per- 



37 taining to forestry within the jurisdiction of the state; 



