768 A NATIONAL PLAN FOE AMERICAN FORESTRY 



1895. Pennsylvania created a State department of agriculture with a com- 



missioner of forestry included in it. Duties of department included the 

 promotion of forestry, through gathering and publishing forestry informa- 

 tion and giving practical advice; the making and carrying out of rules 

 and regulations for the enforcement of all laws designed to protect 

 forests; and administration of all State forest lands. 



Utah State constitution included the same provision regarding the forests 

 upon State and public domain lands as that in Colorado. (See p. 23.) 



1896. Utah law passed directing the State land commissioners to reserve from 



sale such timberlands as they deemed necessary to preserve the forests, 

 maintain stream-flow, and aid irrigation, and prohibiting purchasers 

 of timber on State lands from using, injuring, or destroying trees less than 

 8 inches in diameter, except of certain species. 



Alabama code required investigation of the State's forest resources by its 

 geological survey. 



1897. Colorado abolished the office of forest commissioner and created a depart- 



ment of forestry, game, and fish. 



Wisconsin authorized the State fire warden to appoint a fire warden in each 

 organized town, with power to summon aid, created a temporary com- 

 mission to devise plans for administration, by a forestry department, 

 of lands of the State suitable for timber production, and required in- 

 vestigation of the State's forest resources by its geological survey. 



Pennsylvania authorized purchases at tax sales, by the commissioner of 

 forestry, of wild lands desirable for forestry reservations; and also created 

 a commission to locate and acquire, with power of eminent domain, three 

 forestry reservations of 40,000 acres each, on the watersheds of the 

 Delaware, Susquehanna, and Ohio Rivers, respectively. 



Pennsylvania made constables ex-officio fire wardens, and prescribed their 

 duties. 



West Virginia law passed requiring investigation of the State's forest re- 

 sources by its geological survey. 



North Dakota law established the North Dakota School of Forestry to give 



instruction regarding forestry science. 



1899. Minnesota provided for State forest reserves and created a forestry board 

 of nine, representing diversified interests, to manage reserves and publish 

 forestry information. 



Pennsylvania authorized the purchase of wild lands directly from the own- 

 ers, at not more than $5 per acre. 



Oregon provided for a State game and forest warden, with requirement 

 that all game officials should act as fire wardens. 



Missouri law required investigation of the State's forest resources by its 



geological survey. 



1901. Connecticut law provided for a State forester, responsible to and appointed 

 by the State agricultural experiment station board of control. Duties 

 mainly investigative, informatory, and advisory; but limited land pur- 

 chases by the forester for State forests appropriated for and their ad- 

 ministration authorized. 



Indiana created a State board of forestry, to be representative of various 

 interests, with investigative, informatory, and advisory duties, including 

 recommendations for State forest reserves. 



Pennsylvania placed its forestry work in charge of a separate department of 

 forestry and made the commissioner of forestry the president and execu- 

 tive officer of a State forestry reservation commission, to which was given 

 authority to purchase lands for and to manage and control reservations. 

 1903. Indiana authorized the purchase of 2,000 acres by the State board of for- 

 estry for forest nursery and demonstration purposes. 



Michigan made the State land commissioner forest commissioner ex-officio, 

 with supreme authority in all matters relating to the preservation of the 

 forests and the suppression of forest fires. Commissioner to appoint a 

 deputy, known as the chief fire warden, who was given general charge of 

 all forest fire activities in the State. 



Wisconsin established a department of forestry headed by a board of five 

 commissioners, with authority to appoint a superintendent of State 

 forests, who should act as secretary of the board and also be ex-officio 

 forest warden, with the duty of enforcing the State law regarding the 

 prevention and extinguishment of forest and marsh fires. 



