68 REPORT OF SPECIAL FORESTRY COMMITTEE 



term subject to confirmation by the senate, but 

 no such appointment shall be in full force until 

 acted upon by the senate. Each such commission- 

 er shall receive an annual salary of three thousand 

 five hundred dollars. 



2. The governor may at any time remove any 

 commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or 

 malfeasance in office. Before such removal he 

 shall give such commissioner a copy of the charges 

 against him and shall fix a time when he can be 

 heard in his own defense, which shall not be less 

 than ten days thereafter,, and such hearing shall 

 be open to the public. If he shall be removed 

 the governor shall file in the office of the secretary 

 of state a complete statement of all charges made 

 against such commissioner, and his findings thereon, 

 with a record of all proceedings. 



3. No commissioner, nor the secretary, shall hold 

 any other office, or position of profit, or pursue any 

 other business or vocation, or serve on or under 

 any committee of any political party, but shall 

 devote his entire time to the duties of his office. 



4. Before entering upon the duties of his office, 

 each of said commissioners shall take and sub- 

 scribe a constitutional oath of office, and shall in 

 addition thereto swear (or affirm) that he holds no 

 other office of profit, nor any position under any 

 political committee or party; such oath (or affir- 

 mation) shall be filed in the office of the secretary 

 of state. 



5. The commissioners appointed under this sec- 

 tion shall within twenty days after their appoint- 

 ment and affirmation meet at the state capitol and 

 organize by electing one of their number chairman, 

 who shall serve until the second Monday of Febru- 

 ary 1917. On the second Monday of February in 

 each odd numbered year the commissioners shall meet 

 at the office of the commission and elect a chairman 

 who shall serve for two years and until his succes- 

 sor is elected. A majority of said commissioners 

 shall constitute a quorum to transact business, and any 



