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SECOND DAYS SESSION. 



vided with an office at the Capital, where 

 their official records shall be kept. 



SEC. 5. The said Forest Commissioners 

 shall have the care and custody of all wood- 

 lands now owned or controlled or which may 

 be hereafter owned or controlled by the 

 State. They shall cause all such lands to be 

 located and duly recorded, and shall make 

 aad publish reasonable rules and regula- 

 tions for the prevention of trespass upon paid 

 lands, for the prevention and extinguishing 

 of fires thereon, and for the conservation of 

 forest growth. They shall also, so far as 

 possible, promote the gradual extension of 

 the forest area, encourage the planting of 

 trees, and preserve the sources of water sup- 

 ply. They shall attend to the selling of 

 timber and wood from such lands, whenever 

 such selling shall be deemed expedient, and 

 shall make due account of such sales and the 

 proceeds aris-ing therefrom. On or before 

 the 15th day of December in each year, they 

 shall report to the Governor their official 

 action during the preceding year, and such 

 information as may be useful in preserving 

 the forests of the State and maintaining the 

 supply of water. 



SEC. 6. In addition to the powers and 

 duties attaching to the offices of County Com- 

 missioners and Road Overseers in the coun- 

 ties of ta? is State, sach Commissioners and 

 overseers shall act as conservators of wood- 

 lands in their respective localities, and shall 

 enforce the laws and regulations made for the 

 protection and preservation of such woodlands. 

 Said County Commissioners shall, also, to the 

 extent of their power, encourage the planting 

 of trees along water courses and irrigating 

 ditches and in other proper places: shall fur- 

 nish information to the Forestry Commis- 

 sioners as they may from time to time re- 

 quire, and report their official actsj to them 

 on or before the first day of December of each 

 year. 



SEC. 7. It is made the special duty of all 

 forest officers of the State to exercise the ut- 

 most care and vigilance in the prevention anu 

 extinguishment of fires within the State 

 likelv to endanger or destroy forest growth, 

 and to apprehend any persons who may be 

 guilty of causing such fires; and in the per- 

 formance of their duties, such officers may 

 call to their aid such person or persons, with- 

 in the State, as they may deem necessary. 

 All forest officers and all peace officers within 

 the State are empowered and required to ar- 

 rest any and all persons found trespassing 

 upon the woodlands of the State, or by un- 

 lawful cutting or destroying timber thereon, 

 or setting fire in a manner to endanger such 

 woodlands; and shall cause actions to be in- 

 stituted in courts of proper jurisdiction to 

 punish violators of the forestry laws of the 



State. In all matters pertaining to wood- 

 lands and forests, the district officers shall be 

 subject to the county forest officers of their 

 respective counties, and all shall be subord- 

 inate to the Forest Commissioners of the 

 State, in their individual or collective ca- 

 pacity. 



SEC. 8. For the time actually occupied in 

 the performance of duties imposed by this 

 act, the said County Commissioners shall re- 

 ceive additional pay in the same manner and 

 at the same rate per diem as is allowed by 

 existing laws. The said Road Overseers, for 

 services rendered under this act, shall be 

 paid.by their respective counties at the rate 

 of $3 per day. 



SEC. 9. No person who is directly or indi- 

 rectly engaged in the manufacture of lumber, 

 or railroad ties, or telegraph poles, or any 

 business which requires a large consumption 

 of growing timber or wood, shall be qualified 

 to serve as a Forest Commissioner under this 

 act. 



SEC. 10. The sum of - - dollars, or 



so much thereof as may be necessary, is 

 hereby appropriated for the purposes of this 

 act. , 



Sec. 11. All acts and parts of acts incon- 

 sistent with the provisions of this act are 

 hereby repealed. 



Sec. 12. It is the opinion of the General 

 Assembly that an emergency exists, there- 

 fore this act shall take effect and be in force 

 from and after its passage. 



The Association then adjourned until 2 

 o'clock p. m. 



Afternoon Session. 



The Association was convened again at 2:30 

 o'clock, President Ensign in the chair. 



Mr. Parson's moved that the bill drafted 

 by the Association be referred to the Board' of 

 Managers, with the following instructions, 

 proposed by Mr, Pardee: "That tae Board 

 of Managers be instructed to present to, and 

 urge upon the next General Assembly of the 

 State, the adoption of the Forestry. Act pro- 

 posed by this Association this day, and the 

 passage of such other act or acts as will sub- 

 serve and carry out the objects of this Asso- 

 ciation; and to also urge upon Congress the 

 enactment of such laws as will give Colorado 

 the control of the woodlands in Colorado be- 

 longing to the General Government, or such 

 legislation by Congress as will protect the 

 forests of the public domain in Colorado 

 from destruction and waste, and will encour- 

 age the planting and cultivation of trees in 

 this State," 



FORESTRY DOCUMENTS. 



The Secretary announced that he had 



