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of a forester and be present at his election, at which the minority must submit 

 and assume its proportional share of the salary. The proportional voice in voting, 

 as well as in paying, shall be determined on a ratio of the area represented. 

 Private individuals may, with the consent of the township or corporations, 

 transfer to the Jatter's foresters the care of their forests, in which case they shall 

 arrange with said township or corporation for what they are to pay. 



17. Applicants for the position of overforester must furnish proof of their 

 competency in the form of an essay to be submitted to the overforest master. 

 Special instructions as to the nature of such essay will be furnished in an order 

 from the direction of the interior. As conditions of eligibility as forester, active 

 citizenship, a good physical constitution, and a knowledge of reading, writing, and 

 arithmetic will be required. 



18. Elections of overforesters and foresters by boards of overseers of town- 

 ships and corporations, are subject to examination and confirmation by the direction 

 of the interior. To this end, certificates, stating the manner of election, name, 

 age, and former employment of the candidate, and the annual salary pertaining 

 to the position, shall be forwarded, through the Statthalter's offices, to the direction 

 of the the interior. The examination by the latter covers in part the validity of 

 the election, and in part the existence of the lawful qualifications, and it is ordered 

 that confirmation be withheld where a candidate has previously been convicted 

 of serious violations of, or misdemeanors against, forestry regulations. After 

 confirmation, the newly-elected candidate is ordered to be sworn (oaths are no 

 longer administered, the " hand vow," as it is called, having been substituted), 

 which duty is to be performed by the Statthalter's office. Private owners appoint- 

 ing foresters must have them sworn by the Statthalter's office. 



19. Sworn forestry employees stand, in regard to the performance of police 

 duties, on an equal footing with police employees. The same official credit is, 

 consequently, to be accorded to their reports, made under the provisions of article 

 96 and the following article of this law, as would be accorded to the same, if made 

 by the police officers. 



20. It shall be the duty of foresters in the cantonal, township and corporation 

 forests to attend a course of instruction on the subject of forestry, to be provided 

 by the direction of the interior, and imparted by the forest masters. They may 

 be required by the direction of the interior to attend a second course, when a 

 previous examination shall have proved unsatisfactory. They receive their 

 service instructions from the direction of the interior. Foresters in private forests 

 shall be allowed to participate in the courses of instruction referred to. 



21. The consent of the direction of the interior is necessary whenever the 

 overforest master, forest masters, or foresters, in cantonal forests desire to fill any 

 other official position, or follow any other pursuit in conjunction with their position 

 as stated. Overforesters, and foresters in township and corporation forests, cannot 

 at the same time be members of their election boards. Before entering upon any 

 other township office or service, they must procure the consent of the direction of 

 the interior. 



22. The following of any business in wood, or manufactured wooden- ware, 

 or of any industry in which wood is the leading material, is unconditionally 

 forbidden for all persons in the cantonal, township and corporation forestry service. 



