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duties now possessed in accordance ester, who shall be a technically trained 



with law by persons or commissions forester, appointed by the State For- 



with regard to the State parks, tracts ester, with the approval of the State 



of land and forest stations mentioned Board of Forestry. He shall receive 



in this act, and also of any forest land a salary of $1,500 per year and all 



which may hereafter become perma- traveling and field expenses incurred 



nent State property, or be placed defi- in the conduct of his official business, 



nitely in the care of the State, and it He shall perform such duties as may 



is hereby enacted that, if the Govern- be assigned to him by the State For- 



ments of the United States shall, at ester, whose place he shall fill during 



any time, donate or entrust to the State any disability or absence of the State 



of California for State park or State Forester. 



forest reserve purposes any tract or Sec. 7. Chief and Assistant Chief 



tracts of wholly or partially wooded and District Fire Wardens. The State 



land, such tract or tracts of land shall Forester shall be Chief Fire Warden, 



be administered at the expenses of the and the Assistant State Forester shall 



State, as provided by law for the State be Assistant Chief Fire Warden. The 



parks now in existence, or hereafter Chief Fire Warden shall have charge 



created. of the District Fire Wardens, and all 



Sec. 4. Cooperative Work. The the Fire Wardens of the State, and aid 

 State Forester shall, upon request and and direct them in their duties. There 

 whenever he deems it necessary to the shall be District Fire Wardens at sal- 

 best interests of the people and the aries of $1,000 each per annum and 

 State, cooperate with counties, towns, necessary traveling and field expenses, 

 corporations, and individuals to devise salaries and expenses to be paid half 

 plans for the protection and manage- by the State and half by the counties 

 ment of trees, wood lots, and timber composing the districts. Their ex- 

 tracts, on consideration and under an penses, when approved _ by the State 

 agreement that the parties obtaining Forester, and their salaries, when due, 

 such cooperation pay at least the field shall be audited and paid directly by 

 expenses of experts employed in pre- the State, the amounts due from the 

 paring said plans. several counties to be paid into the 



Sec. 5. Publication of Laws and No- State treasury upon demand ; such 

 tices. The State Forester shall pre- amounts to be apportioned among the 

 pare and print for public distribution counties composing the respective dis- 

 an abstract of all State forest laws, to- tricts pro rata according to the as- 

 gether with such rules and regulations sessed valuation of the real estate in 

 in accord therewith as he may deem such counties. They shall be appoint- 

 necessary, and shall annually print and ed by the State Forester, with the ap- 

 distribute a list of all Fire Wardens, proval of the State Board of Forestry 

 with their addresses. He shall also for each of ten districts, the bound- 

 furnish notices, printed in large letters aries of which are to be determined 

 on linen, calling attention to the dan- from time to time by the State 

 o-er from forest fires and to forest fire ester, with the approval of the State 

 and trespass laws and their penalties. Board of Forestry ; and, furthermore, 

 Such notices shall be posted by the any county or combination of less 

 Fire Wardens in conspicuous places four counties shall be made a separate 

 alono- every highway in brush or for- fire district upon request of the Coun- 

 est covered country, at frequent inter- ty Board or Boards of Supervisors, in 

 vals along streams' and lakes frequent- which case such special fire district 

 ed by tourists, hunters and fishermen, shall pay two-thirds and the State one- 

 at established camping sites, and in third of the cost of maintaining its 

 every post office in the forested region. District Fire Warden. 



Sec. 6. Assistant State Forester.- Sec. 8.. Duties of District Fire War- 



There shall be an Assitant State For- dens. The duties of District Fire 



